Kensuke Kondo

Kensuke Kondo
Kensuke Kondo
	Kondo with the Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – No. 8
	Catcher / Outfielder / Third baseman
	Born: August 9, 1993 (age 28); Midori-ku, Chiba, Japan
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
	July 4, 2012, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Career statistics ; (through 2020 Season)
Batting average	.309
Hits	785
Home runs	33
RBI	336
Runs	358
Stolen bases	29
Teams
	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2012–present);
Career highlights and awards
	1× Pacific League Best Nine Award (2018); 3× NPB All-Star (2018–2019, 2021); Japan Series champion (2016);
hide Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
Summer Olympics
WBSC Premier12

Kensuke Kondo (近藤健介, Kondō Kensuke) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Career[]

He debuted in 2012 with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters. He had 7 runs.^[1]

While not accumulating enough plate appearances to qualify for the batting title, Kondo hit .413 in 2017. He was selected [jp].^[2]

Through 2019, he batted .304/.402/.416.^[3]

International career[]

Kondo represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2019 exhibition games against Mexico, and 2019 WBSC Premier12.

On February 27, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.^[4]

On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.^[5] He led the tournament with nine walks.^[6]

References[]

^ "Kensuke Kondo Japanese League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-12.
^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
^ "Kensuke Kondo Japanese Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.
^ "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
^ "II Premier12 2019 - the official site - WBSC".

External links[]

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
Career statistics - NPB.jp
8 近藤健介選手名鑑2021 - Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Official site

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[baseball-reference-1] "Kensuke Kondo Japanese League Statistics & History - Baseball-Reference.com". baseball-reference.com. Retrieved 2014-01-12.

[2] "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.

[3] "Kensuke Kondo Japanese Leagues Statistics & History". Baseball-Reference.com. Retrieved 2019-11-17.

[4] "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.

[5] "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表侍ジャパンオフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.

[6] "II Premier12 2019 - the official site - WBSC".

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show v t Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters current roster
Pitchers	1 Yuki Saitoh 13 14 Takayuki Katoh 15 Naoyuki Uwasawa 17 Hiromi Itoh 18 Kosei Yoshida 19 Chihiro Kaneko 20 Kenta Uehara 25 Naoki Miyanishi 28 29 Kazutomo Iguchi 31 Toru Murata 33 34 Mizuki Hori 35 36 Drew VerHagen 37 39 Ryo Akiyoshi 40 41 Bryan Rodriguez 43 44 Robbie Erlin 46 47 51 Naoya Ishikawa 52 54 Taishō Tamai 57 Toshihiro Sugiura 58 59 62 63
Catchers	10 Yushi Shimizu 22 Shinya Tsuruoka 27 30 Shingo Usami 60 64 65 68
Infielders	2 Kenshi Sugiya 9 Takuya Nakashima 21 Kōtarō Kiyomiya 23 Ryo Watanabe 24 Yuki Nomura 32 Ryota Yachi 38 Kazunari Ishii 48 49 53 Ronny Rodríguez 55 56 70 91 93
Outfielders	3 Wang Po-jung 4 Yuya Taniguchi 5 Taishi Ohta 7 Haruki Nishikawa 8 Kensuke Kondoh 12 Go Matsumoto 26 Daiki Asama 45 Fumikazu Kimura 50 Ryota Isobata 61 66 Chusei Mannami 67
Development	111 (OF) 114 (P) 115 (P) 144 (OF) 148 (P) 150 (P) 161 (OF)
First squad coaching	Manager: 80 Hideki Kuriyama Head and hitting Coach: 81 Michihiro Ogasawara Pitching coaches: 85 Daisuke Araki, 89 Masaru Takeda, 84 Kazuyuki Atsuzawa General coach 88 Makoto Kaneko Hitting coach: 78 Shinji Takahashi, 77 Tomoyuki Oda Battery coach: 22 Shinya Tsuruoka Infield defense and baserunning coach: 71 Yuji Iiyama Outfield defense and baserunning coach: 87 Yoshinori Ueda
Second squad coaching	Manager: 72 General and pitching coach: 92 Masao Kida Pitching coaches: 82 Takeharu Kato, 83 Takeshi Shimazaki Hitting coaches: 87 , 75 Kenji Yano Battery coach: 75 Infield defense and baserunning coach: 79 Noriyuki Shiroishi Outfield defense and baserunning coach: 76 Toshimasa Konta