Ginjiro Sumitani
Ginjiro Sumitani (炭谷 銀仁朗, Sumitani Ginjiro, born 1987, in Kyoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball player for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He previously played for the Saitama Seibu Lions.
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 Sumitani with the Saitama Seibu Lions | ||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Catcher | ||||||||||||||
| Born: July 19, 1987 Kyoto, Japan | ||||||||||||||
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| NPB debut | ||||||||||||||
| March 25, 2006, for the Seibu Lions | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2019) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .214 | |||||||||||||
| Hits | 686 | |||||||||||||
| Home Runs | 37 | |||||||||||||
| RBI | 297 | |||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 8 | |||||||||||||
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Career
In 2005 NPB draft, Seibu Lions selected him with the first selection.[1] November 15, he signed with Lions.[2]
On November 26, 2018, he signed with Yomiuri Giants.[3]
International career
He was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2013 World Baseball Classic, 2015 WBSC Premier12 and 2017 World Baseball Classic.
References
- "2005年 新人選手選択会議（ドラフト会議）西武ライオンズ 選択選手一覧". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese).
- "伊東監督のような捕手に／炭谷が西武と仮契約" (in Japanese). November 15, 2005. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
- "炭谷銀仁朗選手が入団記者会見". 読売巨人軍公式WEBサイト (in Japanese). November 26, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2019.
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