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the Giants and became the first player in NPB history to homer in three consecutive plate appearances twice in the same month. Though he cooled down after his initial streak, he hit .379 with eight homers and 30 RBIs in April, setting a career high for RBIs in a single month, leading the
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Swallows on April 3, his 41st birthday, and hit three home runs in a game for the first time in his career on April 8 against the Carp, making history when he repeated the feat on April 10 against
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to his left knee (a season-ending injury for many players), slowing him down both in the field and on the basepaths, some even alleged that
Kanemoto was just "playing for his streak" and that he was "hurting the team by continuing to play in such conditions" by taking playing time away from some of
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Kazuyoshi Yamamoto, made his way into the starting lineup in the later half of the 1994 season, hitting 17 home runs that year. He continued to make strides with his bat in 1995, hitting .274 with 24 home runs (including his first career
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that followed the regular season, he hit four home runs, homering in three consecutive games and twice in one game (all three tying the previous Japan Series record). However, the Tigers lost to the Hawks four games to three, failing to win the championship.
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amidst hopes that he would change the very culture of the Tigers organization, a perennial cellar-dweller that had finished last in the
Central League four times in the last five years. He committed himself to his new secondary role in the
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season well, hitting .291 in the month of April and following it up by hitting .404 with eight home runs and 29 RBIs in May, earning his second career monthly MVP award. His walk-off home run (the fifth such home run of his career) off
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in 1997, but struggled in 1998, hitting just .253 with 21 homers and 74 RBI. However, he rebounded from the down year by hitting .293 with 34 home runs and 94 RBIs (both career highs) in 1999, playing in all 136 games and
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such adversity, he put up some of his best numbers to date, hitting .317 with 34 home runs and a career-high 113 RBIs and leading the league in RBIs for the first time.
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October 9, 2012, for the Hanshin Tigers
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Chihiro Hamana, all of whom would later go on to the
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Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from
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4157:Kazuo Sayama
4121:
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4062:Koji Akiyama
3931:Masaaki Mori
3925:Choji Murata
3907:Sakae Suzuka
3895:Junzo Sekine
3877:Lefty O'Doul
3841:Rikuo Nemoto
3812:Takeshi Koba
3794:Katsuo Osugi
3669:Jiro Noguchi
3627:Kaoru Bettou
3585:Osamu Mihara
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779:
765:Hitoki Iwase
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723:Japan Series
702:No. 3 hitter
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264:NPB All-Star
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4226:1968 births
4199:Yūji Koseki
4098:Tsutomu Ito
4050:Yutaka Ohno
3818:Sadao Kondo
3752:Sadaharu Oh
3686:Juzo Sanada
3615:Takeo Akuta
3573:Tokuji Iida
3300:S. Murakami
3292:M. Murakami
3284:M. Murakami
2283:October 17,
892:on April 6
835:(.615) and
821:right field
760:by Dragons
664:Sadaharu Oh
656:double play
636:free agency
560:get on base
521:outfielder
433:junior high
408:Yutaka Wada
4215:Categories
4193:Randy Bass
4056:Hideo Nomo
2668:(Japanese)
2662:(Japanese)
2235:References
931:Yuya Ishii
817:Randy Bass
813:run scored
671:off-season
580:grand slam
508:runners-up
469:first year
445:third base
365:outfielder
205:As manager
62:1968-04-03
3913:Akira Ogi
3764:Shosei Go
3390:Jiro Kuji
3372:Yukio Aoi
3220:Balentien
3172:Ogasawara
3132:H. Matsui
3116:H. Matsui
3084:H. Matsui
3028:Cromartie
3004:Kitabeppu
2940:Wakamatsu
2884:Nagashima
2860:Nagashima
2844:Nagashima
2820:Nagashima
2804:Nagashima
2748:Sugishita
2548:USA Today
1041:Hiroshima
769:cartilage
652:grounding
590:1996–2002
568:defensive
504:sophomore
488:shortstop
396:home runs
324:Induction
175:As player
146:Home runs
97:NPB debut
50:/ Manager
3268:Sakamoto
3164:Fukudome
3156:Kanemoto
3148:Kawakami
3124:Petagine
3076:O'Malley
3012:Yamakura
2988:Kinugasa
2956:Yamamoto
2916:Yamamoto
2892:Horiuchi
2812:Murayama
2772:Yonamine
2756:Kawakami
2724:Kawakami
2656:Archived
2493:MLB.com.
922:slugging
787:reliever
689:For the
650:without
612:reliever
602:monthly
441:outfield
3402:Iso Abe
3188:Ramírez
3180:Ramírez
3108:Noguchi
3044:Sasaoka
3020:G. Kaku
2796:Akiyama
1606:Hanshin
898:at-bats
798:Pacific
740:manager
715:pitches
711:runners
675:payroll
654:into a
552:ichigun
529:by the
481:catcher
467:in his
449:pitcher
392:hitters
82:Batted:
74:, Japan
4201:(2023)
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3276:Sugano
3274:2020:
3266:2019:
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3098:1998:
3092:Furuta
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3060:Furuta
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2714:1950:
2149:Career
802:Yonago
762:closer
707:lineup
514:year.
512:senior
424:Korean
377:inning
182:(1992–
88:Threw:
3140:Igawa
3036:Saito
2972:Nakao
2964:Egawa
2740:Otomo
2143:.707
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1985:.822
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1234:.896
1184:.882
1134:.602
1084:.250
959:Team
953:Year
914:rehab
660:walks
570:end.
527:draft
349:金本 知憲
169:Teams
90:Right
57:Born:
3260:Maru
3252:Maru
3244:Arai
3204:Asao
3196:Wada
2996:Bass
2980:Hara
2285:2015
2263:2012
2228:Bold
2219:.884
2214:.503
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956:Age
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884:2008
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843:2006
782:2005
776:2005
736:2004
730:2004
691:2003
685:2003
634:via
564:Mole
496:pros
475:and
447:and
381:2010
327:2018
268:2003
262:10×
257:2008
253:2006
249:2004
238:2005
217:2018
213:2016
198:2012
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184:2002
160:1521
140:2539
136:Hits
130:.285
84:Left
3212:Abe
2199:167
2184:476
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