{"id":419553,"date":"2023-03-08T18:27:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-08T18:27:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=419553"},"modified":"2023-03-08T22:46:25","modified_gmt":"2023-03-08T22:46:25","slug":"know-about-munetaka-murakami-the-japanese-home-run-champ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/know-about-munetaka-murakami-the-japanese-home-run-champ\/","title":{"rendered":"Know About Munetaka Murakami: The Japanese Home Run Champ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span title=\"Hepburn transliteration\"><i lang=\"ja-Latn\">Murakami Munetaka<\/i><\/span>, born February 2, 2000 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, <a title=\"Japan\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Japan\">Japan<\/a>) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball.<\/p>\n<p>Despite not getting a lot of media exposure from appearances in national games, he was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NPB Draft by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Yomiuri Giants and the Rakuten Golden Eagles, as an alternative pick after they lost K\u014dtar\u014d Kiyomiya to the Nippon Ham Fighters.\u00a0<sup id=\"cite_ref-4\" class=\"reference\"><\/sup>The Swallows won the lottery and signed him for a contract of 80 million yen and a 7.2 million yen annual salary. He was assigned jersey number 55.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">22-year-old third baseman Munetaka Murakami became the first Japanese-born player to hit 50 home runs in a professional season since Hideki Matsui in 2002 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VvIN6HHcgQ\">pic.twitter.com\/VvIN6HHcgQ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Talkin\u2019 Baseball (@TalkinBaseball_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkinBaseball_\/status\/1565746707362635778?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">September 2, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Munetaka Murakami stats<\/h2>\n<p>Murakami impressed from his rookie year with the Swallows.<\/p>\n<p>He hit 36 home runs with Yakult in his first full season in 2019, and has had 30-plus home runs in every season since except 2020, when he played in 23 fewer games.<\/p>\n<table id=\"standard_batting\" data-cols-to-freeze=\"1,5\">\n<colgroup>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/>\n<col \/><\/colgroup>\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"padding: 0.625rem 1.875rem 0.625rem 0.625rem;\" scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Year\" data-stat=\"year_ID\" data-tip=\"A Star indicates an all-star that season.&lt;br&gt;A Ring indicates the player appeared in WS for winning team.\">Year<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Games Played\" data-stat=\"G\" data-tip=\"Games Played or Pitched\">G<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Runs Scored\" data-stat=\"R\" data-tip=\"Runs Scored\/Allowed\">R<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Hits\" data-stat=\"H\" data-tip=\"Hits\/Hits Allowed\">H<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Home Runs\" data-stat=\"HR\" data-tip=\"Home Runs Hit\/Allowed\">HR<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Runs Batted In\" data-stat=\"RBI\" data-tip=\"Runs Batted In\">RBI<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Bases on Balls\" data-stat=\"BB\" data-tip=\"Bases on Balls\/Walks\">BB<\/th>\n<th scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Strikeouts\" data-stat=\"SO\" data-tip=\"Strikeouts\">SO<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 0.625rem 1.875rem 0.625rem 0.625rem;\" scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Batting Average\" data-filter=\"1\" data-name=\"Batting Average\" data-stat=\"batting_avg\" data-tip=\"&lt;strong&gt;Hits\/At Bats&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA&lt;br&gt;per team game played&lt;br&gt;Bold indicates highest BA using current stats&lt;br&gt;&lt;span class=&quot;all_time_record&quot;&gt;Gold&lt;\/span&gt; means awarded title at end of year.\">BA<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 0.625rem 1.875rem 0.625rem 0.625rem;\" scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"On-Base%\" data-filter=\"1\" data-name=\"On-Base%\" data-stat=\"onbase_perc\" data-tip=\"&lt;strong&gt;(H + BB + HBP)\/(At Bats + BB + HBP + SF)&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA&lt;br&gt;per team game played\">OBP<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 0.625rem 1.875rem 0.625rem 0.625rem;\" scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"Slugging %\" data-filter=\"1\" data-name=\"Slugging %\" data-stat=\"slugging_perc\" data-tip=\"&lt;strong&gt;Total Bases\/At Bats or &lt;br&gt;(1B + 2*2B + 3*3B + 4*HR)\/AB&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA&lt;br&gt;per team game played\">SLG<\/th>\n<th style=\"padding: 0.625rem 1.875rem 0.625rem 0.625rem;\" scope=\"col\" aria-label=\"On-Base Plus Slugging\" data-filter=\"1\" data-name=\"On-Base Plus Slugging\" data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\" data-tip=\"&lt;strong&gt;On-Base + Slugging Percentages &lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;br&gt;For recent years, leaders need 3.1 PA&lt;br&gt;per team game played\">OPS<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr data-row=\"2\">\n<th scope=\"row\" data-stat=\"year_ID\">2018<\/th>\n<td data-stat=\"G\">6<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"R\">1<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"H\">1<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"HR\">1<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"RBI\">2<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"BB\">2<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"SO\">5<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"batting_avg\">.083<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_perc\">.214<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"slugging_perc\">.333<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\">.548<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-row=\"3\">\n<th