Batting average .290 Role Baseball player Education Chuo University Name Shinnosuke Abe Salary 570 million JPY (2013) | Runs batted in 952 Weight 97 kg Home runs 318 Height 1.80 m | |
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Homerun shinnosuke abe giants vs swallows 4 29 07
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.
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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 377 career home runs (through April 6, 2017) season, Abe ranks #23 on the NPB career list.
Shinnosuke Abe at-bat; Yomiuri Giants vs. Nippon-Ham Fighters 3/21/2015
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