Yomiuri Giants' strongest slugger of all catchers

 

I will tell you Yomiuri Giants' strongest slugger of all Giants' catchers. His name is Shinnosuke Abe. He was born on 20th March 1979 in Urayasu City, Chiba Prefecture. His father was a baseball player who used to belong to NTT East Japan Baseball Club. He graduated from Narashino Senior High School, and his best friend was Masayuki Kakefu who played as 4th batter of Hanshin Tigers. Both of them played an activity as 3rd batter and 4th batter. They had participated in National Senior High School Tournament, so Shinnosuke Abe became left batter because he was a fan of Hanshin Tigers when he was a child. In 2000 he participated in Yomiuri Giants. In the next year he participated in the opening game as the team's catcher in spite of the rookie. Finally, he recorded HR 13 although he didn't achieve the regulation at bats. One year later he participated in 127 games and was appointed as 3rd batter of Giants in the latter half of the season because Yoshinobu Takahashi was injured so, he contributed to Nippon Series Champions. Two years later he recorded AVG .301 and HR 33. It was the first time that Catcher of Giants achieved HR 30. Of course, he achieved the regulation at bats. He participated in the game "Yomiuri Giants vs. Yokohama Bay stars" as the first baseman on August 23rd 2005. It was the first time that he participated as the first baseman since he became Nippon Professional Baseball player. He became established 5th batter all the season round. Finally, he achieved AVG.300. In addition, he recorded RBI 86. Two years later he was elected as the captain of Giants. At the same time, he recorded season's RBI 101. The season's RBI 100 achievers of Catchers are Abe, Kenji Johjima, Masato Monzen, and Katsuya Nomura. In 2009 he recorded HR 32 (Central League 2nd) and contributed to the team's V3. In the same year he achieved total 200 HR which was the first time as the Giants' Catcher. In addition, he hit Good-Bye HR from Hisashi Takeda who is the closer of Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters in Nippon Series of 2009 5th Round in Tokyo Dome. He also recorded the winning hit from Masaru Takeda in Round 6 of Nippon Series 2009 in Sapporo Dome, so he contributed to Giants' Nippon Series Champions. At the same time, he got the award of Nippon Series Most Valuable Player. One year ago he achieved season's HR 40. Finally, he recorded season's HR 44. The season 40HR achievers of Catchers are Abe, Katsuya Nomura, and Kohichi Tabuchi. It was the same time that the left batter of the catcher achieved HR 40, and Giants' catcher achieved HR 40. In this year he achieved total 250 HR. I want Shinnosuke to play an active part as the catcher of Yomiuri Giants.

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