Kentaro Taira

Kentaro Taira
Born: July 12, 1995
, JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 154
Career: 2016-2025

Kentaro Taira compiled a career record of 21 wins and 22 losses and a 3.17 ERA in his 65-game pitching career with the Yomiuri Giants, Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Yokohama Bay Stars. He began playing during the 2016 season and last took the field during the 2025 campaign.

Yomiuri Giants

Yokohama DeNA BayStars

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	0	1	.000	9.82	1			0	0	3.7	4	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	18
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	1	3	.250	7.07	4	4	0	0	0	14.0	21	16	11	4	9	0	6	1	0	0	71
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	5	3	.625	3.49	13			0	0	67.0	65	29	26	9	29	2	53	0	0	2	284
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	5	6	.455	4.11	15			0	0	70.0	68	34	32	9	17	2	55	0	1	0	289
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	4	6	.400	2.27	14			1	0	83.3	75	24	21	3	17	2	65	2	0	0	335
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	0	0		0.90	2			0	0	10.0	6	1	1	0	3	0	6	0	0	0	39
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	4	4	.500	3.49	11			0	0	59.3	58	23	23	5	13	2	61	0	0	1	246
2024	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	2	0	1.000	1.21	4			1	1	29.7	24	4	4	1	2	0	22	0	0	0	108
2025	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	4	3	.571	2.95	12			1	1	55.0	54	19	18	5	11	0	46	1	0	0	228
Totals				21	22	.488	3.17	65	4	0	3	2	332.7	317	131	117	32	91	6	257	4	1	2	1372

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	4	4	4	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	0	0
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	13	27	24	0	2	0	1	13	.083	.120	.083	.203	2	1	2
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	15	20	19	1	2	0	0	11	.105	.105	.105	.211	2	0	1
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	14	31	26	1	2	0	0	17	.077	.077	.077	.154	2	0	5
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	11	18	17	1	2	0	0	3	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	0	1
2024	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	4	10	10	2	2	1	0	7	.200	.200	.200	.400	2	0	0
2025	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	12	18	16	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2
Totals				65	114	102	4	9	1	1	58	.088	.097	.088	.185	9	1	11

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2016	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2017	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	P	4	0	2	0	0	1.000	.500
2018	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	P	13	6	13	0	1	1.000	1.462
2019	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	P	15	3	11	1	1	.933	.933
2020	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	P	14	4	16	0	1	1.000	1.429
2021	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	P	2	0	0	0	0		.000
2023	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	P	11	6	8	0	1	1.000	1.273
2024	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	P	4	1	6	0	2	1.000	1.750
2025	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yokohama Bay Stars	P	12	3	8	0	0	1.000	.917
Totals					51	13	40	1	4	.981	1.039

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
2017	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	May 10, 2017	June 10, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars
2021	Foreign Major	Japan Central	Yokohama Bay Stars
2023	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars
2024	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars
2025	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yokohama Bay Stars

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