Ryo Watanabe (infielder)

For the baseball pitcher, see Ryo Watanabe (pitcher).

Ryo Watanabe (渡邉 諒, Watanabe Ryō) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He has previously played in MLB for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.

Ryo Watanabe
Hanshin Tigers – No. 25
Infielder
Born: (1995-04-30) April 30, 1995 (age 30) Tsuchiura, Ibaraki, Japan
Bats: Right Throws: Right
NPB debut
September 30, 2014, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
NPB statistics (through 2024 season)
Batting average	.253
Home runs	32
Hits	418
RBI	166
Stolen bases	10
Teams
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2014–2022) Hanshin Tigers (2023-present)
Career highlights and awards
1× Japan Series Champion (2023)
Medals Men's baseball Representing  Japan 18U Baseball World Cup 2013 Taichung Team

Career

On October 18, 2022, during the off-season, Watanabe was traded to the Hanshin Tigers in a two-for-two trade alongside Yuto Takahama, with Yukiya Saitoh, and Taiga Egoshi heading to Hokkaido in return.^[1][2]