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Mar 21, 2023 · For as good as Murakami's stats have been, the improved production has been especially impressive. MORE: Why Seiya Suzuki will miss the World Baseball Classic Munetaka Murakami home run chase ...
Nov 10, 2022 · Nov 10, 2022. Sapporo –. Shota Imanaga struck out 10 and Munetaka Murakami hit his fourth home run in three games for Japan's national team in an 8-1 win over Australia in their first World ...
Mar 22, 2023 · Murakami hit .318 with 78 extra-base hits including 56 home runs -- the record for a Japanese-born player -- 134 RBIs, a nearly even 128-to-118 strikeout-to-walk ratio and 1.168 OPS in 141 games ...
Nov 15, 2022 · Munetaka Murakami, the record-setting third baseman for the Yakult Swallow in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball, hopes to make the jump to Major League Baseball soon, he told the Kyodo News on ...
Oct 3, 2022 · FILE - Japan's Munetaka Murakami hits a home run during the gold medal baseball game against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 7, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan.
Aug 23, 2022 · Munetaka Murakami is a 22-year-old third baseman who plays for the Yakult Swallows in Japan's Central League. Murakami has prodigious power; since being selected in the first round of the 2017 NPB ...
Oct 3, 2022 · Yakult Swallows third baseman Munetaka Murakami became Nippon Professional Baseball's youngest Triple Crown winner at 22 on Monday, topping the Central League with a .318 batting average, 56 home runs and 134 RBIs. Murakami, who was the runaway leader in home runs and RBIs, went 2-for-4, including his 56th homer in the regular-season finale ...
