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Shigeru Kobayashi
Shigeru Kobayashi
	Pitcher
	Born: November 14, 1952; Tōhaku, Tottori
	Died: January 17, 2010 (aged 57); Fukui, Fukui
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	September 26, 1973, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
	October 22, 1983, for the Hanshin Tigers
NPB statistics
Win–loss record	139–95
Earned run average	3.18
Strikeouts	1,273
Teams
	As player Yomiuri Giants (1973–1979); Hanshin Tigers (1979–1983); As coach Kintetsu Buffaloes/Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1997–2001); SK Wyverns (2007); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2009);
Career highlights and awards
	2x Eiji Sawamura Award (1977, 1979); 1973 Japan Series champion; 2007 Korean Series champion;

Shigeru Kobayashi (小林繁, Kobayashi Shigeru, November 14, 1952 – January 17, 2010) was a Japanese baseball pitcher.

He played for the Yomiuri Giants and the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball. His trade to the Tigers gave the Giants Suguru Egawa, as he had been drafted by the Tigers, despite him signing with the Giants in secrecy. Kobayashi coached two other NPB teams, the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and also spent a season in the Korea Baseball Organization as a coach for the SK Wyverns.

He died of heart failure in 2010 at the age of 57.^[1]

References

^ "Sawamura winner Kobayashi dies at 57". Japan Times. January 18, 2010. Retrieved April 23, 2016.