Shinnosuke Abe

Shinnosuke Abe
265px Abe with the Yomiuri Giants
Yomiuri Giants – No. 10
Catcher
Born: (1979-03-20) March 20, 1979 Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
2001, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics (through 2013)
Batting average	.290
Home runs	318
Runs batted in	952
Teams
Yomiuri Giants (2001–present)
Career highlights and awards
2009 Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award 3× Japan Series champion (2002) (2009) (2012) NPB Double Crown (2012)

Shinnosuke Abe

Medal record
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

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.

Career statistics

Nippon Professional Baseball
Year	Age	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	TB	RBI	SB	AVG
2001	22	Yomiuri	127	386	40	87	18	0	13	144	44	3	.225
2002	23	Yomiuri	127	446	62	133	26	0	18	213	73	4	.298
2003	24	Yomiuri	94	314	46	95	15	1	15	157	51	1	.303
2004	25	Yomiuri	108	379	61	114	22	1	33	237	78	0	.301
2005	26	Yomiuri	130	476	56	143	16	0	26	237	86	0	.300
2006	27	Yomiuri	129	452	39	133	26	2	10	193	56	0	.294
2007	28	Yomiuri	140	499	72	137	20	0	33	256	101	1	.275
2008	29	Yomiuri	125	428	60	116	27	0	24	215	67	1	.271
2009	30	Yomiuri	123	409	63	120	20	2	32	240	76	1	.293
2010	31	Yomiuri	140	498	85	140	27	2	44	303	92	0	.281
2011	32	Yomiuri	114	390	45	114	21	0	20	195	61	1	.292
2012	33	Yomiuri	138	467	72	159	22	1	27	264	104	0	.340
2013	34	Yomiuri	135	422	81	125	17	0	32	238	91	0	.296
2014	35	Yomiuri	131	459	49	114	24	0	19	195	57	1	.248
Career			1761	6025	831	1730	301	9	346	3087	1037	13	.287

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Japan Baseball Daily

Preceded by Japan women's national football team

Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize Winner 2012

Succeeded by Masahiro Tanaka