finalyear bats debutyear statvalue birthplace position finalteam statlabel birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2003 left 1998 .225 6 19 choshi , chiba , japan infielder chiba lotte marines batting average home runs runs batted in 9 march 1978 ryosuke sawai
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ryosuke sawai

ryosuke sawai -lrb- born march 9 , 1978 in choshi , chiba , japan -rrb- is a japanese former baseball infielder in nippon professional baseball .
he played for the chiba lotte marines in 1998 and from 2000 to 2003 .
prior to playing professionally , he attended choshi shogyo high school .
in 1997 , at 19 years old , he played briefly in the minor league system of the san diego padres of major league baseball .
with the azl padres , he hit .100 in 10 at-bats .
he assumed a utility role upon joining the marines and was used infrequently .
in his first year with the club , he was hitless in two at-bats .
in 2000 , he hit .200 with a home run in 10 at-bats and in 2001 , he hit .263 in 19 at-bats .
he hit .176 with three home runs and eight rbi in 68 at-bats in 2002 and in 2003 , his final season , he hit .279 with two home runs and nine rbi in 61 at-bats .
overall , sawai hit .225 with six home runs and 19 rbi in 160 at-bats spread over 90 games in five seasons .
