Shinnosuke Abe
| Shinnosuke Abe | |||
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| Yomiuri Giants – No. 10 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: March 20, 1979 Urayasu, Chiba, Japan | |||
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| Professional debut | |||
| 2001 for the Yomiuri Giants | |||
| Career statistics (through 2013) | |||
| Batting average | .290 | ||
| Home runs | 318 | ||
| Runs batted in | 952 | ||
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| Career highlights and awards | |||
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| Medal record | ||
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Competitor for  Japan
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| Men’s Baseball | ||
| World Baseball Classic | ||
| Gold | 2009 Los Angeles | Team |
| Asian Baseball Championship | ||
| Silver | 1999 Seoul | Team |
| Gold | 2007 Taichung | Team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
| Gold | 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.
Career statistics
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| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | AVG | |||
| 2001 | 22 | Yomiuri | 127 | 386 | 40 | 87 | 18 | 0 | 13 | 144 | 44 | 3 | .225 | |||
| 2002 | 23 | Yomiuri | 127 | 446 | 62 | 133 | 26 | 0 | 18 | 213 | 73 | 4 | .298 | |||
| 2003 | 24 | Yomiuri | 94 | 314 | 46 | 95 | 15 | 1 | 15 | 157 | 51 | 1 | .303 | |||
| 2004 | 25 | Yomiuri | 108 | 379 | 61 | 114 | 22 | 1 | 33 | 237 | 78 | 0 | .301 | |||
| 2005 | 26 | Yomiuri | 130 | 476 | 56 | 143 | 16 | 0 | 26 | 237 | 86 | 0 | .300 | |||
| 2006 | 27 | Yomiuri | 129 | 452 | 39 | 133 | 26 | 2 | 10 | 193 | 56 | 0 | .294 | |||
| 2007 | 28 | Yomiuri | 140 | 499 | 72 | 137 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 256 | 101 | 1 | .275 | |||
| 2008 | 29 | Yomiuri | 125 | 428 | 60 | 116 | 27 | 0 | 24 | 215 | 67 | 1 | .271 | |||
| 2009 | 30 | Yomiuri | 123 | 409 | 63 | 120 | 20 | 2 | 32 | 240 | 76 | 1 | .293 | |||
| 2010 | 31 | Yomiuri | 140 | 498 | 85 | 140 | 27 | 2 | 44 | 303 | 92 | 0 | .281 | |||
| 2011 | 32 | Yomiuri | 114 | 390 | 45 | 114 | 21 | 0 | 20 | 195 | 61 | 1 | .292 | |||
| 2012 | 33 | Yomiuri | 138 | 467 | 72 | 159 | 22 | 1 | 27 | 264 | 104 | 0 | .340 | |||
| 2013 | 34 | Yomiuri | 135 | 422 | 81 | 125 | 17 | 0 | 32 | 238 | 91 | 0 | .296 | |||
| 2014 | 35 | Yomiuri | 131 | 459 | 49 | 114 | 24 | 0 | 19 | 195 | 57 | 1 | .248 | |||
| Career | 1761 | 6025 | 831 | 1730 | 301 | 9 | 346 | 3087 | 1037 | 13 | .287 | |||||
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shinnosuke Abe. |
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com
- Japan Baseball Daily
| Preceded by Japan women's national football team |
Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize Winner 2012 |
Succeeded by Masahiro Tanaka |
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