Norihiro Nakamura
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Norihiro Nakamura (中村 紀洋, Nakamura Norihiko, born July 24, 1973 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball third baseman. Nakamura spent almost all of his professional career in Japan with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes. Nakamura had a .266 career batting average, 404 home runs and 1348 RBI, and was an eight-time All-Star and four-time Golden Glove winner. Nakamura is one of only 16 players to have hit 400 or more home runs in NPB.
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Third baseman/Coach | |||||||||||||||
Born: (1973-07-24) July 24, 1973 (age 50) Osaka, Japan | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
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NPB: June 12, 1992, for the Kintetsu Buffaloes | |||||||||||||||
MLB: April 10, 2005, for the Los Angeles Dodgers | |||||||||||||||
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October, 2014, for the Yokohama DeNA BayStars | |||||||||||||||
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Batting average | .266 | ||||||||||||||
Home runs | 404 | ||||||||||||||
Hits | 2,101 | ||||||||||||||
Runs batted in | 1,348 | ||||||||||||||
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