Baseball: 22-year-old Murakami youngest to have 50-homer season in Japan

Baseball: 22-year-old Murakami youngest to have 50-homer season in Japan

Munetaka Murakami of the Yakult Swallows hits his 50th home run of the season, a three-run shot, in the third inning of a baseball game against the Chunichi Dragons at Jingu Stadium in Tokyo on Sept. 2, 2022. Murakami became the youngest player in Japanese baseball history to have a 50-homer season at 22 years, 7 months.

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