Ginjiro Sumitani
| Ginjiro Sumitani | |||||||||||||||
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 Sumitani with the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 27 | |||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||
| Born: July 19, 1987 Kyoto, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| March 25, 2006, for the Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .213 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 704 | ||||||||||||||
| Home Runs | 38 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 304 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 8 | ||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||
| Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||
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Ginjiro Sumitani (炭谷 銀仁朗, Sumitani Ginjiro, born 1987, in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
Career
In 2005 NPB draft, Seibu Lions selected him with the first selection.[1] November 15, he signed with Lions.[2]
On November 26, 2018, he signed with Yomiuri Giants.[3]
International career
He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic, 2015 WBSC Premier12 and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
References
- ^ "2005年 新人選手選択会議（ドラフト会議）西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese).
- ^ "伊東監督のような捕手に／炭谷が西武と仮契約" (in Japanese). November 15, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- ^ "炭谷銀仁朗選手が入団記者会見". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ginjiro Sumitani.
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
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Categories:
- 1987 births
- Living people
- Japanese baseball players
- Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
- Baseball people from Kyoto
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Seibu Lions players
- Yomiuri Giants players
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- 2015 WBSC Premier12 players
- 2017 World Baseball Classic players
- Japanese baseball catcher stubs