Ryo Watanabe (infielder)

Ryo Watanabe (渡邉 諒, Watanabe Ryō) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in MLB for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Ryo Watanabe
Hanshin Tigers – No. 25
Infielder
Born: (1995-04-30) April 30, 1995
Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
NPB debut
September 30, 2014, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
(through 2020 season)
Batting average.262
Home runs25
Hits290
RBI114
Stolen bases5
Teams
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing  Japan
18U Baseball World Cup
Silver medal – second place 2013 Taichung Team

Career

On October 18, 2022, during the off-season, Watanabe was traded to the Hanshin Tigers in a two-for-two trade alongside Yuto Takahama, with Yukiya Saitoh, and Taiga Egoshi heading to Hokkaido in return.[1][2]

References

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