Shinnosuke Abe

Shinnosuke Abe
Yomiuri Giants — No. 10
Catcher
Born: March 20, 1979 Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Bats: Left	Throws: Right
Professional debut
2001 for the Yomiuri Giants
statistics (through 2008)
Batting average	.283
Home runs	172
Runs batted in	556
Teams
Yomiuri Giants (2001–present)
Career highlights and awards
2009 Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award 1× Japan Series champion (2009)

Medal record
Competitor for Japan
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, Japan) is a 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.

Career statistics

Nippon Professional Baseball
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	46	155	16	40	3	0	8	67	19	1	.258

Statistics current as of July 22, 2011

External links

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