Yuki Kono

Yuki Kono (河野 友軌)

• Bats Left Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 170 lb.

• School Hosei University
• High School Sayama Seiryo High School

• Born November 1, 1980 in Sayama, Saitama Japan

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Biographical Information

Yuki Kono represented Japan in the 2002 World University Baseball Championship. Starting in left, he hit .320/.393/.360 for the Bronze Medalists, with a team-high seven runs in seven games. He was drafted by the Yokohama BayStars in the 8th round the 2002 NPB draft, and he was 2-for-5 in 2003. He went 5-for-20 in 30 games in 2004, but he only got 17 more at-bats with the big club before announced his retirement in 2008.

Sources

• Defunct IBAF site
• Wiki Japan