Akinori Iwamura
Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲, Iwamura Akinori, born February 9, 1979) is a former Japanese baseball infielder, who currently is a manager for the Fukushima Red Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. He made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007.
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Iwamura with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Infielder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: February 9, 1979 Uwajima, Ehime, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Left Threw: Right | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Professional debut | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB: May 19, 1998, for the Yakult Swallows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB: April 2, 2007, for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| MLB: September 26, 2010, for the Oakland Athletics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB: 2014, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .290 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 193 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 615 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| MLB statistics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .267 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 117 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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He earned the nickname Aki while in MLB. His nickname is Gan-chan in NPB.
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