Ken Takahashi

Ken Takahashi (高橋建, Takahashi Ken, born April 16, 1969) is a Japanese former^[1] professional baseball player. He played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in 1995–2008 and the New York Mets in 2009. He returned to the Carp in 2010.

Takahashi was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan. On February 6, 2009, Takahashi declared himself a free agent and expressed his desire to play in Major League Baseball. He later signed a minor league contract with an invitation to spring training with the Toronto Blue Jays.^[2]

Takahaski signed a minor league contract with the New York Mets on March 30, 2009, and was called up to the Major Leagues on April 26.^[3] He made his MLB debut on May 2, coming into the game in the middle of the third inning to replace Óliver Pérez. Takahashi became only the third player in the post-World War II era to make his MLB debut at age 40 or older, joining Satchel Paige (42 for the Cleveland Indians in 1948) and Diomedes Olivo (41 for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1960).^[4]

Takahashi was released by the Mets on October 20, 2009.^[5]

References

↑ AllVoices.com
↑ Jordan Bastian (2009-02-06). "Takahashi, Jays finalize deal". MLB.com. Retrieved 2009-02-06.
↑ Costa, Brian (2009-06-26). "New York Mets designate reliever Casey Fossum for Assignment; Call up Ken Takahashi". The Star-Ledger. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
↑ Bart Hubbuch (2009-05-03). "Takahashi joins select few". New York Post. Retrieved 2009-05-03.
↑ Lennon, David (2009-10-20). "Takahashi owned Howard; now he's gone". Newsday. Retrieved 2009-10-20.

External links

Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference, or The Baseball Cube

Hanshin Tigers roster

First squad	00 Kohei Shibata 0 Yamato 1 Takashi Toritani 2 Fumiya Hojo 4 Hiroki Uemoto 5 Mauro Gómez 7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka 8 Kosuke Fukudome 9 Shun Takayama 13 Daiki Enokida 14 Atsushi Nomi 16 Yūya Andō 17 Yuta Iwasada 18 Kyuji Fujikawa 19 Shintaro Fujinami 20 Kazuya Tsutsui 21 Minoru Iwata 25 Taiga Egoshi 26 Hiroaki Saiuchi 27 Takumi Akiyama 28 Shinobu Fukuhara 32 Ryota Arai 34 Kazuya Takamiya 36 Matt Hague 38 Marcos Mateo 39 Shinji Komiyama 40 Kazunari Tsuruoka 41 Akifumi Takahashi 44 Ryutaro Umeno 45 Takashi Shimizu 49 Ryota Imanari 51 Hayata Ito 54 Randy Messenger 56 Ryoma Matsuda 59 Akira Iwamoto 60 Masahiro Nakatani 64 Kentaro Kuwahara 66 Kazuhito Futagami 67 Suguru Iwazaki 68 Shunsuke 69 Hiroya Shimamoto 98 Rafael Dolis 99 Keisuke Kanoh

Second squad	12 Seishirō Sakamoto 15 Yuya Yokoyama 24 Shintaro Yokota 29 Tatsuya Kojima 30 Tsuyoshi Ishizaki 33 Naoto Nishida 35 Katsuhiko Saka 37 Yuto Morikoshi 42 Daichi Takeyasu 43 Kōki Moriya 46 Naoto Tsuru 47 Shoya Yamamoto 48 Kazuyuki Kaneda 50 Kōyō Aoyagi 52 Shinya Azuhata 55 Naomasa Yokawa 57 Taichi Okazaki 58 Fumiya Araki 61 Atsushi Mochizuki 62 Kai Ueda 63 Yutaro Itayama 65 Ryosuke Ogata 92 Kazuo Itoh 95 Nelson Perez

Development players	116 Kōjirō Tanabo (pitcher) 118 Travis (pitcher) 123 Shinta Hifumi (outfielder) 124 Fumihito Haraguchi (catcher)

First squad coaches	Manager: 6 Tomoaki Kanemoto Head coach: 70 Nobuhiro Takashiro Fielding and base coach: 78 Katsuo Hirata Strategy coach and battery coach: 88 Akihiro Yano Pitching coaches: 90 Isao Koda, 73 Satoru Kanemura Hitting coaches: 81 Atsushi Kataoka, 79 Osamu Hamanaka, 80 Tom O'Malley Fielding and base coach for infielders: 71 Teruyoshi Kuji Fielding and base coach for outfielders: 87 Yutaka Nakamura Training coach: 91 Atsunori Itoh

Second squad coaches	Manager: 31 Masayuki Kakefu Fielding and base coach: 83 Hideo Furuya Pitching coaches: 84 Yasuo Kubo (Head), 72 Ken Takahashi Strategy coach: 77 Makoto Imaoka Hitting coach: 96 Sō Tsutsui Fielding and base coaches: 74 Atsushi Fujimoto, 76 Keiichi Hirano Battery coach: 82 Katsuhiko Yamada

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