Shinnosuke Abe

Shinnosuke Abe

Abe with the Yomiuri Giants
Yomiuri Giants – No. 10
Catcher
Born: (1979-03-20) March 20, 1979
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
2001, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics
(through 2016)
Batting average .286
Home runs 373
Runs batted in 1,136
Teams
Career highlights and awards
Shinnosuke Abe
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
2009 Los Angeles Team
Asian Baseball Championship
1999 Seoul Team
2007 Taichung Team
Intercontinental Cup
1997 Barcelona Team

Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 慎之助 Abe Shinnosuke, born March 20, 1979 in Urayasu, Chiba) is a Japanese professional baseball player with the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He has played for the Japanese national team since 1999 as a catcher. In the 2009 Japan Series, he was named the Most Valuable Player.

He was the captain of Japanese national team in 2013 WBC, and hit 2 home runs in the same inning against Netherlands, becoming the first and only player to achieve such feat in the history of WBC.

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Preceded by
Japan women's national football team
Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize Winner
2012
Succeeded by
Masahiro Tanaka


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