Shinnosuke Abe
Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
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 Abe with the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 83 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Catcher / Coach / Manager | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: (1979-03-20) March 20, 1979 (age 45) Urayasu, Chiba, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| debut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 30, 2001, for the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| October 23, 2019, for the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .284 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 406 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 1,285 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 2,132 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| As player As coach As manager
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Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 慎之助, Abe Shinnosuke, born March 20, 1979 in Urayasu, Chiba) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and current manager, who spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants, serving as the team's captain from 2007 to 2014. He has twice been named the MVP of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series, in 2007 (Game 1) and 2010 (Game 1).
Career
As a player
In the 2009 Japan Series, won by Abe's Giants 4 games to 2 over the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, he was named the Most Valuable Player.
In 2012, after hitting .340 with 27 home runs and 104 RBIs, Abe was named the Central League Most Valuable Player. In addition, Abe was the co-recipient (along with teammate Tatsunori Hara) of the 2012 Matsutaro Shoriki Award.
He was the captain of Japanese national team in 2013 WBC, and hit 2 home runs in the same inning against the Netherlands, becoming the first and only player to achieve such a feat in the history of the WBC.
With 406 career home runs, Abe ranks 18th on the NPB career list.
On September 24, 2019, Abe announced he would retire after the 2019 season, his 19th in NPB.[1]
As a coach
Abe was named the manager of the Giants' second squad for the 2020 season.
On October 4, 2023, Abe was named the Tatsunori Hara's successor as manager for the main club, after Hara announced his intention to step down.[2]
International career
He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 1997 Intercontinental Cup, 1999 Asian Baseball Championship, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2007 Asian Baseball Championship, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2012 exhibition games against Cuba and 2013 World Baseball Classic.
Also, he was selected Nippon Professional Baseball All-Stars at the 2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series and the 2006 MLB Japan All-Star Series. On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[3]
References
- ^ Coskrey, Jason (September 30, 2019). "Giants star Shinnosuke Abe bows out as one of NPB's great catchers". The Japan Times. Retrieved January 5, 2022.
- ^ "Giants prepare to start new era as manager Tatsunori Hara walks away". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
- ^ "8日の「2018日米野球」参加メンバー決まる". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
External links
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Baseball portal
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- Career statistics and player information from MLB, or Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
- Japan Baseball Daily
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Yomiuri Giants current roster
- 15 Taisei
- 17 Yūhi Nishidate
- 18 Tomoyuki Sugano
- 19 Iori Yamasaki
- 20 Shosei Togo
- 26 Nobutaka Imamura
- 28 Rei Takahashi
- 29 Foster Griffin
- 30 Taisuke Kondō
- 31 Yuji Akahoshi
- 32 Kohei Suzuki
- 33 Kyle Keller
- 36 Kōsuke Baba
- 41 Kota Nakagawa
- 45 Seishu Hatake
- 46 Teppei Mataki
- 47 Shunya Morita
- 48 Chiharu Tanaka
- 49 Alberto Baldonado
- 53 Yuhei Takanashi
- 54 Daisuke Naoe
- 56 Hayato Ishita
- 57 Yuki Takahashi
- 58 Hiromasa Funabasama
- 62 Kai Yokogawa
- 63 Keisuke Izumi
- 64 Ryusei Ohe
- 65 Yohander Méndez
- 66 Ryuta Heinai
- 68 Yamato Shiroki
- 90 Ryūsei Yamada
- 91 Kenshin Hotta
- 93 Hayate Matsui
- 96 Taiki Kikuchi
- 97 Haruto Inoue
- 99 Makoto Kyōmoto
- 22 Seiji Kobayashi
- 24 Takumi Ohshiro
- 27 Yukinori Kishida
- 37 Takuya Koori
- 67 Shinnosuke Yamase
- 94 Ryusuke Kita
- 00 Dai Yuasa
- 0 Daiki Masuda
- 2 Naoki Yoshikawa
- 5 Makoto Kadowaki
- 6 Hayato Sakamoto
- 25 Kazuma Okamoto
- 35 Yūta Izuguchi
- 40 Raito Nakayama
- 55 Yūto Akihiro
- 60 Hirokazu Kikuta
- 61 Riku Masuda
- 95 Ayumu Nakata
- 98 Estamy Urena
- 7 Hisayoshi Chōno
- 8 Yoshihiro Maru
- 12 Masaya Hagio
- 13 Takayuki Kajitani
- 38 Yūki Okada
- 42 Elier Hernández
- 43 Shinnosuke Shigenobu
- 44 Shunsuke Sasaki
- 50 Louis Okoye
- 51 Shōgo Asano
- 59 Seiya Matsubara
- 011 Naoki Kasashima
- 012 Katsunari Miura
- 015 Haruto Kawasaki
- 016 Takahiro Chiba
- 017 Riku Naraki
- 018 Motoya Kinoshita
- 019 Junki Sonoda
- 020 Natsuki Toda
- 021 Kenta Onuma
- 023 Tomoki Tamura
- 026 Yūsefu Yoshimura
- 028 Ryū Tomida
- 030 Yūsuke Yamasaki
- 034 Tessei Morimoto
- 035 Elvis Luciano
- 047 Eiji Kamouchi
- 056 Yūsuke Itō
- 063 Yūki Hanada
- 006 Hayato Sakamoto
- 010 Ryōya Ōtsu
- 022 Keita Kameda
- 024 Kenki Maeda
- 069 Tetsu Hagiwara
- 001 Ren Katoh
- 004 Gen Murayama
- 005 Yūya Tanoue
- 007 Kisara Utsunomiya
- 008 Hakuto Aizawa
- 025 Hiroto Okamoto
- 027 Rio Kitamura
- 003 Yamato Suzuki
- 009 Misaki Sasahara
- 031 Rui Mitsuka
- 033 Kota Hirayama
- 039 Soichiro Tateoka
- 044 Gen Ohshiro
- 051 Hidetora Funakoshi
coaching
- Manager: 83 Shinnosuke Abe
- Head / Hitting Coach: 76 Tomohiro Nioka
- Comprehensive coach: 74 Yoshinori Murata
- Hitting coach: 80 Kenji Yano
- Infield coach: 78 Masahiro Kawai
- Outfield / Baserunning coach: 79 Yoshiyuki Kamei
- Pitching coaches: 81 Toshiya Sugiuchi, 77 Tetsuya Utsumi
- Bullpen coach: 88 Kazunari Sanematsu
coaching
- Manager: 72 Masumi Kuwata
- General coach: 75 Tsuyoshi Ando
- Hitting coach: 87 Itaru Hashimoto
- Pitching coaches: 71 Tetsuya Yamaguchi, 72 Kan Otake
- Infield coach: 86 Ryota Wakiya
- Outfield / Baserunning coach: 82 Takahiro Suzuki
- Battery coach: 89 Ken Katoh
coaching
- Manager: 70 Norihiro Komada
- Hitting coach: 101 Shigeyuki Furuki
- Pitching coaches: 100 Koichi Misawa, 104 Ryoma Nogami
- Infield coach: 105 Daiki Yoshikawa
- Outfield / Baserunning coach: 103 Tatsuhiko Kinjoh
- Battery coach: 102 Tomoya Ichikawa
coaching
- Patrol pitching coach: 84 Yasuo Kubo
- Hitting coordinator: 86 Zelous Wheeler
- Development: 108 Park Sok-min
