Professional baseball oldest active player Hanshin / Kosuke Fukudome Next season outside the team's concept

Professional baseball oldest active player Hanshin / Kosuke Fukudome Next season, outside the team's concept, October 21st, 12:21

Kosuke Fukudome of Hanshin, who is the oldest active professional baseball player at the age of 43 and has achieved 2000 hits in Japan and the United States, is out of the team's plan for next season, according to an interview with team officials. It was.

Fukudome, who has been the oldest player in the game this season, has only played 43 games so far, with a batting average of 10%, 5 minutes, 4 RBIs, 1 home run, and 12 RBIs.

According to interviews with team members, it was found that Fukudome was out of the plan for next season by the 21st.

On the other hand, Fukudome is eager to continue playing, so attention will be focused on whether he is aiming to transfer to another team or retiring from active duty in the future.

Fukudome is 43 years old from Kagoshima prefecture.

In 1999, he joined Chunichi in 1st place in the draft and contributed to winning the league three times with skillful batting that hits left and right. In 2006, he won the MVP = best player and the title of the top hitter. Was won twice.

After playing in the major leagues for five seasons, he joined the Hanshin Tigers, and in 2016 he achieved 2000 hits in Japan and the United States, the sixth Japanese player.

In addition, Fukudome broke the rules of the team last month and had a dinner with a total of eight people in Nagoya city, the destination of the expedition, and since an infected person came out from the participants, the participation player registration was deleted with the same treatment as a close contact. Currently, the two armies are coordinating.

What is Kosuke Fukudome?

Kosuke Fukudome is 43 years old in his 22nd year as a professional player.

In high school, he participated in Koshien three times in spring and summer at PL Gakuenchugakko in Osaka, and hit two consecutive home runs at Koshien in the summer of 1995, attracting attention as one of the best hitters in high school.

At this year's draft meeting, Kintetsu was nominated as the first draft from the seven teams lined up as a high school student, and Kintetsu won the right to negotiate, but Fukudome who wanted to join Chunichi or Giants was Kintetsu. I refused to join the group and proceeded to work at Nippon Life.

As a member of society, he participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and won a silver medal. In 1999, he joined Chunichi in the first draft.

In Chunichi, he contributed to winning the league three times with skillful batting that hits left and right, and in 2006 he won the title of MVP = best player and the title of the top batter twice.

In addition, in the first WBC = World Baseball Classic tournament held in 2006, he participated in the semi-final against South Korea as a substitute and contributed to Japan's first victory by hitting the first two-run home run.

Then, in 2008, he transferred to the Cubs of Major League Baseball and played an active part in all-star games from the first year, playing for five seasons in Major League Baseball.

During this time, he also contributed to Japan's second straight victory at the second WBC tournament.

When he joined the Hanshin Tigers in 2013 and returned to the Japanese baseball world, he achieved 2000 hits in Japan and the United States, the sixth Japanese player in 2016, and also marked the 300th home run in Japan and the United States.