Kenta Abe

Kenta Abe

Hanshin Tigers — No. 56
Pitcher
Born: September 8, 1984 (1984-09-08) (age 27) Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
Professional debut
NPB: August 26, 2003 for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
NPB statistics (through 2009 season)
Win-Loss	2-3
ERA	3.56
Strikeouts	95
Teams
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (2003 - 2004) Orix Buffaloes (2005 - 2007) Hanshin Tigers (2008 - )
Last update: April 9, 2010

Kenta Abe (阿部健太, Abe Kenta^?, born, September 8, 1984 in Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan) is a right-handed professional baseball pitcher for the Hanshin Tigers in Nippon Professional Baseball. He was the number 4 draft pick for the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2003. During his high school days, he played at Koshien Stadium.

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
Japan Baseball Daily

Hanshin Tigers roster 2011

First squad	00 Kohei Shibata \| 1 Takashi Toritani \| 3 Kentaro Sekimoto \| 4 Hiroki Uemoto \| 5 Keiichi Hirano \| 6 Tomoaki Kanemoto \| 7 Shunsuke \| 8 Ryo Asai \| 9 Matt Murton \| 12 Ryo Watanabe \| 13 Daiki Enokida \| 14 Atsushi Nomi \| 21 Minoru Iwata \| 22 Kyuji Fujikawa \| 24 Shinjiro Hiyama \| 25 Takahiro Arai \| 28 Shinobu Fukuhara \| 31 Wei-Chu Lin \| 32 Ryota Arai \| 34 Yasutomo Kubo \| 39 Shinji Komiyama \| 41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi \| 50 Akihito Fujii \| 54 Randy Messenger \| 55 Jason Standridge \| 62 Yusuke Kawasaki \| 67 Craig Brazell \| 69 Issei Morita

Second squad	0 Yamato \| 2 Kenji Johjima \| 15 Masanori Fujihara \| 16 Yuya Ando \| 17 Naohisa Sugiyama \| 18 Kazuhito Futagami \| 19 Ikketsu Sho \| 20 Kazuya Tsutsui \| 27 Takumi Akiyama \| 29 Tatsuya Kojima \| 30 Tomoyuki Kubota \| 33 Ikuro Katsuragi \| 35 Katsuhiko Saka \| 36 Shinta Hifumi \| 37 Masashi Nohara \| 38 Ryohei Hashimoto \| 40 Cheng Kai-Wen \| 42 Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi \| 43 Ken Nishimura \| 44 Yuhei Kai \| 45 Takashi Shimizu \| 46 Naoto Tsuru \| 47 Keiji Uezono \| 48 Shunsuke Ishikawa \| 49 Ryuji Wakatake \| 51 Kodai Sakurai \| 52 Fumihito Haraguchi \| 57 Taichi Okazaki \| 58 Fumiya Araki \| 56 Kenta Abe \| 59 Akira Iwamoto \| 60 Masahiro Nakanishi \| 61 Kenichi Tagami \| 63 Kosuke Kato \| 64 Hirokazu Shiranita \| 65 Daiki Kiyohara \| 66 Haruki Kurose \| 68 Ryunosuke Yokoyama \| 79 Masashi Sajikihara \| 94 Yuya Nohara \| 99 Keisuke Kano

Development players	116 Robert Zarate (pitcher) \| 118 Yutaka Tamaki (pitcher) \| 120 Shintaro Tanaka (infielder) \| 121 Yusuke Kuroda (outfielder) \| 122 Teteuya Sakaguchi (infielder) \| 123 Shuhei Takada (pitcher) \| 124 Koji Yoshioka (pitcher) \| 125 Kosei Fujii (infielder) \| 126 Hiroya Shimamoto (pitcher) \| 127 Masaki Anada (infielder) \| 128 Marcos Vechionacci (infielder)

First squad Coaching	Manager: 72 Akinobu Mayumi \| Head coach: 70 Katsuhiko Kido \| Fielding chief coach: 82 Yoshiaki Oka \| Pitching coaches: 84 Yasuo Kubo, 85 Takashi Yamaguchi \| Hitting coaches: 86 Yutaka Wada, 88 Atsushi Kataoka \| Base coaches: 89 Koji Yamawaki, 92 Teruyoshi Kuji \| Battery coach: 81 Yasuo Yoshida \| Traning coaches: 91 Atsunori Ito, 93 Takao Ebino

Second squad Coaching	Manager: 74 Haruki Yoshitake \| Pitching coaches: 71 Kiyooki Nakanishi, 80 Keiichi Yabu \| Hitting coaches: 76 Hiroshi Yagi, 75 Mitsunobu Takahashi \| Base coaches: 73 Naoyuki Kazaoka, 87 Yutaka Nakamura \| Battery coach: 83 Munehiko Shimada \| Traning coach: 90 Toshiyuki Tsuzuki \| Development cheif coach: 98 Mitsuo Tateishi \| Coaches for development players: 95 Shoji Toyama, 96 So Tsutsui, 97 Yasunori Nagao

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Name	Abe, Kenta
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Date of birth	September 8, 1984
Place of birth	Matsuyama, Ehime, Japan
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