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The Book on Akihiro Higashide
Prospect Info and Scouting Report
Akihiro Higashide / 2B, Japan
Born 8/21/1980
Fukui,
Japan
Height 5-9
Weight 170
Bats/Throws L/R
ScoutingBook Combine Ranking (2/4/2012): #505
MiLB.com Season Preview: Unranked or n/a
Scout.com/FOX Sports: Unranked or n/a
ESPN: Unranked or n/a
The Sporting News: Unranked or n/a
Baseball America 2012: Unranked or n/a
Baseball Prospectus: Unranked or n/a
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp's number one draft pick in 1999, infielder Akihiro Higashide is a free agent eligible player who has contemplated a move to the USA for some time. He has seen interest from a number of MLB teams, including the San Francisco Giants.
[ Bio Updated Spring, 2012 ]
| Batting History | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Yr | Age | Lv | Lg | Tm | GP | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | K | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
| 2007 | 26 | - | Japan | Hiroshima | 132 | 458 | 57 | 123 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 33 | 55 | .269 | .318 | .295 | .613 | |
| Fielding History | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yr | Age | Lv | Lg | Tm | Posn | GP | Ch | PO | A | E | Fld | ||
| 2007 | 26 | - | Japan | Hiroshima | 2B | 124 | 720 | 294 | 419 | 7 | .990 | ||
| 2009 | 28 | - | Japan | Hiroshima | RF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2009 | 28 | - | Japan | Hiroshima | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2010 | 29 | - | Japan | Hiroshima | 2B | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 2011 | 30 | - | Japan | Hiroshima | 2B | 136 | 725 | 336 | 378 | 11 | .985 | ||
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