Giant Shinnosuke Abe To retire from active duty only this season, September 24, 6:08
Interviews with officials revealed that Shinosuke Abe, the veteran giant who won the first professional baseball championship in five years, decided to retire from the current season.
Abe is 40 years old from Chiba Prefecture.
He joined the giant from the Chuo University in 2001 with the first draft.
He played an active role as a “catcher that can be struck”, starting from the opening game of the first year. In 2012, he won the crown of the top batter and the top batsman and led the team to the best in Japan. I was chosen as a player.
And Ototoshi achieved the total of 2000 hits for the 49th professional baseball history.
This season, which is the 19th year, was centered on the use of hits since the opening of the season, but since August, the participation in the starting line has increased due to the expectation of the strength of director Masanori Hara.
He contributed to winning the league for the first time in five years, showing his veteran presence, and played in the Yakult match at Jingu Stadium on the 23rd. I found out that it was hardened by interviewing the people concerned.
Abe will hold a conference soon and talk about why he decided to retire.
Abe played 92 games so far this season with a batting average of 20: 9: 9, 6 home runs, 26 hits.
In total, 2279 games were played with a batting average of 20: 8: 4, and the home run was 405 following Sadaharu Wang and 444 Shigeo Nagashima, who have hit 868 as the biggest players.
The RBI is 1284.