Born: (1979-03-20) March 20, 1979 (age 45) Urayasu, Chiba, Japan
Batted: Left
Threw: Right
debut
March 30, 2001, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
October 23, 2019, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics
Batting average
.284
Home runs
406
Runs batted in
1,285
Hits
2,132
Teams
As player
Yomiuri Giants (2001–2019)
As coach
Yomiuri Giants (2020–2023)
As manager
Yomiuri Giants (2024–present)
Career highlights and awards
Central League MVP (2012)
Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award (2009)
3× Japan Series champion (2002, 2009, 2012)
NPB Double Crown (2012)
9× Best Nine Award (2002, 2007-2014)
4× Central League Golden Glove Award (2002, 2008, 2013, 2014)
Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (2012)
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
Shinnosuke Abe (阿部 慎之助, Abe Shinnosuke, born March 20, 1979 in Urayasu, Chiba) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and current manager, 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).
ShinnosukeAbe (阿部 慎之助, AbeShinnosuke, born March 20, 1979 in Urayasu, Chiba) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and current manager, who...
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Ryo Ishikawa 2010: Hakuhō Shō 2011: Japan women's football team 2012: ShinnosukeAbe 2013: Masahiro Tanaka 2014: Kei Nishikori 2015: Japan national rugby...
Ryo Ishikawa 2010: Hakuhō Shō 2011: Japan women's football team 2012: ShinnosukeAbe 2013: Masahiro Tanaka 2014: Kei Nishikori 2015: Japan national rugby...
Ryo Ishikawa 2010: Hakuhō Shō 2011: Japan women's football team 2012: ShinnosukeAbe 2013: Masahiro Tanaka 2014: Kei Nishikori 2015: Japan national rugby...
Ryo Ishikawa 2010: Hakuhō Shō 2011: Japan women's football team 2012: ShinnosukeAbe 2013: Masahiro Tanaka 2014: Kei Nishikori 2015: Japan national rugby...
Ryo Ishikawa 2010: Hakuhō Shō 2011: Japan women's football team 2012: ShinnosukeAbe 2013: Masahiro Tanaka 2014: Kei Nishikori 2015: Japan national rugby...
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scandal when the changed baseball was revealed. Former Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's ruling Liberal Democratic Party has proposed expanding NPB to 16 total teams...
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while his challenger Al Qahtani put Saudi in front. Yuji Nakazawa and Yuki Abe scored for the Samurai Blue, but it was a Malek Mouath brace that settled...
win the franchise's 21st Japan Series championship. Giants' captain ShinnosukeAbe was named Most Valuable Player of the series. The series was played...