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Toshiki Abe

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Toshiki Abe
阿部あべ 寿樹ひさき
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 4
Infielder
Born: (1989-12-03) December 3, 1989 (age 34)
Ichinoseki, Iwate, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
August 11, 2016, for the Chunichi Dragons
Career statistics
(through 2023 season)
Batting average.260
Hits494
Home runs39
Runs batted in227
Stolen base8
Teams

Toshiki Abe (阿部あべ 寿樹ひさき, Abe Toshiki, born December 3, 1989) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in NPB for the Chunichi Dragons

Early career[edit]

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.[1]

He was employed by Honda and did wiring work while playing baseball for the company team.[2] 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.[3]

Professional career[edit]

2016-2018[edit]

On 11 August, Abe made his first team debut as a pinch-runner against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in a 2-8 loss.[4] He then hit his first home run and RBI on 14 September against the Yomiuri Giants at Nagoya Dome.[5] 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.

In 2017, Abe was able to play in 21 games with the top team while hitting a slash line of .244/.309/.333 on the farm over 85 games.[6]

In 2018, Abe once again had a limited role playing mostly as a pinch-hitter and defensive replacement in 18 games with the top team while in the fall he started training to play in the outfield.[7] His results on the farm were less impactful than the previous season hitting a clip of .212/.296/.318 with 5 homeruns over 82 games.[8]

2019[edit]

From spring training, Abe was marked for a starting role alongside fellow utility Naomichi Donoue and appeared in the opening day line-up at of the 2019 season at second base.[9] On the April 5, Abe hit his first homerun since his rookie season against the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.[10] Abe was a UZR leader at second base for the Dragons leading the, batting .291 and a .742 OPS.[11]

2023[edit]

On November 19, 2022, Abe was traded to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in exchange for Hideaki Wakui.

Career statistics[edit]

Nippon Professional Baseball
Year Age Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR TB RBI SB AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 26 Chunichi 25 49 2 9 1 0 1 13 4 1 .184 .212 .265 .477
Career 24 47 2 8 1 0 1 12 1 1 .170 .200 .255 .455

Bold indicates league leader; statistics current as of 29 September 2016

References[edit]

  1. ^ "硬式こうしき野球やきゅう部ぶ １５年ねんぶり５度目どめの日本一にっぽんいち！(Baseball team wins 5th Japanese title after 15 years wait!)". Meiji University (in Japanese). 1 December 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  2. ^ "中日ちゅうにちドラ５阿部あべが仮かり契約けいやく コツコツ精神せいしんで正せい遊撃手ゆうげきしゅだ(Chunichi's 5th draft pick Abe's pre-contract: working steadily to become a short-stop)". Nikkan Sports. 27 November 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  3. ^ "中日ちゅうにち、５位い指名しめいのホンダ・阿部あべと仮かり契約けいやく(Chunichi, 5th Honda 5th pick provisional contract with Abe)". Sponichi (in Japanese). 26 November 2015. Retrieved 14 July 2016.
  4. ^ "中日ちゅうにちルーキー阿部あべがプロ初はつ出場しゅつじょう「２軍ぐんと雰囲気ふんいき違ちがう」" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 11 August 2016. Retrieved 15 August 2016.
  5. ^ "阿部あべ、プロ１号ごう 打点だてんも初はつ！(Abe, first pro homer, first RBI)" (in Japanese). Chunichi Sports. 15 September 2016. Retrieved 15 September 2016.
  6. ^ "2017年度ねんど 中日ちゅうにちドラゴンズ 個人こじん打撃だげき成績せいせき（ウエスタン・リーグ）". 一般いっぱん社団しゃだん法人ほうじん日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  7. ^ "中日ちゅうにち阿部あべ50万まん円えん減げんも納得なっとく、ドラ１根尾ねお加入かにゅうに悲愴ひそう感かん - プロ野球やきゅう : 日刊にっかんスポーツ" [Chunichi's Abe agrees 500,000 decrease; sense of despair with addition of Neo]. Nikkan Sports (in Japanese). 2018-11-25. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  8. ^ "2018年度ねんど 中日ちゅうにちドラゴンズ 個人こじん打撃だげき成績せいせき（ウエスタン・リーグ）". 一般いっぱん社団しゃだん法人ほうじん日本にっぽん野球やきゅう機構きこう (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  9. ^ Mori, Takatoshi (2019-04-26). "【中日ちゅうにち好すき】阿部あべ寿樹ひさき、4年ねん目めの開花かいか" [[Chunichi Suki] Toshiki Abe, blossoming in his 4th year]. JSports (in Japanese). Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  10. ^ "中日ちゅうにち・阿部あべ 933日にちぶり一いち発はつ！1年ねん目め以来いらいのプロ通算つうさん2本ほん目め" [Chunchi's Abe hit first bomb in 933 days! 1st homer since 1st year turning pro]. Sponichi (in Japanese). 2019-04-05. Retrieved 2019-08-28.
  11. ^ "1.02 Essence of Baseball". DELTAGRAPHS (in Japanese). 2020-03-02. Retrieved 2020-03-02.

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