Ryo Watanabe (渡邉 諒, Watanabe Ryō) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in MLB for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
| Ryo Watanabe | |||||||||||||||
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| Hanshin Tigers – No. 25 | |||||||||||||||
| Infielder | |||||||||||||||
| Born: April 30, 1995 Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| September 30, 2014, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .253 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 30 | ||||||||||||||
| Hits | 386 | ||||||||||||||
| RBI | 155 | ||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 10 | ||||||||||||||
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Medals
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Career
editOn October 18, 2022, during the off-season, Watanabe was traded to the Hanshin Tigers in a two-for-two trade alongside Yuto Takahama, with Yukiya Saitoh, and Taiga Egoshi heading to Hokkaido in return.[1][2]
References
edit- ^ "阪神タイガースとトレードが成立". Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. 2022-10-18.
- ^ "日本ハムから移籍の阪神・渡辺、高浜が会見 渡辺「開幕レギュラー」高浜「キャリアハイを」". Daily Sports. 2022-02-17.
External links
edit- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.jp
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