Kentaro Sekimoto [SEP] country of citizenship
Kentaro Sekimoto
Kentaro Sekimoto (関本賢太郎, born August 26, 1978 in Okazaki, Aichi) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.
External links.
- NPB stats
3, formerly worn by retired infielder Kentaro Sekimoto.
2017
He joined the main squad spring camp training but struggled at the plate as he went hitless for 17 at-bats. Despite batting .333 in 9 appearances during the pre-season games, he was sent back to the farms as there was a surplus of infielders in the main roster.
He spent the 1st half of the season playing in Western League (farm games), where until June, he averaged .232 and batted in 14 runs (1