Kosuke Tanaka
{{Short description|Japanese baseball player}}
{{For|footballer|Kosuke Tanaka (footballer)}}
{{Infobox NPB player
|name=Kosuke Tanaka
|image=20140906 Kousuke Tanaka, infielder of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, at Yokohama Stadium.JPG
|image_size=250px
|caption=Tanaka with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp
|position=Infielder
|team=Hiroshima Toyo Carp
|number=2
|bats=Left
|throws=Right
|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1989|7|3}}
|birth_place=Atsugi, Kanagawa, Japan
|debutdate=March 29
|debutyear=2014
|debutteam=Hiroshima Toyo Carp
|statleague=NPB
|statyear=2022 season
|stat1label=Batting average
|stat1value=.261
|stat2label=Hits
|stat2value=894
|stat3label=Home runs
|stat3value=61
|stat4label=Runs batted in
|stat4value=313
|stat5label=Stolen bases
|stat5value=128
|teams=
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp ({{npby|2014}}–present)
| awards =
- 2016 CLCS MVP
- Central League Golden Glove Award ({{npby|2018}})
- Central League Best Nine Award ({{npby|2017}})
- Central League stolen base champion (2017)
- 3× NPB All-Star (2015, 2017, 2018)
}}
{{nihongo|Kosuke Tanaka|田中 広輔|Tanaka Kōsuke|extra=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.{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/10/15/baseball/japanese-baseball/carp-hold-off-baystars-advance-japan-series-first-time-since-1991/|title=Carp hold off BayStars, advance to Japan Series for first time since 1991|date=October 15, 2016|access-date=October 18, 2016|via=Japan Times Online}}
He was selected {{ill|2018 NPB All-Star game|jp|2018年のオールスターゲーム (日本プロ野球)}}.{{cite web| url=http://npb.jp/allstar/2018/roster.html | title=マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者 | work=NPB.jp 日本野球機構 | language=ja | date=July 3, 2018 }} On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.{{cite web| url=http://www.japan-baseball.jp/jp/news/press/20181010_1.html | title=「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 | work=野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト | language=ja | date=October 10, 2018 | access-date=October 14, 2018 }}
References
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External links
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- [http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/players/61965139.html NPB.com]
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{{Japan roster 2017 World Baseball Classic}}
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Category:Sportspeople from Atsugi, Kanagawa
Category:Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball second basemen
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball shortstops
Category:Nippon Professional Baseball third basemen
Category:Baseball people from Kanagawa Prefecture
Category:2017 World Baseball Classic players
Category:World Baseball Classic players of Japan
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