scope=\"row\" data-stat=\"year_ID\">2019<\/th>\n<td data-stat=\"G\">143<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"R\">76<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"H\">118<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"HR\">36<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"RBI\">96<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"BB\">74<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"SO\">184<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"batting_avg\">.231<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_perc\">.332<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"slugging_perc\">.481<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\">.814<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-row=\"4\">\n<th scope=\"row\" data-stat=\"year_ID\">2020<\/th>\n<td data-stat=\"G\">120<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"R\">70<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"H\">130<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"HR\">28<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"RBI\">86<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"BB\">87<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"SO\">115<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"batting_avg\">.307<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_perc\">.427<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"slugging_perc\">.585<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\">1.012<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-row=\"5\">\n<th scope=\"row\" data-stat=\"year_ID\">2021<\/th>\n<td data-stat=\"G\">143<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"R\">82<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"H\">139<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"HR\">39<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"RBI\">112<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"BB\">106<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"SO\">133<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"batting_avg\">.278<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_perc\">.408<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"slugging_perc\">.566<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\">.974<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr data-row=\"6\">\n<th scope=\"row\" data-stat=\"year_ID\">2022<\/th>\n<td data-stat=\"G\">141<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"R\">114<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"H\">155<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"HR\">56<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"RBI\">134<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"BB\">118<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"SO\">128<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"batting_avg\">.318<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_perc\">.458<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"slugging_perc\">.711<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\">1.168<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th scope=\"row\" data-stat=\"year_ID\">TOTAL<\/th>\n<td data-stat=\"G\">553<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"R\">343<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"H\">543<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"HR\">160<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"RBI\">430<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"BB\">387<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"SO\">565<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"batting_avg\">.281<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_perc\">.405<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"slugging_perc\">.583<\/td>\n<td data-stat=\"onbase_plus_slugging\">.988<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<tfoot><\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<p>For as good as Murakami&#8217;s stats have been, the improved production has been especially impressive.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Japan is the only nation to win <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WBCBaseball?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@WBCBaseball<\/a> multiple times, yet this could be the greatest <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/samuraijapan_pr?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@samuraijapan_pr<\/a> roster ever. <\/p>\n<p>Shohei Ohtani. Yu Darvish. Seiya Suzuki. Munetaka Murakami. R\u014dki Sasaki. Lars Nootbaar. Yoshinobu Yamamoto. <\/p>\n<p>And more names to come. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLBNetwork?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLBNetwork<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MLB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@MLB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Jon Morosi (@jonmorosi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jonmorosi\/status\/1613553032955920386?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>What team does Munetaka Murakami play for?<\/h2>\n<p>Murakami is presently a third baseman with the NPB&#8217;s Tokyo Yakult Swallows.<\/p>\n<p>Despite competition from the Yomiuri Giants and Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the left-handed bat was selected in the first round of the 2017 draught. On his first at-bat after making his debut in September 2018, Murakami hit a home run.<\/p>\n<p>At the age of 19, Murakami made his debut on NPB Opening Day in 2019 following an active international tour. His statistics have become better every year, reaching a historic 2022.