is a Japanese former professional baseball
pitcher
In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or draw ...
.
Kanemura pitched for the
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters during Game 4 when they won the
2006 Japan Series
The Japan Series, the 57th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball's championship series, began on October 21 and ended on October 26, and matched the Central League champion Chunichi Dragons against the Pacific League champion, Hokkaido Nippon ...
against the
Chunichi Dragons.
[Ellsesser, Stephen]
"Nippon Ham earns Japanese crown"
''MLB.com
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'', October 26, 2006. Retrieved on July 29, 2013.
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1976 births
Hanshin Tigers players
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players
Japanese baseball coaches
Japanese baseball players
Living people
Nippon Ham Fighters players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
People from Kesennuma, Miyagi
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
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