Shingo Kawabata (baseball)

Shingo Kawabata
Shingo Kawabata
	Kawabata with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 73
	Infielder / Coach
	Born: October 16, 1987 (age 38); Kaizuka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
	Batted: Left Threw: Right
NPB debut
	October 9, 2006, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Last NPB appearance
	September 28, 2025, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows
NPB statistics
Batting average	.293
Hits	1,100
Home runs	40
Runs batted in	409
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2006–2025); As coach Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2026–present);
Career highlights and awards
	Japan Series champion (2021); 2015 CLCS MVP; Central League Golden Glove Award (2015); 2× NPB All-Star (2015-2016); Central League Best Nine Award (2015); Central League batting champion (2015); Central League hits champion (2015);
Medals
Men's baseball
Representing Japan
2015 WBSC Premier12

Batting average.293

Home runs40

Runs batted in409

Shingo Kawabata (川端慎吾, Kawabata Shingo; born October 16, 1987) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows from 2006 to 2025.^[1]

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v t e Tokyo Yakult Swallows current roster
Pitchers	11 José Quijada 12 Taichi Ishiyama 15 Yūto Nakamura 17 Noboru Shimizu 18 Yasunobu Okugawa 19 Masanori Ishikawa 20 Naofumi Kizawa 21 Kojiro Yoshimura 24 Tomoya Hoshi 26 Taichi Yamano 28 Kengo Matsumoto 29 Yasuhiro Ogawa 30 Kōta Shōji 33 Taiyō Yamazaki 34 Kazuto Taguchi 35 Yūki Ishihara 40 Hirotoshi Takanashi 41 Takuya 43 Shōta Masui 44 Hiroki Ohnishi 45 Reiji Kozawa 46 Haruki Ohmichi 47 Keiji Takahashi 48 Yuto Kanakubo 49 Rengo Suzuki 53 Hiroki Hasegawa 56 Takumi Sakamoto 58 Nash Walters 61 Ryūto Iida 62 Jesús Liranzo 66 Kosuke Sakaguchi 68 Shōta Maruyama 69 Shunsuke Shimokawa 71 Shōhei Numata 99 Koyo Aoyagi
Catchers	2 Yudai Koga 27 Yuhei Nakamura 32 Naoki Matsumoto 48 Tomoya Kakinuma 52 Seiya Hashimoto 57 Taijirō Yano 65 Kyō Suzuki
Infielders	00 Yoshihiro Akahane 1 Tetsuto Yamada 3 Sōma Uchiyama 6 Ayuto Matsushita 7 Hideki Nagaoka 8 Eigoro Mogi 10 Takeshi Miyamoto 13 José Osuna 37 Kakeru Yamanobe 38 Takumi Ishii 39 Reo Matsukawa 50 Keigo Kitamura 54 Haruto Tanaka 60 Ryusei Takeoka 67 Ryūi Ito
Outfielders	0 Hidetaka Namiki 4 Kazuya Maruyama 9 Yasutaka Shiomi 25 Domingo Santana 31 Nikita Moiseyev 36 Ruito Nishimura 42 Ren Sawai 63 Shu Masuda 64 Yukihiro Iwata
Development pitchers	012 Yū Hirosawa 013 Hyūga Takeoka 014 Kōta Nishidate 015 Yume Komiya 016 Yūsei Nishihama 017 Shōsei 019 Takuma Satō
Development catchers	022 Ryūnosuke Matsumoto 027 Takuma Nakagawa
Development infielders	023 Kiyoharu Sawano 025 Tatsunori Negishi 026 Sōta Takano
Development outfielders	024 Montell
First squad coaching	Manager: 88 Takahiro Ikeyama Head coach: 82 Yuichi Matsumoto Pitching coaches: 81 Itsuki Shoda, 92 Tetsuya Yamamoto Battery coach: 83 Atsushi Kinugawa Hitting coaches: 80 Yuji Yoshioka, 87 Tomochika Tsuboi Infield defense and base running coach: 75 Takayuki Terauchi Outfield defense and base running coach: 95 Katsuyuki Dobashi
Second squad coaching	Manager: 79 Noriyuki Shiroishi Chief and pitching coach: 89 Tomohito Ito Pitching coaches: 91 Yoshinori, 76 Kyohei Muranaka Battery coach: 86 Masahiko Tanaka Hitting coaches: 78 Shoitsu Omatsu, 73 Shingo Kawabata, 85 Naomichi Nishiura Infield defense and base running coach: 74 Masayoshi Miwa Outfield defense and base running coach: 77 Kotaro Yamasaki

Shingo Kawabata (baseball)

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