Sōsuke Genda
Sōsuke Genda | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Infielder | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born: Ōita, Ōita, Japan | February 16, 1993||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||
NPB debut | ||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | ||||||||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2020 season) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .273 | |||||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||
Hits | 591 | |||||||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 176 | |||||||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 119 | |||||||||||||||||||
Teams | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Sōsuke Genda (源田 壮亮, Genda Sōsuke, born February 16, 1993 in Ōita, Ōita, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career[]
He got Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2017, he was named as Best Nine and got Golden Glove Award in 2018.
He was selected [1]
.International career[]
Genda represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[2]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[3]
Personal[]
In October 2019, Genda married Misa Etō, whom he met when she interviewed him for a professional sports news program.[4]
References[]
- ^ "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.
- ^ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全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). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ "「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.
- ^ "衛藤美彩「彼の活躍が私の幸せ」西武源田と結婚". Nikkan Sports. October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- Nippon Professional Baseball shortstops
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Baseball people from Ōita Prefecture
- 2019 WBSC Premier12 players
- Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players of Japan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Japanese baseball infielder stubs