| Yuhei Nakamura | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Nakamura in 2011 at Yokohama Stadium
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| Tokyo Yakult Swallows – No. 27 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Catcher | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born: (1990-06-17) 17 June 1990 (age 34) Ōno, Fukui, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2 October, 2009, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | |||||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2023 season) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .243 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 905 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| RBIs | 347 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Stolen bases | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Nakamura was selected to the 2018 NPB All-Star game [jp].[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]
Nakamura appeared in 5 games for Japan in the 2023 World Baseball Classic, winning gold.[5]
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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Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2021 Japan Series champions
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