Chihiro Kaneko

Chihiro Kaneko
Born: November 8, 1983
Sanjo, Niigata JP
Primary Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 170
Career: 2006-2022

Chihiro Kaneko compiled a career record of 130 wins and 94 losses and a 3.08 ERA in his 387-game pitching career with the Orix Buffaloes and Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters. He began playing during the 2006 season and last took the field during the 2022 campaign.

Orix Buffaloes

Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	1	1	.500	3.54	21	1	11	0	0	0	28.0	20	13	11	4	18	1	22	2	1	3	120
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	6	2	.750	2.79	36	7		2	2	1	84.0	75	31	26	4	20	2	68	1	0	1	343
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	10	9	.526	3.98	29	25		0	0	0	165.0	185	78	73	19	34	0	126	8	0	3	717
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	11	8	.579	2.57	32	21		5	2	4	171.7	149	54	49	15	34	0	165	4	0	2	683
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	17	8	.680	3.30	30	29	0	7	6	0	204.3	184	85	75	17	44	1	190	3	2	5	831
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	10	4	.714	2.43	20	20	0	5	2	0	155.3	126	45	42	9	38	2	123	2	0	3	613
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	4	3	.571	2.40	9	9	0	2	1	0	63.7	65	19	17	2	15	0	56	1	0	3	265
2013	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	15	8	.652	2.01	29	29	0	10	3	0	223.3	166	55	50	10	58	0	200	3	1	6	881
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	16	5	.762	1.98	26	26	0	4	3	0	191.0	157	48	42	7	42	0	199	3	0	6	763
2015	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	7	6	.538	3.19	16	15	0	0	0	0	93.0	85	34	33	8	18	0	79	0	0	1	379
2016	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	7	9	.438	3.83	24			2	1	0	162.0	143	71	69	13	59	0	125	2	0	7	676
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	12	8	.600	3.47	27	27	0	6	1	0	184.3	160	80	71	21	56	0	141	2	0	1	754
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	4	7	.364	3.87	17			0	0	0	100.0	97	47	43	11	35	0	72	3	0	3	430
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	8	7	.533	3.04	26			0	0	0	109.7	106	42	37	10	40	0	75	0	0	2	460
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	1	3	.250	5.11	34			0	0	0	44.0	49	29	25	5	17	1	47	2	0	1	199
2021	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	0	4	.000	6.21	8			0	0	0	33.3	42	23	23	4	13	1	22	3	0	3	149
2022	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	1	2	.333	4.85	3			0	0	0	13.0	15	7	7	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	54
Totals				130	94	.580	3.08	387	209	11	43	21	5	2025.7	1824	761	693	159	542	8	1721	39	4	50	8317

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	29	2	2	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	32	5	5	1	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	1	0	0
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	30	5	4	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	20	7	6	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	9	7	6	1	0	0	3	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	1
2013	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	29	9	8	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	26	8	8	1	1	1	5	.125	.125	.250	.375	2	0	0
2015	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	16	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	27	5	5	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	17	5	5	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1	0
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	26	3	3	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0
Totals				261	59	55	3	1	1	32	.055	.055	.073	.127	4	1	4

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G
2006	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	21	4	6	1	0	.909	.476
2007	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	36	2	9	0	0	1.000	.306
2008	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	29	9	27	0	1	1.000	1.241
2009	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	32	7	25	1	3	.970	1.000
2010	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	30	12	48	1	0	.984	2.000
2011	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	20	9	36	3	1	.938	2.250
2012	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	9	2	15	1	0	.944	1.889
2013	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	29	23	47	2	2	.972	2.414
2014	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	26	4	32	0	2	1.000	1.385
2015	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	16	8	26	0	1	1.000	2.125
2016	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	24	9	27	0	0	1.000	1.500
2017	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	27	10	27	1	2	.974	1.370
2018	Foreign Major	JPPL	Orix Buffaloes	P	17	3	17	0	0	1.000	1.176
2019	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	P	26	8	15	0	0	1.000	.885
2020	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	P	34	3	10	0	0	1.000	.382
2021	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	P	8	1	8	0	1	1.000	1.125
2022	Foreign Major	JPPL	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	P	3	0	1	0	0	1.000	.333
Totals					350	111	365	10	13	.979	1.360

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team	First Appearance	Final Appearance
2006	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2007	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2008	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2009	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2010	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	March 20, 2010	September 25, 2010
2011	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	June 5, 2011	October 18, 2011
2012	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	April 6, 2012	October 5, 2012
2013	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	March 29, 2013	October 13, 2013
2014	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	March 28, 2014	September 30, 2014
2015	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	May 23, 2015	October 3, 2015
2016	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2017	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes	March 31, 2017	October 4, 2017
2018	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Orix Buffaloes
2019	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2020	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2021	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
2022	Foreign Major	Japan Pacific League	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters

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