Masahide Kobayashi Autographs

Masahide Kobayashi is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher who played for Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, a team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB). He was born on September 25, 1974, in Koga, Fukuoka. Kobayashi made his debut in the NPB in 1999 with the Chiba Lotte Marines, has had a successful career in which he recorded 275 saves and a 2.79 earned run average in 16 seasons.
Kobayashi began his professional baseball career with the Chiba Lotte Mariners in the NPB. Before his debut in the league, he played in the Industrial League, where he gained valuable experience and honed his skills. In his debut season, he had a 7-8 record and a 4.85 ERA in 145 innings pitched. In 2001, he did even better, improving his ERA to 2.87 while winning nine games and saving 33 while only losing three more.
In 2005, Kobayashi moved to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, where he became the team's closer. Kobayashi enjoyed a tremendous level of success in this role, saving 227 games for the team, helping to lead them to their only Japan Series championship in 2013. In the 2005 season, he recorded 32 saves for the team, which was second best in the league. Kobayashi retired in 2016 after 16 seasons of professional baseball. Despite being a reliever, he was one of the most dominant pitchers around in Japan and his skills and contributions have helped to make him one of the legends of the sport in his native country.
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Current items with a signature of Masahide Kobayashi

These are the most current items with a signature of Masahide Kobayashi that were listed on eBay and on other online stores - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	SGC Masahide Kobayashi RC Autograph 2008 Topps Chrome AUTO	$163.99
	SGC Masahide Kobayashi RC Autograph 2008 Topps Chrome AUTO	$164.14

Traded items with a signature of Masahide Kobayashi

The most expensive item with a signature of Masahide Kobayashi (SGC Masahide Kobayashi RC Autograph 2008 Topps Chrome AUTO) was sold in February 2026 for $194.99 while the cheapest item (2008 Topps Chrome Blue Refractor Autograph Masahide Kobayashi 188/200 #233) found a new owner for $0.99 in February 2025. The month with the most items sold (10) was August 2008 with an average selling price of $19.24 for an autographed item of Masahide Kobayashi. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in April 2026 with $174.99 and the month that saw the lowest prices with $0.99 was May 2009. In average, an autographed item from Masahide Kobayashi is worth $10.50.

Most recently, these items with a signature of Masahide Kobayashi were sold on eBay - click here for more items.

Picture	Item Title	Price	Store
	2008 Stadium Club #163 Masahide Kobayashi Autograph	$4.99
	2008 Topps Autographed Masahide Kobayashi Cleveland Indians	$24.99
	2008 Topps Chrome Blue Refractor Autograph Masahide Kobayashi 188/200 #233	$0.99
	2008 Topps Chrome Certified Autograph Masahide Kobayashi Baseball Trading Card	$1.50
	2008 Topps Stadium Club Masahide Kobayashi Rookie RC Autograph #163	$3.74
	Masahide Kobayashi 2008 Topps Chrome Rookie Autograph Card	$7.19
	Masahide Kobayashi autograph card	$136.99
	Masahide Kobayashi Autograph Rookie 2008 Topps Chrome #233 Cleveland Indians	$1.29
	Masahide Kobayashi Jibaro Logo Ball Signed - Yokohama DeNA BayStars	$104.34
	Masahide Kobayashi Official Major League Autographed Baseball #H157	$18.99
	Masahide Kobayashi Signed Baseball Cleveland Indians MLB COA Cool Signature LOOK	$26.98
	Masahide Kobayashi Signed baseball JSA	$36.90
	SGC Masahide Kobayashi RC Autograph 2008 Topps Chrome AUTO	$174.99
	SGC Masahide Kobayashi RC Autograph 2008 Topps Chrome AUTO	$194.99
	SGC Masahide Kobayashi RC Autograph 2008 Topps Chrome AUTO	$181.99

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