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">About Munetaka MURAKAMI for MLB fans<br \/>3B\/1B Tokyo Yakult Swallows Age23<br \/>L\/R 6\u20192\u201d 214lbs Kumamoto, Japan<br \/>Last season, he became the youngest NPB player to win a Triple Crown, Av.318 with 56HRs and 134 RBIs. Winner of the NPBCL last two MVP awards. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldBaseballClassic?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldBaseballClassic<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LxPFQrbEaZ\">pic.twitter.com\/LxPFQrbEaZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u30b5\u30f3\u30b1\u30a4\u30b9\u30dd\u30fc\u30c4\u91ce\u7403\u3010\u516c\u5f0f\u3011 (@SankeisportsBb) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SankeisportsBb\/status\/1625765254373478402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Munetaka Murakami home run chase<\/h2>\n<p>While MLB fans were locked in watching the Aaron Judge home run chase last year, Murakami was chasing history of his own.<\/p>\n<p>The left-handed hitter was in contention to surpass Balentein as the all-time leader in the NPB when he blasted his 55th home run of the year in September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt felt perfect,\u201d Murakami said about No. 55, per The Japan Times. \u201cI got it on the sweet spot, so I thought it was going to be a home run.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet it would take Murakami roughly three weeks (48 at-bats) without a home run until he passed Sadahuru Oh, a Japanese-born player who held the previous record with 55 home runs. On the last day of the regular season, Murakami hit No. 56.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Munetaka Murakami hit his 56th home run to break Sadaharu Oh\u2019s single-season HR record for a Japanese-born player \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>Oh set the record in 1964. (h\/t <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mizushimax?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@mizushimax<\/a>) <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/LrLINJnUJ8\">https:\/\/t.co\/LrLINJnUJ8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; B\/R Walk-Off (@BRWalkoff) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BRWalkoff\/status\/1577070948968079360?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 3, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Oh is, of course, a legend in NPB circles. His 868 career home runs in Japan set a global record that is highly unlikely to be surpassed. Murakami, of course, will not be in NPB long enough to threaten that record.<\/p>\n<p>Murakami recognised the stress of trying to catch the legend after reaching No. 56.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI had that feel (of homering) for the first time in a while. It\u2019s been a long time,\u201d he said, per Dynes Press Box. \u201cI\u2019d be lying if I said there was no pressure. I\u2019m stunned myself, I wonder whether the reward came at the very end.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">MUNETAKA MURAKAMI!! <\/p>\n<p>This guy is the real deal. The world will know him soon enough. Either from this WBC or when he comes to MLB. <\/p>\n<p>He just homered off of Yu Darvish in Live BP. Studddd<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cqj00SPH1L\">pic.twitter.com\/cqj00SPH1L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Ben Verlander (@BenVerlander) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BenVerlander\/status\/1627863193828884481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 21, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>When can Munetaka Murakami join MLB?<\/h2>\n<p>The 23-year-old Murakami signed a three-year agreement in December of last year for 600 million yen ($4.4 million) year.<\/p>\n<p>His MLB career would start in 2026 due to a stipulation in the contract that states he would be released in 2025.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It would be a huge blow to our club,&#8221; Swallows president Tsuyoshi Kinugasa said, per the Kyodo News. &#8220;But he is a treasure in the baseball world. I&#8217;m sure baseball fans in Japan want to see him play in the majors.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Svnby66Uick\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE MLB UPDATES-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Yankees\u2019 Oswaldo Cabrera\u2019s Versatility Is Worth Appreciation\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/yankees-oswaldo-cabreras-versatility-is-worth-appreciation\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Yankees\u2019 Oswaldo Cabrera\u2019s Versatility Is Worth Appreciation<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Murakami Munetaka, born February 2, 2000 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto, Japan) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball. Despite not getting a lot of media exposure from appearances in national games, he was drafted in the first round of the 2017 NPB Draft by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":419554,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[54],"tags":[5706,5709,5708,5707],"class_list":["post-419553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mlb","tag-munetaka-murakami","tag-munetaka-murakami-home-run","tag-munetaka-murakami-home-run-chse","tag-munetaka-murakami-stats"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=419553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/419553\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419554"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=419553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=419553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=419553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}