Shinnosuke Abe
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Abe with the Yomiuri Giants
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| Yomiuri Giants – No. 10 | |||
| Catcher | |||
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Born: March 20, 1979 Urayasu, Chiba, Japan |
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| 2001, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||
| Career statistics (through 2016) |
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| Batting average | .286 | ||
| Home runs | 373 | ||
| Runs batted in | 1,136 | ||
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Representing  Japan
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| Men's Baseball | ||
| World Baseball Classic | ||
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2009 Los Angeles | Team |
| Asian Baseball Championship | ||
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1999 Seoul | Team |
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2007 Taichung | Team |
| Intercontinental Cup | ||
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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 the Netherlands, becoming the first and only player to achieve such a feat in the history of the WBC.
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