Shingo Usami

Shingo Usami (宇佐見 真吾, Usami Shingo, born June 4, 1993) is a Japanese professional baseball catcher for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Shingo Usami
Usami with the Yomiuri Giants
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 30
Catcher
Born: (1993-06-04) June 4, 1993
Matsudo, Chiba, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
August 8, 2017, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.207
Home runs4
RBI20
Teams

On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[1]

On June 26 2019, Usami and teammate, pitcher Mitsuo Yoshikawa were traded to the Fighters for pitchers, Yohei Kagiya and Takahiro Fujioka.[2]

References

  1. "8日の「2018日米野球」参加メンバー決まる". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). November 16, 2018. Retrieved December 5, 2018.
  2. "巨人吉川光夫と宇佐見、日本ハム藤岡鍵谷がトレード - プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-07-01.
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