Ken Katoh
| Ken Katoh | |
|---|---|
 Katoh with the Yomiuri Giants | |
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 105 | |
| Catcher / Coach | |
| Born: March 23, 1981 Niigata, Japan | |
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| September 27, 2000, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
| NPB statistics (through 2016 season) | |
| Batting average | .216 |
| Hits | 59 |
| RBIs | 24 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach | |
| Last updated on: 16 April 2020 | |
Ken Katoh (加藤 健, Katoh Ken, born March 23, 1981 in Niigata, Japan) is a Nippon Professional Baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants in Japan's Central League.
When he played in Nippon Series on November 1, 2012, Kazuhito Tadano was thrown out of the game because , the umpire-in-chief in the game, judged that Tadano threw a bean ball to his face. However, replays showed that the ball did not hit his face.[1]
References[]
- ^ "Giants crush Fighters, take 3-2 lead in Japan Series". Japan Times. 2 November 2012. Retrieved 2013-03-29.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
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Categories:
- 1981 births
- Japanese baseball coaches
- Honolulu Sharks players
- Japanese expatriate baseball players in the United States
- Living people
- Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
- Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
- Baseball people from Niigata Prefecture
- Yomiuri Giants players
- Japanese baseball catcher stubs