Keisuke Kaneko

Keisuke Kaneko (金子 圭輔)

• Bats Both, Throws Right
• Height 5' 11", Weight 157 lb.

• High School Shigakukan High School

• Born July 23, 1985 in Kimitsu, Chiba Japan

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Biographical Information

Keisuke Kaneko played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 10 years.

Kaneko was drafted by the Daiei Hawks in the 6th round of the 2003 NPB draft, and he only got 7 at-bats combined for the big club in his first four seasons. He was 4-for-34 in 2008, and he went 0-for-6 in 17 games in 2009. The Hawks then traded him with Hisao Arakane to the Orix Buffaloes for Takehito Kanazawa, and he hit .217/.265/.304 in 31 games in 2010. He was hitless in 12 at-bats in 2011, and he was traded back to the Hawks for Hideaki Takahashi. Kaneko had a 2-for-11 record in 41 games in 2012, and he hit .325/.400/.450 in 49 plate appearances over 59 games in 2013; he backed up Bryan LaHair at 1B and Yuichi Honda at 2B primarily that year. He slumped to .208/.345/.250 in 2014, and he only got 9 more at-bats at the top level (playing regularly in the minors still) before announced his retirement in 2016.

Overall, Kaneko hit .197/.282/.254 with 42 hits in 10 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan