Hirotoshi Kitagawa

Hirotoshi Kitagawa
Born: May 27, 1972
Itami, Hyogo JP
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 3B, C
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 203
Career: 1995-2012

Hirotoshi Kitagawa compiled a career batting average of .276 with 102 home runs and 536 RBI in his 1264-game career with the Hanshin Tigers, Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and Orix Buffaloes. He began playing during the 1995 season and last took the field during the 2012 campaign.

Hanshin Tigers

Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes

Orix Buffaloes

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	13	21	16	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.125	.263	.125	.388	2	1	0	2	0	0
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	28	32	29	4	6	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.207	.281	.241	.523	7	0	0	0	0	0
1997	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	8	19	18	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.056	.105	.111	.216	2	0	0	0	0	0
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	39	74	66	4	10	3	0	0	1	0	0	2	10	.152	.188	.197	.385	13	2	1	5	0	0
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	10	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	0	0	0	0	0
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	81	229	200	27	54	14	1	6	35	2	0	25	29	.270	.355	.440	.795	88	13	2	1	1	0
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	43	99	94	7	25	7	1	1	8	0	0	4	16	.266	.303	.394	.697	37	2	1	0	0	0
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	99	359	317	57	98	23	1	13	50	5	0	37	38	.309	.380	.511	.891	162	7	1	1	3	0
2004	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	133	580	508	75	154	27	0	20	88	7	2	62	70	.303	.382	.474	.856	241	15	4	4	2	3
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	127	487	444	57	115	28	1	16	67	3	3	36	64	.259	.319	.435	.754	193	11	4	1	2	2
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	100	403	373	39	108	29	2	8	55	2	2	23	47	.290	.335	.442	.777	165	8	4	0	3	2
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	144	602	557	60	156	23	1	9	61	4	2	31	79	.280	.322	.373	.696	208	23	7	0	7	1
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	105	399	343	41	91	24	0	13	49	4	2	37	51	.265	.340	.449	.789	154	8	7	2	10	3
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	103	302	267	29	73	18	0	2	31	0	0	19	37	.273	.329	.363	.692	97	9	6	4	6	1
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	119	403	362	42	111	25	0	12	61	2	1	28	65	.307	.362	.475	.837	172	6	7	0	6	0
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	51	172	159	11	41	11	0	1	17	0	0	8	23	.258	.298	.346	.644	55	4	2	1	2	0
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	59	159	140	9	31	6	0	1	11	0	0	17	23	.221	.302	.286	.588	40	3	0	0	2	0
Totals				1264	4350	3902	464	1076	240	7	102	536	29	12	337	563	.276	.337	.419	.756	1636	112	46	21	44	12

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
1995	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	13						.000
1996	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	3B	6						.000
1998	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	7						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	1B	4						.000
1999	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	23						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	1B	3						.000
2000	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hanshin Tigers	C	1						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	C	55						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	1B	16						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	C	18						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	1B	1						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	1B	58						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	C	15						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	121	1070	71	8	104	.993	9.430
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	76	706	62	0	60	1.000	1.105
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	140	1307	84	3	104	.998	9.936
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	3B	87	37	129	10	10	.943	1.908
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	24	117	10	0	8	1.000	5.292
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	42	289	24	1	31	.997	7.452
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	3B	35	26	46	5	7	.935	2.057
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	38	290	27	4	24	.988	8.342
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	6	41	0	0	5	1.000	6.833
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1B	1	8	1	0	1	1.000	9.000
Totals					790	3891	454	31	354	.993	5.500

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
1995	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1996	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1997	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1998	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
1999	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hanshin Tigers
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	March 20, 2010	October 1, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	April 12, 2011	June 26, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	March 30, 2012	October 7, 2012

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