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.

Kosuke Tanaka
Tanaka with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – No. 2
Infielder
Born: (1989-07-03) July 3, 1989 (age 34)
Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
debut
March 29, 2014, for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
NPB statistics
(through 2022 season)
Batting average.261
Hits894
Home runs61
Runs batted in313
Stolen bases128
Teams
Career highlights and awards

Career edit

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 edit

  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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