Munenori Kawasaki
| Munenori Kawasaki 川崎宗則 |
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Kawasaki with the Toronto Blue Jays
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| Chicago Cubs – No. 66 | |||
| Shortstop / Second baseman | |||
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Born: June 3, 1981 Aira, Kagoshima, Japan |
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| Professional debut | |||
| NPB: October 3, 2001, for the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | |||
| MLB: April 7, 2012, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| NPB statistics | |||
| Batting average | .294 | ||
| Hits | 1,343 | ||
| Home runs | 27 | ||
| Runs batted in | 369 | ||
| Stolen bases | 267 | ||
| MLB statistics (through 2016 season) |
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| Batting average | .237 | ||
| Hits | 150 | ||
| Home runs | 1 | ||
| Runs batted in | 51 | ||
| Stolen bases | 12 | ||
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Representing  Japan
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| Men's Baseball | ||
| World Baseball Classic | ||
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2006 San Diego | Team |
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2009 Los Angeles | Team |
Munenori Kawasaki (川﨑 宗則 Kawasaki Munenori?, born June 3, 1981) is a Japanese-born professional baseball shortstop and second baseman in the Chicago Cubs organization. Previously, he played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Seattle Mariners, Toronto Blue Jays, and Cubs. He played for the Japanese national team in the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well as the 2006 and 2009 World Baseball Classics. Following the Chicago Cubs' 2016 World Series championship, Kawasaki joined Daisuke Matsuzaka and Koji Uehara as the only Japanese players to have won championships in the World Baseball Classic, Japan Series and World Series.
Kawasaki was born in Aira, a town in central Kagoshima Prefecture in the south of Japan. He began playing baseball after his older brother got him into the sport. Though he was a pitcher throughout his early years, Kawasaki switched to shortstop after enrolling in Kagoshima Prefectural Technical High School.
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