Bats Right Throws Right Home runs 1 Height 1.85 m | Batting average .184 Runs batted in 4 Weight 80 kg | |
Toshiki Abe (阿部 寿樹, Abe Toshiki, born December 3, 1989 in Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
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Early career
Abe started playing rubber-ball baseball in elementary school and continued at junior high school.
He experienced victory in the Iwate Prefectural and Tohoku regional tournaments with his High School Ichinoseki Daiichi Senior High School but did not make an appearance at Koshien.
In his freshman year at Meiji University, Abe started on the bench while in his junior year he became a regular at third base. In Fall of his senior year he contributed to the school's first league victory in 15 years.
He was employed by Honda and did wiring work while playing baseball for the company team. In his second year with the company he made an appearance in the industrial league Japan championships.
On 22 October 2015, Abe was selected as the 5th draft pick for the Chunichi Dragons at the 2015 NPB Draft and on 26 November signed a provisional contract with a 50,000,000 sign-on bonus and a 10,000,000 yearly salary.
2016
On 11 August, Abe made his first team debut as a pinch-runner against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in a 2-8 loss. He then hit his first home run and RBI on 14 September against the Yomiuri Giants at Nagoya Dome. From his debut, Abe stayed with the first team until the end of the season making 24 appearances with a .170 batting average filing in at short-stop, third and second base.
Career statistics
Bold indicates league leader; statistics current as of 29 September 2016