Keita Nakagawa
Keita Nakagawa (中川 圭太 Keita Nakagawa, born Apri 12th, 1996 in Hannan, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
| Keita Nakagawa | |||
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| Orix Buffaloes – No. 67 | |||
| Infielder | |||
| Born: April 12, 1996 Hannan, Japan | |||
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| NPB debut | |||
| April 20, 2019, for the Orix Buffaloes | |||
| NPB statistics (through 2019) | |||
| Batting average | .288 | ||
| Hits | 105 | ||
| Home runs | 3 | ||
| Runs batted in | 32 | ||
| Stolen bases | 9 | ||
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Amateur career
Played at Ozaki Boys since the first year of Elementary School and Izumisano Little Senior while enrolled at Hannan City Ozaki Junior High School. After graduating, he went to PL Gakuen High School, and during his first year he regularly played as a first baseman.
During his second year, Keita's teammates where discovered using violence against other students at a training facility on campus, which led the team to a six months suspension.[1]
Under a new coach for his third year, Keita started playing second baseman and became the team's captain. We went on to win the state's championship that year. He finished his high school career with 28 home runs.
After his final year, he submitted a professional appointment report to the Japan Student Baseball Federation, but because he was not taken by any team in the NPB, he enrolled at Toyo University.
References
- "PL学園硬式野球部の高野連脱退 1期生含むOBたちの思い" (in Japanese). April 4, 2017. Retrieved February 8, 2020.