Kazuma Okamoto
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Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
| Kazuma Okamoto | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Okamoto with the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||||||
| Yomiuri Giants – No. 25 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Infielder, Outfielder | |||||||||||||||||||
| Born: (1996年06月30日) June 30, 1996 (age 28) Gojō, Nara, Japan | |||||||||||||||||||
Bats: Right Throws: Right | |||||||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||||||
| August 28, 2015, for the Yomiuri Giants | |||||||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics (through 2023) | |||||||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .272 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Hits | 857 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 206 | ||||||||||||||||||
| RBI | 585 | ||||||||||||||||||
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Kazuma Okamoto (岡本 和真, Okamoto Kazuma, born June 30, 1996) is a Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Career
[edit ]He has been selected as an all-star twice, and was named the Central League Climax Series MVP in 2019. In 2020, he led the Central League in home runs and RBIs.
Okamoto is also a member of the Japan national baseball team, and has participated in the 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series [1] and the 2019 exhibition games against Mexico.[2]
References
[edit ]- ^ "「2018日米野球」に出場する侍ジャパントップチーム選手全28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). October 10, 2018. Retrieved October 14, 2018.
- ^ "ENEOS 侍ジャパンシリーズ2019「日本 vs メキシコ」に出場するメンバー28名が決定". 野球日本代表 侍ジャパン オフィシャルサイト (in Japanese). February 18, 2019. Retrieved February 27, 2019.
External links
[edit ]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- NPB.com
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