Norihiro Nakamura
Norihiro Nakamura
Born: July 24, 1973
Osaka, Osaka JP
Primary Position: Third base
All Position(s) Played: 1B, 2B, SS
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 205
Career: 1992-2014
Major League Statistics
Norihiro Nakamura compiled a career batting average of .266 with 426 home runs and 1415 RBI in his 2368-game career with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes, Las Vegas 51s, Orix Buffaloes, Chunichi Dragons, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and Yokohama DeNA BayStars. He began playing during the 1992 season and last took the field during the 2014 campaign.
![]() Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes |
![]() Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes |
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Batting:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | GP | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | TB | DP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB |
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1992 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 11 | 27 | 27 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | .222 | .222 | .481 | .704 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1993 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 8 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .111 | .250 | .111 | .361 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
1994 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 101 | 215 | 192 | 23 | 54 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 49 | .281 | .343 | .484 | .827 | 93 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
1995 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 129 | 528 | 470 | 62 | 107 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 51 | 92 | .228 | .307 | .400 | .707 | 188 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
1996 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 110 | 454 | 411 | 60 | 112 | 15 | 1 | 26 | 67 | 4 | 1 | 39 | 89 | .273 | .341 | .504 | .845 | 207 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
1997 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 128 | 519 | 455 | 54 | 109 | 22 | 3 | 19 | 68 | 3 | 2 | 54 | 105 | .240 | .325 | .426 | .751 | 194 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
1998 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 132 | 564 | 481 | 74 | 125 | 14 | 1 | 32 | 90 | 1 | 1 | 74 | 114 | .260 | .363 | .493 | .856 | 237 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
1999 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 135 | 601 | 514 | 83 | 134 | 23 | 0 | 31 | 95 | 3 | 0 | 79 | 116 | .261 | .362 | .486 | .848 | 250 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
2000 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 127 | 564 | 476 | 82 | 132 | 26 | 0 | 39 | 110 | 1 | 1 | 80 | 112 | .277 | .381 | .578 | .959 | 275 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
2001 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 140 | 636 | 525 | 109 | 168 | 25 | 0 | 46 | 132 | 3 | 2 | 104 | 106 | .320 | .434 | .630 | 1.064 | 331 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 8 |
2002 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 140 | 602 | 511 | 87 | 150 | 27 | 1 | 42 | 115 | 2 | 1 | 86 | 136 | .294 | .400 | .597 | .997 | 305 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
2003 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 117 | 456 | 381 | 54 | 90 | 14 | 1 | 23 | 67 | 1 | 1 | 72 | 96 | .236 | .357 | .459 | .817 | 175 | 18 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
2004 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 105 | 462 | 387 | 59 | 106 | 16 | 1 | 19 | 66 | 0 | 0 | 73 | 88 | .274 | .390 | .468 | .857 | 181 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Las Vegas 51s | 101 | 408 | 357 | 54 | 89 | 17 | 1 | 22 | 67 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 70 | .249 | .331 | .487 | .818 | 174 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
2006 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Orix Buffaloes | 85 | 359 | 328 | 39 | 76 | 22 | 0 | 12 | 45 | 0 | 1 | 26 | 70 | .232 | .292 | .409 | .701 | 134 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 520 | 457 | 64 | 134 | 24 | 0 | 20 | 79 | 2 | 1 | 51 | 87 | .293 | .359 | .477 | .836 | 218 | 18 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 3 |
2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 140 | 557 | 493 | 56 | 135 | 20 | 0 | 24 | 72 | 0 | 1 | 50 | 119 | .274 | .340 | .460 | .800 | 227 | 11 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 4 |
2009 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 77 | 294 | 263 | 16 | 58 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 41 | .221 | .297 | .285 | .582 | 75 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
