Masafumi Hirai

Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
Masafumi Hirai
Orix Buffaloes – No. 72
Pitcher / Coach
Born: (1975-04-21) April 21, 1975 (age 49)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
September 10, 1994, for the Orix BlueWave
Last NPB appearance
June 8, 2014, for the Orix Buffaloes
NPB statistics
Win–loss record63-43
ERA3.31
Strikeouts620
Saves41
Holds84
Teams
As player

As coach

  • Orix Buffaloes (2015–present)
Career highlights and awards

Masafumi Hirai (平井 正史, born April 21, 1975, in Uwajima, Ehime Prefecture) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher. Hirai played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orix BlueWave/Buffaloes from 1994 to 2002 and from 2013 to 2014 and the Chunichi Dragons from 2003 to 2012.

External links

  • Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
  • NPB.com
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Orix Buffaloes current roster
Pitchers
Catchers
InfieldersOutfielders
Development pitchers
  • 003 Yuito Nakata
  • 011 Kento Kawase
  • 032 Kaito Iriyama
  • 041 Hiroto Suga
  • 042 Kaito Ōe
  • 043 Riku Miyaguni
  • 044 Taketo Ashida
  • 130 Taiki Ono
Development catchers
  • 034 Kyōichirō Murakami
Development infielders
  • 045 Sōta Kawano
  • 124 Kyōhei Ueno
  • 126 Kazuya Katsuki
Development outfielders
  • 004 Yamato Hirano
  • 020 Takayuki Yamanaka
  • 123 Motohide Kinoshita
First squad
coaching
Second squad
coaching
  • Manager: 89 Hiroshi Kobayashi
  • Patrol head coach:   Seiichiro Nakagaki
  • Chief development coach: 90 Toshio Haru
  • Development coaches: 86 Shintarō Yoshida, 84 Kōhei Suzuki, 91 Daisuke Iida
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