is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons.

Early career

On 20 October 2017, Suzuki was selected as the 1st draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2017 NPB Draft and on 20 November signed a provisional contract with a ¥100,000,000 sign-on bonus and a ¥15,000,000 yearly salary with ¥50,000,000 in incentives.

Hiroshi Suzuki (baseball)

Personal

Suzuki's hobbies include golf, basketball and cycling. Suzuki counts former San Diego Padres, Atlanta Braves and Boston Red Sox closer Craig Kimbrel as his idol. He deliberately chose to wear the number 46 as an homage to Kimbrel.

Hiroshi Suzuki (baseball)

On 23 January 2019, it was announced that Suzuki had married.

Hiroshi Suzuki (baseball)

References

1997 births

Living people

Baseball people from Shizuoka Prefecture

Japanese baseball players

Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers

Chunichi Dragons players

People from Kakegawa, Shizuoka