Ayatsugu Yamashita
{{short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1992)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=June 2024}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Ayatsugu Yamashita
|image=HAWKS22-YAMASHITA.jpg
|image_size=250px
|caption=Yamashita with the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
|position=Catcher
|team=
|number=
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1992|11|16}}
|birth_place=Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan
|debutleague=NPB
|debutdate=May 6
|debutyear=2013
|debutteam=Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
| finalleague = NPB
| finaldate = July 20
| finalyear = 2022
| finalteam = Chunichi Dragons
| statleague = NPB
| stat1label = Batting average
| stat1value = .189
| stat2label = Hits
| stat2value = 46
| stat3label = Home runs
| stat3value = 6
| stat4label = RBIs
| stat4value = 16
| stat5label = Stolen bases
| stat5value = 0
|teams=
- Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks ({{npby|2011}}–{{npby|2017}})
- Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ({{npby|2018}}–{{npby|2020}})
- Chunichi Dragons ({{npby|2021}}-{{npby|2022}})
}}
{{nihongo|Ayatsugu Yamashita|山下 斐紹|Yamashita Ayatsugu|extra=born November 16, 1992}} is a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He has played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Chunichi Dragons.
Career
=Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks=
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks selected Yamashita with the first selection in the 2010 NPB draft.{{cite web| url=https://draft.npb.jp/draft/2010/draftlist_h.html | title=福岡ソフトバンクホークス 選択選手一覧 | language=ja | work=NPB.jp 日本野球機構 | access-date=January 9, 2021 }}
On May 6, 2013, Yamashita made his NPB debut.
=Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles=
On November 14, 2017, Hawks traded Yamashita to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles for Tetsuro Nishida.{{cite web|url=http://npb.jp/announcement/2017/pn_traded.html|title=Nippon Professional Baseball Public announcement (Japanese) 公示 トレード 2017年度|work=NPB.jp|access-date=November 18, 2017}}
On December 2, 2020, he become a free agent.{{ cite web | url=http://npb.jp/announcement/2020/pn_released.html | title=2020年度 自由契約選手 | work=NPB.jp 日本野球機構 | language=ja | access-date=January 9, 2021 }}
=Chunichi Dragons=
On December 12, 2020, Yamashita signed with Chunichi Dragons of NPB.{{ cite web | url=https://dragons.jp/news/2020/20121201.html | title=選手獲得のお知らせ | work=中日ドラゴンズ オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=December 12, 2020 | access-date=January 9, 2021 }} December 18, 2020, Yamashita held press conference.{{ cite web | url=https://dragons.jp/news/2020/20121801.html | title=山下斐紹選手入団会見 | work=中日ドラゴンズ オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=December 18, 2020 | access-date=January 9, 2021 }}
References
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External links
{{Baseballstats|brm=yamash000aya}}
- [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/players/71875133.html NPB.com]
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Category:Baseball people from Sapporo
Category:Chunichi Dragons players
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players
Category:Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles players
Category:21st-century Japanese sportsmen
Category:Brisbane Bandits players
Category:Japanese expatriate baseball players in Australia
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