Giants send Manabu Iwadate to Fighters for cash
by Gen on Nov.09, 2009 @ 10:47 am, under NPB
The Yomiuri Giants are sending 28-year-old infielder Manabu Iwadate to the Nippon Ham Fighters for cash considerations.
The Fighters are looking to bolster their middle infield after having problems filling the shortstop position with a healthy body during the Nippon Series -- Makoto Kaneko was unable to play because of an Achilles injury and Tomohiro Nioka also wasn't 100% with problems in both thighs.
| Year | Team | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | TB | RBI | SB | CS | SH | SF | BB | HBP | SO | GIDP | BA | SLG | OBP | OPS |
| 2004 | Yomiuri | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .500 | 1.000 | .500 | 1.500 |
| 2005 | Yomiuri | 14 | 20 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 1 | .111 | .111 | .200 | .311 |
| 2006 | Yomiuri | 20 | 19 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | .118 | .118 | .211 | .328 |
| 2007 | Yomiuri | 5 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .250 | .500 | .250 | .750 |
| 2008 | Yomiuri | 17 | 36 | 31 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 1 | .258 | .355 | .343 | .698 |
| 2009 | Yomiuri | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 59 | 82 | 72 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 22 | 2 | .194 | .264 | .275 | .539 | |
=== UPDATE 11/15/2009
The Fighters assigned the number 40 to Iwadate and gave him a contract worth 8.4M yen.