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Batting average
  
.285

Home runs
  
169

Hits
  
2020

Name
  
Kenjiro Nomura


Runs batted in
  
765

Role
  
Artist

Stolen Bases
  
250

Died
  
1956

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Kenjiro Nomura (野村 謙二郎, Nomura Kenjirō, born September 19, 1966) is a retired Japanese baseball player. He was with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

He was born in Saiki, Ōita.

He led his team into League Champion (1991).

His number #7, one of the Honored Numbers of Hiroshima Carp.

Career

  • 1st play on April 9, 1989.
  • 1st stolen base on April 12, 1989.
  • 1st hit on May 4, 1989.
  • 1st RBI on May 4, 1989.
  • 1st home run on April 15, 1990.
  • Greatest number of Hits (1994 and 1995).
  • SB Award winner (1990, 1991 and 1994).
  • Best nine of the year (1991, 1995 and 1996).
  • Golden Glove Award winner (1995).
  • 169 HR, 765 RBI, 2020 H, 250 SB.
  • Last game on October 12, 2005.
  • Hiroshima Prefectural Prize of Honour (2005).
  • Kansas City Royals

    • On Aug. 12, 2016, Kenjiro became a special advisor to the Kansas City Royals baseball operations.

    References

    Kenjiro Nomura Wikipedia
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