Makoto Kaneko (baseball)

{{Short description|Japanese baseball player (born 1975)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Makoto Kaneko

|image=NF-Makoto-Kaneko20120310.jpg

|image_size=280

|caption=

|position=Infielder, Shortstop, Coach

|team=Chiba Lotte Marines

|number=88

|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1975|11|8}}

|birth_place= Chiba Prefecture, Japan

|debutdate=April 2

|debutyear=1995

|debutteam=Nippon-Ham Fighters

|finaldate=October 1

|finalyear=2014

|finalteam=Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.259

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=84

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=1,551

|teams=

As player

• Nippon Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters ({{npby|1994}}–{{npby|2014}})

As coach

• Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ({{npby|2015}}–{{npby|2022}})

Chiba Lotte Marines ({{npby|2023}}-)

|awards =

• Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award ({{npby|1996}})
• 1× Best Nine Award ({{npby|1999}})
• 3× Mitsui Golden Glove Award ({{npby|1998}}, 1999, {{npby|2009}})
• 1× Japan Series champion (2006)

|medaltemplates=

{{MedalSport | Men's Baseball}}

{{Medal|Country|{{bb|JPN}}}}

{{MedalCompetition | Summer Olympics}}

{{MedalBronze| Athens 2004 | Team Competition}}

}}

Makoto Kaneko (金子 誠, born November 8, 1975) is a Japanese professional baseball player and manager. He is an infielder for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Kaneko won the Pacific League rookie of the year award in 1996. He won two golden glove awards at second base before being converted to shortstop.

He joined the Japanese olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal.