Naoto Watanabe

Naoto Watanabe (渡辺 直人, Watanabe Naoto, born October 15, 1980 in Ibaraki, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player-coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of the Nippon Professional Baseball(NPB). He previously played for the Yokohama BayStars/Yokohama DeNA BayStars and Saitama Seibu Lions of the NPB.

Naoto Watanabe
Watanabe with the Yokohama BayStars
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 26
Infielder / Coach
Born: (1980-10-15) October 15, 1980
Ibaraki, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 17, 2007, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
NPB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.259
Hits853
Home runs7
RBIs229
Stolen bases115
Teams
As player

As coach

  • Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2020 – present)
Career highlights and awards

On October 14, 2019, Watanabe become playing batting coach for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of NPB.[1]

References
  1. "新任コーチに関して". 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 公式サイト (in Japanese). October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.


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