Shinnosuke Abe
| Shinnosuke Abe | |
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 Abe with the Yomiuri Giants | |
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 10 | |
| Catcher | |
| Born: March 20, 1979 Urayasu, Chiba, Japan | |
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |
| debut | |
| 2001, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
| Career statistics (through 2016) | |
| Batting average | .286 |
| Home runs | 373 |
| Runs batted in | 1,136 |
| Teams | |
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| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Medal record | ||
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Representing  Japan
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| Men's Baseball | ||
| World Baseball Classic | ||
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2009 Los Angeles | Team |
| Asian Baseball Championship | ||
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1999 Seoul | Team |
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2007 Taichung | Team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
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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.
External links
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- People from Urayasu, Chiba
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- Chuo University alumni
- Japanese baseball players
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- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- 2009 World Baseball Classic players
- Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners
- 2013 World Baseball Classic players
- Asian Games medalists in baseball
- Baseball players at the 1998 Asian Games
- Baseball players from Chiba Prefecture
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