Kosuke Tanaka

Kosuke Tanaka
Kosuke Tanaka
	Tanaka with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 2
	Infielder
	Born: July 3, 1989 (age 35); Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
	Bats: Left Throws: Right
debut
	March 29, 2014, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics ; (through 2022 season)
Batting average	.261
Hits	894
Home runs	61
Runs batted in	313
Stolen bases	128
Teams
	Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2014–present);
Career highlights and awards
	2016 CLCS MVP; Central League Golden Glove Award (2018); Central League Best Nine Award (2017); Central League stolen base champion (2017); 3× NPB All-Star (2015, 2017, 2018);

Kosuke Tanaka (田中広輔, Tanaka Kōsuke, born July 3, 1989) is a professional Japanese baseball player. He plays infielder for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp.

Career

Tanaka was the most valuable player of the 2016 Central League Climax Series.^[1]

He was selected 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].^[2] On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.^[3]

References

^ "Carp hold off BayStars, advance to Japan Series for first time since 1991". October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016 – via Japan Times Online.
^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 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.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
NPB.com

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[1] "Carp hold off BayStars, advance to Japan Series for first time since 1991". October 15, 2016. Retrieved October 18, 2016 – via Japan Times Online.

[2] "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). July 3, 2018.

[3] "「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.

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