Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲, born February 9 1979 in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays.Throughout the Rays organization, he is commonly referred to "Aki" while in Japan, his nickname was "Gan-chan".
Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲, born February 9 1979 in Uwajima, Ehime, Japan) is a Major League Baseball infielder for the Tampa Bay Rays. His brother, Takashi Iwamura, is also a professional baseball player who, like Aki, spent two seasons with the Iwamura, who played in the Central League from 1998 to 2006, has won six Central League golden glove awards at third base. Be still my heart, for it’s time to reminisce on Akinori Iwamura. Akinori Iwamura was the free-swinging slugger who manned third base for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows before coming to the Tampa Bay Devil Rays as a second baseman in 2007. Much of the play-by-play, game results, and transaction information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by Win Expectancy, Run Expectancy, and Leverage Index calculations provided by Tom Tango of Total Zone Rating and initial framework for Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith.Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of Many historical player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲, Iwamura Akinori, born February 9, 1979) is a Japanese baseball infielder, who currently is a player-manager for the Fukushima Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. Iwamura was 28 years old when he broke into the big leagues on April 2, 2007, with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays.
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Akinori Iwamura (岩村 明憲 , Iwamura Akinori, born February 9, 1979) is a former Japanese baseball infielder, who currently is a manager for the Fukushima Red Hopes in Japan's Baseball Challenge League. Iwamura did not hit well in his first spring training but seemed to adjust quickly to MLB pitching once the regular season began, hitting .339 in April. Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman Bats: Left • Throws: Right 5-9, 200lb (175cm, 90kg) Born: February 9, 1979 in Uwajima, Japan jp. May 25, 2009: Tampa Bay Rays placed 2B Akinori Iwamura on the 15-day disabled list. We present them here for purely educational purposes. Also an interesting fact is that Aki's glove is made out of crocodile skin, like some gloves are made out of kangaroo hide. Iwamura began his MLB career as the starting third baseman for the Devil Rays.
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In high school, Akinori hit cleanup for Japan's national high school team. It was later returned to Iwamura with Joe Torre's signature. High School: Uwajima Higashi HS (Japan) Debut: April 2, 2007 (Age 28-052d, 16,638th in MLB history) vs. NYY 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB His final 2007 stats were .285 AVG, .411 SLG, 7 HR, 34 RBI, and 82 runs scored while mostly serving as the Devil Rays' leadoff hitter. He made his Major League debut with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in 2007.