Louis Okoye
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Okoye with the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles in 2022 | ||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 50 | ||||||||||||
| Outfielder | ||||||||||||
| Born: July 21, 1997 Higashimurayama, Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||
| NPB debut | ||||||||||||
| March 25, 2016, for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | ||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2024 season) | ||||||||||||
| Batting average | .228 | |||||||||||
| Home runs | 14 | |||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 63 | |||||||||||
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Louis Okoye (オコエ 瑠偉, Okoe Rui; born July 21, 1997) // ⓘ is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
After the 2017 season, Okoye joined Cañeros de Los Mochis.[1]
Personal life
Okoye's mother is Japanese and his father is Igbo from Nigeria.[2] His younger sister Monica Okoye is a member of the Japan women's national basketball team which won a silver medal at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
References
- ^ "CAÑEROS ADQUIEREN AL OF JAPONES LOUIS OKOYE". Sitio Oficial de la Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (in Spanish). November 24, 2017. Retrieved January 13, 2018.
- ^ Meet Nigerian baseball star who can't speak English, local dialect. Oak TV. January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 31, 2019.
External links
- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB stats