Shota Dobayashi

Shota Dobayashi (堂林 翔太)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 178 lb.

• High School Chukyo University Senior High School

• Born August 17, 1991 in Toyota, Aichi Japan

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Biographical Information

Third baseman Shota Dobayashi began his Nippon Professional Baseball career in 2012. With the Hiroshima Carp that year, he hit .242/.321/.395 with 14 home runs, 45 RBI and 150 strikeouts in 144 games. The next year, he hit .217/.294/.305 with 6 home runs, 41 RBI and 10 steals in 105 games for the Carp and in 2014, he hit .246/.332/.380 with 8 home runs and 28 RBI in 95 games for Hiroshima. He batted .261/.292/.290 and .250/.288/.357 in limited duty in 2015 and 2016, respectively. In 2017, he hit .217/.278/.304 with one home run and 11 RBI in 46 at-bats.