Baseball: Murakami becomes 1st Japanese player with 30 HRs in debut MLB yr
Murakami reached the milestone with a two-run homer as the White Sox lost to the Twins, despite a high strikeout rate and limited contact.
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[Sports Chosun Reporter Na Yuri] A record that even Shohei Ohtani could not achieve. Munetaka Murakami did it. He achieved the monumental record of 30 home runs in his rookie season. Murakami, the Japanese hitter for the Chicago White Sox, started as the number 3 hitter and first baseman in the 2026 Major League Baseball (MLB) home game against the Minnesota Twins held at Lake Field in Chicago, Illinois on the 6th (KST), recording 1 hit in 4 at-…
(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jang Hyun-gu = Japanese slugger Munetaka Murakami (Chicago White Sox) hits 30 home runs in the season immediately after his Major League Baseball (MLB) debut...
White Sox Have Munetaka Murakami Problem
Munetaka Murakami had a lot of doubters.Coming over from Japan as a free agent in the offseason, many were concerned about his ability to make contact. The Chicago White Sox got him for a relative discount because of that.Murakami’s raw power was never in question. The question was whether he’d put together good enough at bats to access that pop in MLB games.In the early going with Chicago, the returns were quite positive. Murakami was absolutel…
Munetaka Murakami (26) has reached 30 home runs, becoming the first Japanese rookie to do so! Meanwhile, Shohei Ohtani (32) was absent again on the 6th. Ohtani will miss three consecutive games, but he encouraged the team by smiling and congratulating his teammates who hit home runs. The manager revealed that Ohtani practiced batting during the game and will consider placing him on the injured list after assessing his condition on the 7th (Japan…
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