Hiroshi Suzuki (baseball)

Hiroshi Suzuki (鈴木 博志) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays pitcher for the Orix Buffaloes.

Early career
On October 20 2017, Suzuki was selected as the 1st draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2017 NPB Draft and on November 20 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.

On December 8, 2023, Suzuki was selected by the Orix Buffaloes in the 2023 Active Player Draft.

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.

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