Taiga Hirasawa

Taiga Hirasawa
Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 39
Infielder
Born: (1997-12-24) December 24, 1997 (age 27)
Tagajō, Miyagi, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
NPB debut
May 11, 2016, for the Chiba Lotte Marines
NPB statistics
(through 2024 season)
Batting average.190
Home runs10
Runs batted in57
Teams

Taiga Hirasawa (平沢 大河, Hirasawa Taiga, born December 24, 1997), nicknamed "T-Ga",[1] is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Career

He was the first draft pick for the Marines at the 2015 NPB draft.[2]

Hirasawa signed with the Auckland Tuatara of the Australian Baseball League to play the first 5 weeks of the 2018/19 ABL season.[3]

References

  1. ^ "ニックネーム". 千葉ロッテマリーンズ オフィシャルサイト 「マリンフェスタ」特設サイト (in Japanese). Retrieved March 12, 2019.
  2. ^ "2015年 プロ野球ドラフト会議 supported by リポビタンD". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved 21 July 2016.
  3. ^ "Tuatara sign deal with Japanese club". 16 October 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2018.