Masahide Kobayashi (小林 雅英), né le 24 mai 1974 à Ōtsuki au Japon, est un joueur japonais de baseball évoluant dans la Ligue majeure de baseball avec les Cleveland Indians et 2008 et 2009 après avoir joué neuf saisons pour les Chiba Lotte Marines en ligue japonaise. Il retrouve le championnat japonais sous les couleurs des Yomiuri Giants en 2010. (fr)
Masahide "Masa" Kobayashi (小林 雅英, Kobayashi Masahide, born May 24, 1974 in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan) is a former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. From 1997-2007, Kobayashi played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league for the Chiba Lotte Marines. From 2008-2009, he played for Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians. He was a member of the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. He led the Pacific League in saves in 2005, and made his 200th save in 2006, becoming the third player in Japanese baseball to reach the mark, after Kazuhiro Sasaki and Shingo Takatsu. After the 2007 season, he became the only pitcher to record 20 or more saves seven straight years. On November 2, 2007, he declared his Free Agency and expressed his interest in playing for a major league club for the 2008 season. On November 20, he signed a two-year, 6,250,000dealwiththeClevelandIndians.Thedealincludeda6,250,000 deal with the Cleveland Indians. The deal included a 6,250,000dealwiththeClevelandIndians.Thedealincludeda3.25m club option for a third year. During the 2008 season, Kobayashi had an average season, going 4–5 with a 4.53 ERA and 6 saves. He started to falter late during the year and thus, his performance declined. In 2009, Kobayashi had 10 appearances (9.2 innings) with no decisions or saves. His ERA was a booming 8.38 and on May 16 he was designated for assignment. He accepted and was outrighted to Triple-A Columbus. He was released on July 18, 2009. He signed a one-year contract with the Yomiuri Giants for the 2009 season. After sitting out 2010, he joined the Orix Buffaloes for the 2011 season. (en)
고바야시 마사히데(일본어: 小林 雅英, 1974년 5월 24일 ~ )는 일본의 전 프로 야구 선수이자 야구 지도자이며, 현재 지바 롯데 마린스의 투수 코치이다. 애칭은 ‘코바마사’(コバマサ)이며, 지바 롯데 마린스에서 활약할 당시에 ‘마쿠하리의 방파제’(幕張の防波堤)라는 별명을 얻을 정도로 유명하다. (ko)
Masahide Kobayashi, född den 24 maj 1974, är en japansk idrottare som tog brons i baseboll vid olympiska sommarspelen 2004 i Aten. Denna biografiska artikel om en japansk sportperson saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den. (sv)
Masahide Kobayashi (小林 雅英), né le 24 mai 1974 à Ōtsuki au Japon, est un joueur japonais de baseball évoluant dans la Ligue majeure de baseball avec les Cleveland Indians et 2008 et 2009 après avoir joué neuf saisons pour les Chiba Lotte Marines en ligue japonaise. Il retrouve le championnat japonais sous les couleurs des Yomiuri Giants en 2010. (fr)
고바야시 마사히데(일본어: 小林 雅英, 1974년 5월 24일 ~ )는 일본의 전 프로 야구 선수이자 야구 지도자이며, 현재 지바 롯데 마린스의 투수 코치이다. 애칭은 ‘코바마사’(コバマサ)이며, 지바 롯데 마린스에서 활약할 당시에 ‘마쿠하리의 방파제’(幕張の防波堤)라는 별명을 얻을 정도로 유명하다. (ko)
Masahide Kobayashi, född den 24 maj 1974, är en japansk idrottare som tog brons i baseboll vid olympiska sommarspelen 2004 i Aten. Denna biografiska artikel om en japansk sportperson saknar väsentlig information. Du kan hjälpa till genom att lägga till den. (sv)
Masahide "Masa" Kobayashi (小林 雅英, Kobayashi Masahide, born May 24, 1974 in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan) is a former professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. From 1997-2007, Kobayashi played in the Nippon Professional Baseball league for the Chiba Lotte Marines. From 2008-2009, he played for Major League Baseball's Cleveland Indians. He was a member of the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics and won a bronze medal. After the 2007 season, he became the only pitcher to record 20 or more saves seven straight years. (en)