Yuhei Nakamura
Yuhei Nakamura (中村 悠平, Nakamura Yūhei, born 17 June 1990) is a Japanese professional baseball player. He plays catcher for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
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 Nakamura in 2011 at Yokohama Stadium | ||||||||||||||
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 27 | ||||||||||||||
| Catcher | ||||||||||||||
| Born: 17 June 1990 Ōno, Fukui, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | ||||||||||||||
| debut | ||||||||||||||
| 2 October, 2009, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | ||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2021 season) | ||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .249 | |||||||||||||
| Hits | 944 | |||||||||||||
| Home runs | 34 | |||||||||||||
| RBIs | 343 | |||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 19 | |||||||||||||
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Nakamura was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game.[1] In the 2021 Japan Series, he batted 7-for-22 (a team-best .318 average) with three RBIs and threw out a couple of base-runners to win the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award.[2][3][4]
References
- "マイナビオールスターゲーム2018 出場者". NPB.jp 日本野球機構 (in Japanese). 3 July 2018.
- Coskrey, Jason (28 November 2021). "Steady MVP Yuhei Nakamura guides Swallows to Japan Series title". The Japan Times. Retrieved 28 November 2021.
- "Baseball: Shingo Kawabata pinch-hit drives Swallows to Japan Series title". Kyodo News. 27 November 2021. Retrieved 27 November 2021.
- Armstrong, Jim (28 November 2021). "BASEBALL: Swallows Cap Remarkable Turnaround With Japan Series Victory Over Buffaloes". japan-forward.com. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
Swallows catcher Yuhei Nakamura was named Japan Series MVP. He was credited for his solid hitting (a team-best .318 average against the Buffaloes) and for leading the pitching staff in the Japanese Fall Classic.
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