Ryōsuke Hirata

Ryōsuke Hirata is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder. He last played for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon [Professional Baseball]. He played for the Dragons over a 16-year period.
He is currently an outfield defense and baserunning coach for the Dragons.

Career

Hirata attended Osaka [Tōin Junior and Senior High School|Osaka Tōin High School] and was a member of the team that advanced to the semi-finals of the 2005 Japanese [High School Baseball Championship|national championships]. and tied Kazuhiro Kiyohara's record of 5 home runs at the tournament. He hit a total of 70 home runs during his three years of high school. He was drafted by the Dragons in the first round of the 2005 rookie draft.
In 2015, Hirata was made team captain of the Dragons marking the first time the Dragons had an appointed captain since Tōru Nimura in 1994.
In 2018, Hirata was selected for the.