Kenjiro Nomura (baseball)
# Kenjiro Nomura (baseball)

Kenjiro Nomura (野村 謙二郎, Nomura Kenjirō, born September 19, 1966) is a retired Japanese baseball player. He was with the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of Japan's Central League.

He was born in Saiki, Ōita.

He led his team into League Champion (1991).

His number #7, one of the Honored Numbers of Hiroshima Carp.

## Career

* 1st play on April 9, 1989.
* 1st stolen base on April 12, 1989.
* 1st hit on May 4, 1989.
* 1st RBI on May 4, 1989.
* 1st home run on April 15, 1990.
* Greatest number of Hits (1994 and 1995).
* SB Award winner (1990, 1991 and 1994).
* Best nine of the year (1991, 1995 and 1996).
* Golden Glove Award winner (1995).
* 169 HR, 765 RBI, 2020 H, 250 SB.
* Last game on October 12, 2005.
* Hiroshima Prefectural Prize of Honour (2005).

### Statistics

| Year | Team | No. | GP | AB | R | H | 2H | 3H | HR | RBI | TB | BB | SB | K | BA | Titles |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1989 | Hiroshima | 7 | 88 | 151 | 29 | 39 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 12 | 53 | 10 | 21 | 21 | .258 | |
| 1990 | Hiroshima | 7 | 125 | 519 | 84 | 149 | 28 | 8 | 16 | 44 | 241 | 54 | 33 | 83 | .287 | SB Award winner |
| 1991 | Hiroshima | 7 | 132 | 524 | 75 | 170 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 66 | 236 | 38 | 31 | 62 | .324 | SB Award winner, Best Nine Award, League Champion |
| 1992 | Hiroshima | 7 | 130 | 545 | 89 | 157 | 22 | 5 | 14 | 63 | 231 | 61 | 21 | 73 | .288 | |
| 1993 | Hiroshima | 7 | 130 | 556 | 67 | 148 | 21 | 1 | 14 | 48 | 213 | 44 | 12 | 83 | .266 | |
| 1994 | Hiroshima | 7 | 130 | 558 | 77 | 169 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 61 | 227 | 49 | 37 | 75 | .303 | Greatest number of Hits, SB Award winner |
| 1995 | Hiroshima | 7 | 131 | 550 | 109 | 173 | 29 | 5 | 32 | 75 | 308 | 59 | 30 | 60 | .315 | Greatest number of Hits, Gold Glove Award winner, Best Nine Award |
| 1996 | Hiroshima | 7 | 124 | 514 | 77 | 150 | 30 | 3 | 12 | 68 | 222 | 43 | 8 | 63 | .292 | Best Nine Award |
| 1997 | Hiroshima | 7 | 131 | 540 | 81 | 151 | 25 | 0 | 13 | 52 | 215 | 59 | 26 | 68 | .280 | |
| 1998 | Hiroshima | 7 | 135 | 561 | 75 | 158 | 26 | 4 | 14 | 49 | 234 | 44 | 15 | 63 | .282 | |
| 1999 | Hiroshima | 7 | 101 | 350 | 37 | 102 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 42 | 142 | 35 | 2 | 34 | .291 | |
| 2000 | Hiroshima | 7 | 61 | 208 | 15 | 50 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 62 | 18 | 1 | 22 | .240 | |
| 2001 | Hiroshima | 7 | 117 | 403 | 35 | 110 | 18 | 1 | 9 | 53 | 157 | 31 | 7 | 59 | .273 | |
| 2002 | Hiroshima | 7 | 85 | 175 | 14 | 37 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 50 | 9 | 1 | 33 | .211 | |
| 2003 | Hiroshima | 7 | 94 | 310 | 25 | 85 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 32 | 108 | 28 | 3 | 49 | .274 | |
| 2004 | Hiroshima | 7 | 107 | 359 | 27 | 97 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 43 | 134 | 27 | 1 | 48 | .270 | |
| 2005 | Hiroshima | 7 | 106 | 272 | 19 | 75 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 29 | 101 | 19 | 1 | 42 | .276 | |
| TOTALS | TOTALS | - | 1927 | 7095 | 935 | 2020 | 313 | 47 | 169 | 765 | 2934 | 628 | 250 | 938 | .285 | - |

* Kansas City Royals

On August 12, 2016, Kenjiro became a special advisor to the Kansas City Royals baseball operations.

