Shinya Miyamoto | ||||||||||||||||||
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Miyamoto with the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | ||||||||||||||||||
Infielder/Coach | ||||||||||||||||||
Born: (1970-11-05)November 5, 1970 (age 54) Suita, Osaka, Japan | ||||||||||||||||||
Batted: Right-handed Threw: Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||
NPB debut | ||||||||||||||||||
April 11, 1995, for the Yakult Swallows | ||||||||||||||||||
Last appearance | ||||||||||||||||||
2013, for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows | ||||||||||||||||||
NPB statistics (through 2013) | ||||||||||||||||||
Batting average | .282 | |||||||||||||||||
Hits | 2133 | |||||||||||||||||
Home runs | 62 | |||||||||||||||||
RBI | 578 | |||||||||||||||||
Stolen bases | 111 | |||||||||||||||||
Sacrifice bunt | 408 | |||||||||||||||||
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As player As coach | ||||||||||||||||||
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Shinya Miyamoto (宮本 慎也,Miyamoto Shin'ya, born November 5, 1970) is a former professional baseball player fromSuita, Osaka, Japan. He playedshortstop.
He was chosen as the captain of theJapanese olympic baseball team for the2004 and2008 Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal in 2004. He was also part of the2006 World Baseball Classic Japanese baseball team.
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