Shinnosuke Abe

Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 慎之助, Abe Shinnosuke, born March 20, 1979 in Urayasu, Chiba) is a Japanese former professional baseball player who spent his entire 19-year career with Nippon Professional Baseball's Yomiuri Giants, serving as the team's captain from 2007 to 2014. He has twice been named the MVP of the Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series, in 2007 (Game 1) and 2010 (Game 1).

Shinnosuke Abe
Abe with the Yomiuri Giants
Yomiuri Giants – No. 80
Catcher / Coach
Born: (1979-03-20) March 20, 1979
Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
March 30, 2001, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics
(through 2019 season)
Batting average.284
Home runs406
Runs batted in1,285
Hits2,132
Teams
As player

As coach

  • Yomiuri Giants (2020–present)
Career highlights and awards
Medals
Representing  Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
2009 Los Angeles Team
Asian Baseball Championship
1999 Seoul Team
2007 Taichung Team
Intercontinental Cup
1997 Barcelona Team

Career

In the 2009 Japan Series, won by Abe's Giants 4 games to 2 over the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, he was named the Most Valuable Player.

In 2012, after hitting .340 with 27 home runs and 104 RBIs, Abe was named the Central League Most Valuable Player. In addition, Abe was the co-recipient (along with teammate Tatsunori Hara) of the 20112 Matsutaro Shoriki Award.

He was the captain of Japanese national team in 2013 WBC, and hit 2 home runs in the same inning against the Netherlands, becoming the first and only player to achieve such a feat in the history of the WBC.

With 396 career home runs (through August 2018), Abe ranks #20 on the NPB career list.

On September 24, 2019, Abe announced he would retire after the 2019 season, his 19th in NPB.[1]

Abe was named the manager of the Giants' second squad for the 2020 season.

International career

He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 1997 Intercontinental Cup, 1999 Asian Baseball Championship, 2000 Summer Olympics, 2007 Asian Baseball Championship, 2008 Summer Olympics, 2009 World Baseball Classic, 2012 exhibition games against Cuba and 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Also, he was selected Nippon Professional Baseball All-Stars at the 2004 MLB Japan All-Star Series and the 2006 MLB Japan All-Star Series. On November 16, 2018, he was selected Yomiuri Giants roster at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series exhibition game against MLB All-Stars.[2]

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References
  1. Graczky, Wayne (September 30, 2019). "Giants star Shinnosuke Abe bows out as one of NPB's great catchers". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 20, 2019.
  2. "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.
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