Taishi Ohta

Japanese baseball player

Baseball player

Taishi Ohta
Ohta with the Yomiuri Giants
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – No. 0
Outfielder
Born: (1990-06-09) June 9, 1990 (age 33) Miyoshi, Hiroshima, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
June 21, 2009, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics (through 2023 season)
Batting average	.259
Hits	718
Home runs	84
Runs batted in	343
Stolen bases	29

Teams
Yomiuri Giants (2009–2016) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2017–2021) Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2022–present)
Career highlights and awards
NPB All-Star (2018) Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2020)

Taishi Ohta (大田泰示, Ohta Taishi, born June 9, 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Professional career

On 2 November 2016, it was revealed that Ohta had been included in a trade with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters with teammate Katsuhiko Kumon for Fighters pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa and Shingo Ishikawa.^[1]^[2]^[3]

He selected 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].^[4] Ohta became a free agent following the 2021 season.

On December 20, 2021, Ohta signed with the Yokohama DeNA BayStars of Nippon Professional Baseball.^{[citation needed]}

^ "日本ハム吉川と巨人大田ら大型複数トレード成立(Nippon Ham Yoshikawa for Giants' Ota in big trade)" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ "【巨人】電撃トレード！大田＆公文と日本ハム・吉川＆石川慎の２対２で成立 (Giants: Electrifying trade! Ota and Kumon for Nippon Ham's Yoshikawa and Ishikawa is 2x2 trade)" (in Japanese). Sports Hochi. 2 November 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ "日本ハムとのトレード合意について (Agreement regarding trade with Nippon Ham)" (in Japanese). Yomiuri Giants. 2 November 2016. Retrieved 2 November 2016.
^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.