Takaya Ishikawa

Takaya Ishikawa (石川昂弥, Ishikawa Takaya, born June 22, 2001 in Handa, Aichi, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Chunichi Dragons.

Takaya Ishikawa
石川昂弥
Chunichi Dragons – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (2001-06-22) June 22, 2001
Handa, Aichi, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
22 July 2020, for the Chunichi Dragons
NPB statistics
(through 2020)
Batting average.222
Hits8
Home runs0
RBI1
Teams

Ishikawa won the 2019 Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament with Toho High School where he was the team's ace and batted 4th in the line-up. In the 2019 NPB Draft, he was largely regarded as the most talented hitter of his class.[1]

Early career

Ishikawa reached national attention after helping Toho High School to victory in the 2019 spring invitational tournament where he was the team's ace and clean-up hitter.[2]

On 16 October 2019, Ishikawa was the contested 1st draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons, Orix Buffaloes, and Fukuoka Softbank Hawks at the 2019 NPB Draft. Rights to negotiate for Ishikawa's contract were won by the Dragons after manager Tsuyoshi Yoda pulled out the winning ticket.[3][4][5]

On 1 November, Ishikawa signed a pre-contract with the Dragons guaranteeing a ¥100,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥15,000,000 yearly salary with ¥50,000,000 in incentives.[6][7]

References
  1. Abe, Masahiko (2019-05-09). "2019年ドラフトの上位12人・後編。野手では東邦・石川昂弥が最有力？（安倍昌彦）". Sports Graphic Number (in Japanese). Retrieved 2020-03-02.
  2. "Toho captures final high school championship of Heisei Era". The Japan Times Online. 2019-04-03. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  3. "Marines make high school hurler Roki Sasaki top pick in NPB amateur draft". The Japan Times Online. 2019-10-17. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  4. "佐々木は４球団、奥川・石川は３球団競合 ドラフト会議：朝日新聞デジタル". Asahi (in Japanese). 2019-10-17. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  5. "高校生、佐々木と奥川は競合確実＝野手の筆頭は石川－プロ野球・ドラフト候補を探る：時事ドットコム". Jiji (in Japanese). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  6. "中日ドラ１石川昂弥が仮契約、根尾ら並ぶ最高条件 - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ". Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-05.
  7. "中日 ドラフト１位 東邦高 石川と仮契約". NHK. 2019-11-01. Retrieved 2019-11-05.


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