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Akinori Iwamura
Akinori Iwamura

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 9", Weight 176 lb.

Debut April 2, 2007

Born February 9, 1979 in Ehime, Japan

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2007 28 TBD AL 123  491   82  140  21 10   7   34  12  8  58 114  .285  .359  .411  105  202   4   5   0   1   2
 2008 29 TBR AL 152  627   91  172  30  9   6   48   8  6  70 131  .274  .349  .380   92  238   3   3   3   4   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons      275 1118  173  312  51 19  13   82  20 14 128 245  .279  .353  .394   97  440   7   8   3   5   4
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        659  102  184  30 11   8   48  12  8  75 144  .279  .353  .394   97  259   4   5   2   3   2
 Career High    152  627   91  172  30 10   7   48  12  8  70 131  .285  .359  .411  105  238   4   5   3   4   2
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2007 28 TBD AL  559  370   77   5.6   105| .285  .269| .359  .336| .411  .420| .770  .756| 105  .543   4.1   0.4  60%
 2008 29 TBR AL  707  469   89   5.1   108| .274  .272| .349  .340| .380  .427| .729  .767|  92  .511  -7.4  -0.7  57%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons      1266  839  166   5.3   107| .279  .270| .353  .338| .394  .424| .747  .762|  97  .526  -3.3  -0.3  58%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2007 28 TBD AL 3B 120 79 197 7 17 .975 .957 2.30 2.34 2.38 2.63 120 1042.3 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.50 4.00 5.00 1 9.0 DH 1 2008 29 TBR AL 2B 152 284 397 7 109 .990 .987 4.48 4.51 4.58 5.01 151 1337.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2007 28 TBD AL 2B 1 2 2 0 1 1.000 .976 4.00 4.50 4.00 5.00 1 9.0 2008 29 TBR AL 2B 152 284 397 7 109 .990 .987 4.48 4.51 4.58 5.01 151 1337.0 2007 28 TBD AL 3B 120 79 197 7 17 .975 .957 2.30 2.34 2.38 2.63 120 1042.3 2007 28 TBD AL DH 1
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 153 286 399 7 110 .990 .987 4.48 4.51 4.58 5.01 152 1346.0 3B* 120 79 197 7 17 .975 .957 2.30 2.34 2.38 2.63 120 1042.3 DH 1 Games not counted in Overall Total below +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 273 365 596 14 127 .986 .978 3.52 3.56 3.62 3.97 272 2388
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2008   ALDS  TBR CHW     W   4  18   3   7  1  1  1   4   1   4  .389  .421  .722   0  0   0   0   0 
        ALCS  TBR BOS     W   7  29   4   6  2  0  0   0   5   5  .207  .324  .276   2  0   0   0   0 
        WS    TBR PHI     L   5  19   1   5  1  0  0   1   1   3  .263  .300  .316   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  3 Postseason Series   2-1  16  66   8  18  4  1  1   5   7  12  .273  .342  .409   2  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

At Bats
2008 AL-627-9

Plate Appearances (approx.)
2008 AL-707-7

Triples
2007 AL-10-2
2008 AL-9-3

Strikeouts
2008 AL-131-8

Singles
2008 AL-127-9

Caught Stealing
2007 AL-8-7

Outs
2008 AL-469-10

         

Gray Ink: Batting - 3 (1984) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 9.0 (1781) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1692) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

December 15, 2006: Purchased by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays from the Yakult Swallows (Japan Central).


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2007Tampa Bay Devil Rays$1,800,000
2008Tampa Bay Rays$2,400,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,200,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Akinori Iwamura's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
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