Sōsuke Genda
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Saitama Seibu Lions – No. 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Infielder | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born: Ōita, Ōita, Japan | February 16, 1993|||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Left Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NPB debut | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
March 31, 2017, for the Saitama Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .270 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hits | 929 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 14 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 244 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 160 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sōsuke Genda (源田 壮亮, Genda Sōsuke, born February 16, 1993) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
[edit]He got Pacific League Rookie of the Year in 2017, he was named as Best Nine and got Golden Glove Award in 2018.
He was selected for the 2018 NPB All-Star Game .[1]
International career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c8/Sosuke_Genda_in_2023_WBC.jpg/220px-Sosuke_Genda_in_2023_WBC.jpg)
Genda represented the Japan national baseball team in the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series and 2019 WBSC Premier12.
On October 10, 2018, he was selected Japan national baseball team at the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.[2]
On October 1, 2019, he was selected at the 2019 WBSC Premier12.[3]
Personal life
[edit]In October 2019, Genda married actress, tarento, and former Nogizaka46 member Misa Etō, whom he met when she interviewed him for a professional sports news program.[4] The couple welcomed the birth of their first child, a son, on January 29, 2022.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 ファン投票結果". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). June 26, 2018. Retrieved June 25, 2018.
- ^ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ "「ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019」出場選手決定について". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 1, 2019. Retrieved October 12, 2019.
- ^ "衛藤美彩「彼の活躍が私の幸せ」西武源田と結婚". Nikkan Sports. October 24, 2019. Retrieved October 24, 2019.
- ^ "【コメント全文】第1子出産の衛藤美彩「一番苦しかったのがオリンピックの時」 夫への感謝も". ENCOUNT (in Japanese). 2022-01-29. Retrieved 2022-02-27.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
- 1993 births
- Living people
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- Nippon Professional Baseball shortstops
- Saitama Seibu Lions players
- Baseball people from Ōita Prefecture
- 2019 WBSC Premier12 players
- 2023 World Baseball Classic players
- Baseball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- Olympic medalists in baseball
- Olympic gold medalists for Japan
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Japanese baseball infielder stubs