2010 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 129 | 521 | 473 | 51 | 126 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 64 | 0 | 1 | 44 | 84 | .266 | .329 | .397 | .726 | 188 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 62 | 126 | 115 | 6 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 27 | .209 | .262 | .278 | .540 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 126 | 500 | 442 | 50 | 121 | 24 | 1 | 11 | 61 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 72 | .274 | .346 | .407 | .753 | 180 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 122 | 473 | 431 | 37 | 121 | 19 | 1 | 14 | 61 | 1 | 0 | 32 | 66 | .281 | .334 | .427 | .761 | 184 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 13 | 56 | 49 | 5 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 10 | .245 | .321 | .286 | .607 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 2368 | 9454 | 8247 | 1130 | 2190 | 380 | 14 | 426 | 1415 | 22 | 17 | 1075 | 1761 | .266 | .351 | .470 | .821 | 3876 | 276 | 48 | 26 | 58 | 64 |
Fielding:
Year | Level | Lg | Team | Pos | GP | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1992 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 10 | .000 | |||||
1993 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 8 | .000 | |||||
1994 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 92 | .000 | |||||
1994 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1B | 4 | .000 | |||||
1994 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | SS | 3 | .000 | |||||
1995 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1B | 3 | .000 | |||||
1995 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | SS | 21 | .000 | |||||
1995 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 114 | .000 | |||||
1996 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 110 | .000 | |||||
1997 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1B | 3 | .000 | |||||
1997 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 126 | .000 | |||||
1998 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1B | 14 | .000 | |||||
1998 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 128 | .000 | |||||
1999 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 1B | 7 | .000 | |||||
1999 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 135 | .000 | |||||
2000 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | SS | 9 | .000 | |||||
2000 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 127 | .000 | |||||
2001 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | SS | 6 | .000 | |||||
2001 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 139 | .000 | |||||
2002 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | SS | 9 | .000 | |||||
2002 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 138 | .000 | |||||
2003 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes | 3B | 87 | .000 | |||||
2005 | AAA | PCL | Las Vegas 51s | 3B | 51 | 29 | 95 | 9 | 20 | .932 | 2.431 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Las Vegas 51s | 1B | 35 | 265 | 25 | 10 | 35 | .967 | 8.286 |
2005 | AAA | PCL | Las Vegas 51s | SS | 14 | 22 | 25 | 1 | 8 | .979 | 3.357 |
2006 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Orix Buffaloes | 3B | 85 | 52 | 163 | 5 | 15 | .977 | 2.529 |
2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 1B | 15 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1.000 | 2.867 |
2007 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 3B | 123 | 92 | 204 | 13 | 19 | .958 | 2.407 |
2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 1B | 78 | 257 | 19 | 3 | 25 | .989 | 3.538 |
2008 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Chunichi Dragons | 3B | 118 | 73 | 219 | 6 | 22 | .980 | 2.475 |
2009 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 3B | 63 | 41 | 100 | 4 | 9 | .972 | 2.238 |
2009 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 1B | 34 | 146 | 5 | 1 | 5 | .993 | 4.441 |
2010 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 3B | 98 | 62 | 171 | 11 | 18 | .955 | 2.378 |
2010 | Foreign Major | JPPL | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 1B | 57 | 262 | 13 | 1 | 27 | .996 | 4.825 |
2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 1B | 23 | 169 | 13 | 1 | 16 | .995 | 7.913 |
2011 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 2B | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | .900 | 4.500 |
2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 1B | 79 | 631 | 35 | 5 | 42 | .993 | 8.430 |
2012 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 3B | 50 | 31 | 86 | 5 | 11 | .959 | 2.340 |
2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 1B | 7 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1.000 | 2.571 |
2013 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 3B | 115 | 77 | 165 | 6 | 21 | .976 | 2.104 |
2014 | Foreign Major | JPCL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 1B | 13 | 95 | 11 | 2 | 11 | .981 | 8.154 |
Totals | 2353 | 2364 | 1359 | 84 | 307 | .978 | 1.582 |
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