Shogo Kimura
| Shogo Kimura | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Kimura with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Infielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: April 16, 1980 Jōtō-ku, Osaka, Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| March 28, 2003, for the Yokohama BayStars | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last NPB appearance | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| June 9, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2017 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .261 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 294 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| RBIs | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾, Kimura Shōgo, born April 16, 1980 in Osaka, Osaka, Japan) is a professional Japanese baseball player and a cricketer. He plays infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions. He took up cricket with the Japan Cricket Association after going unsigned following his release by the Seibu Lions.[1][2][3]
In September 2022, he was named in Japan's T20I squad for the 2022–23 ICC Men's T20 World Cup East Asia-Pacific Qualifier.[4] Kimura was part of Japan's squad against the Indonesia cricket team that toured Japan in October 2022 to play a three-match Twenty20 International series. He made his T20I debut on 10 October 2022, against Indonesia.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ FOCUS: Historic conversion part of bigger picture for baseball, cricket FOCUS: Historic conversion part of bigger picture for baseball, cricket
- ^ Former NPB infielder Shogo Kimura joins national cricket team
- ^ "After 30 years of baseball, Shogo Kimura is set to make his debut for Japan ... in cricket". International Cricket Council. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "National team named for ICC World Cup Qualifier – East Asia". Japan Cricket Association. 26 June 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "2nd T20I, Sano, October 10, 2022, Indonesia tour of Japan". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 10 October 2022.
External links[edit]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
- Shogo Kimura at ESPNcricinfo
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- Living people
- Baseball people from Osaka
- Japanese baseball players
- Japanese cricketers
- Japan Twenty20 International cricketers
- Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
- People from Jōtō, Osaka
- Yokohama BayStars players
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp players
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Cricketers at the 2022 Asian Games
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- Japanese baseball infielder stubs