Makoto Kaneko (baseball)
| Makoto Kaneko | ||||||||||||||
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| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 88 | ||||||||||||||
| Infielder, Shortstop, Coach | ||||||||||||||
| Born: November 8, 1975 Chiba Prefecture, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||
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| April 2, 1995, for the Nippon-Ham Fighters | ||||||||||||||
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| Batting average | .259 | |||||||||||||
| Home runs | 84 | |||||||||||||
| Hits | 1551 | |||||||||||||
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As coach
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Makoto Kaneko (金子 誠, born November 8, 1975) is a Japanese professional baseball player and manager. He is an infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Kaneko won the Pacific League rookie of the year award in 1996. He won two golden glove awards at second base before being converted to shortstop.
He joined the Japanese olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.
External links[]
- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
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- 1975 births
- Living people
- People from Abiko, Chiba
- Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
- Nippon Ham Fighters players
- Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players
- Baseball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Japan
- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Japanese baseball coaches
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- Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Baseball people from Chiba Prefecture
- Japanese Olympic medalist stubs
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