finalyear bats birth_place debutyear statvalue position finalteam statlabel birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
2007 right iyo-gun , ehime japan 2005 2-2 3.58 12 pitcher fukuoka softbank hawks pitching record era strikeouts 5 december 1978 michinao yamamura
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michinao yamamura

michinao yamamura -lrb- 山村 路直 , born december 5 , 1978 -rrb- is a japanese former baseball pitcher who played in nippon professional baseball for the fukuoka daiei hawks in 2005 and the fukuoka softbank hawks in 2006 and 2007 .
he was born in iyo-gun , ehime , japan .
prior to playing professionally , he attended matsuyama chuo high school and then kyushu community college .
he made one relief appearance in both 2005 and 2006 , posting eras of 0.00 each time .
in 2007 , he was 2-2 with a 3.81 era in 23 relief appearances , striking out 12 batters in 26 innings .
overall , he was 2-2 with a 3.58 era in 25 nippon pro games .
he had signed to play with the independent san diego surf dawgs of the arizona winter league in 2009 , but it is unknown whether he played with them .
that year , he did pitch for the sultanes de monterrey of the mexican league , going 0-3 with a 8.22 era in 15 1/3 innings of work .
he allowed 24 hits and four home runs .
