Makoto Kaneko (baseball)
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Makoto Kaneko (金子 誠, born November 8, 1975) is a professional baseball player from Chiba, Japan. He is an infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters Japanese baseball team.
Kaneko won the Pacific League rookie of the year award in 1996. He won two golden glove awards at second base before being converted to shortstop.
He joined the Japanese olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.
[edit] External links
- Japanesebaseball.com - Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics
Categories: Japanese Olympic medalist stubs | Japanese baseball biography stubs | Baseball infielder stubs | 1975 births | Living people | Japanese baseball players | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters players | Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics | Olympic bronze medalists for Japan | Olympic baseball players of Japan | People from Chiba Prefecture