Munetaka Murakami High School, College, Awards, Scouting Report, Posting, Gold Medal

Baseball star Munetaka Murakami attended Kyushū Gakuin Integrated High School, where he recorded a total of 52 home runs and earned the nickname “Babe Ruth of Higo”.

Munetaka Murakami College

Murakami does not have his college reports available.

Munetaka Murakami Awards

Murakami has won the Central League MVP, the NPB All-Star, the Central League Rookie of the Year, the Japan Series championship, the Interleague play MVP, the Hochi Professional Sports Award, the Best Nine Award, and the Totetsu Kogyo Strong Award.

Munetaka Murakami Scouting Report

Murakami had a 60 on the 20-80 scouting scale.

Munetaka Murakami Posting

Murakami is interested in playing in the United States, and is likely to be posted in 2025.

Munetaka Murakami Gold Medal

Murakami has won only one gold medal so far.

Who Is Munetaka Murakami?

Munetaka Murakami is a baseball player who plays as an infielder for the Tokyo Yakult Swallows of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Born on February 2, 2000 in Kumamoto, Japan, Munetaka began playing baseball at age five.

Murakami was drafted by the Tokyo Yakult Swallows, in the first round of the 2017 NPB Draft. He was also an alternative for the Yomiuri Giants and the Rakuten Golden Eagles.

He had signed a contract worth 80 million yen with the Swallows, plus a 7.2 million yen annual salary.

Murakami is the first offensive player to win the NPB Triple Crown at age 22, since 2004, and the first by a Central League player since 1986.

Murakami was also the first to win the Central League MVP in a unanimous vote since 2013.

In 2022 season, Murakami’s contract with the Swallows was extended for another three years, with a contract worth 600 million yen.

So far in his career, Murakami has recorded 281 batting average,543 hits, 160 home runs, 430 TBIs, and 40 stolen bases.