Kensuke Tanaka

Kensuke Tanaka
Born: May 20, 1981
Chikushino, Fukuoka JP
Primary Position: Second base
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 3B, LF, OF, SS
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'9"
Weight: 170
Career: 2000-2019
Major League Statistics

Kensuke Tanaka compiled a career batting average of .284 with 53 home runs and 545 RBI in his 1788-game career with the Nippon Ham Fighters, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters, Fresno Grizzlies and Round Rock Express. He began playing during the 2000 season and last took the field during the 2019 campaign.

Nippon Ham Fighters

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

Fresno Grizzlies

Round Rock Express

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

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Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
2000	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	5	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0	0	0	0
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	56	116	99	12	14	1	1	3	9	0	2	13	28	.141	.239	.263	.502	26	0	0	3	1	0
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	60	177	158	18	40	7	4	0	10	3	2	9	36	.253	.298	.348	.646	55	2	1	9	0	0
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	52	114	102	10	22	4	1	1	16	1	1	6	30	.216	.268	.304	.572	31	0	2	2	2	0
2004	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	21	45	40	4	13	3	2	1	7	1	0	2	7	.325	.372	.575	.947	23	1	1	2	0	0
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	22	28	24	2	5	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	10	.208	.321	.333	.655	8	0	0	0	0	0
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	125	450	376	68	113	10	6	7	42	21	7	30	60	.301	.358	.415	.773	156	3	6	34	4	0
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	144	638	526	66	134	24	7	3	31	27	14	43	107	.255	.321	.344	.665	181	2	9	58	2	1
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	144	638	536	89	159	32	9	11	63	21	7	62	80	.297	.379	.451	.831	242	4	11	26	3	2
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	144	680	575	93	163	34	4	3	49	31	11	79	105	.283	.373	.372	.745	214	0	5	17	4	4
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	143	662	576	88	193	24	4	5	54	34	10	72	66	.335	.408	.417	.824	240	6	2	7	5	4
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	49	220	200	25	58	6	1	1	10	8	3	17	21	.290	.344	.345	.689	69	1	0	2	1	0
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	114	505	457	49	137	14	3	3	32	13	9	35	36	.300	.350	.363	.713	166	2	2	8	3	2
2013	AAA	PCL	Fresno Grizzlies	107	400	343	54	113	14	3	1	32	22	10	42	36	.329	.400	.397	.797	136	6	3	5	7	2
2014	AAA	PCL	Round Rock Express	62	245	213	29	55	8	2	4	27	12	2	27	28	.258	.340	.371	.711	79	7	1	1	3	0
2015	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	134	596	532	62	151	20	2	4	66	9	3	57	58	.284	.354	.352	.705	187	9	1	5	1	0
2016	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	143	626	541	61	147	14	1	2	53	22	8	69	56	.272	.361	.312	.674	169	4	9	3	4	3
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	107	349	314	22	79	6	1	2	18	11	4	35	36	.252	.327	.296	.623	93	4	0	0	0	1
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	67	124	105	12	31	3	0	0	8	0	1	18	14	.295	.398	.324	.722	34	0	0	1	0	1
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	89	170	153	15	39	6	2	1	16	0	0	14	17	.255	.315	.340	.655	52	3	0	2	1	1
Totals				1788	6788	5875	779	1667	230	53	53	545	237	95	634	833	.284	.357	.368	.725	2162	54	53	185	41	21

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2000	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	SS	3						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	5						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	3B	21						.000
2001	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	SS	16						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	42						.000
2002	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	SS	12						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	42						.000
2003	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	SS	4						.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	OF	3	6	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	2	2	6	0	0	1.000	4.000
2005	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	SS	1	0	3	0	1	1.000	3.000
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	OF	4	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.000
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	114	243	324	11	79	.981	4.974
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	SS	1	0	0	0	0		.000
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	144	309	434	10	97	.987	5.160
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	144	322	455	9	82	.989	5.396
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	144	325	467	9	87	.989	5.500
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	143	343	473	17	122	.980	5.706
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	49	127	150	5	23	.982	5.653
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	114	260	343	11	62	.982	5.289
2013	AAA	PCL	Fresno Grizzlies	2B	55	91	133	15	28	.937	4.073
2013	AAA	PCL	Fresno Grizzlies	LF	30	52	4	1	0	.982	1.867
2013	AAA	PCL	Fresno Grizzlies	OF	30	52	4	1	0	.982	1.867
2014	AAA	PCL	Round Rock Express	2B	49	70	130	6	34	.971	4.082
2015	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	123	269	362	10	69	.984	5.130
2016	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	142	315	476	10	95	.988	5.570
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	1B	7	57	3	1	5	.984	8.571
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	65	113	143	5	26	.981	3.938
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	40	33	64	0	11	1.000	2.425
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	1B	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	1.000
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	1B	9	41	2	0	2	1.000	4.778
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	2B	2	1	6	0	1	1.000	3.500
Totals					1561	3040	3982	121	824	.983	4.498

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	Affiliation	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2000	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2001	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2002	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2003	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2004	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2005	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Nippon Ham Fighters
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters		March 20, 2010	September 28, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters		April 12, 2011	June 18, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters		March 30, 2012	August 29, 2012
2013	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Fresno Grizzlies	SFN	April 4, 2013	September 2, 2013
2014	AAA	Pacific Coast League	Round Rock Express	TEX	April 3, 2014	July 3, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters		March 27, 2015	October 5, 2015
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2017	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters		March 31, 2017	October 4, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

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