Micheal Nakamura

Micheal Yoshihide Nakamura . . . wife Misty (Boland) . . . daughter Rachel (9/17/02) . . . 1995 graduate of Wesley College High School, Melbourne, Australia . . . attended University of South Alabama.

2004

Nakamura struggled in the big leagues, posting the highest ERA of any Toronto pitcher with more than five innings. He runs up the strikeouts, but he also gets hit pretty hard. Nakamura will likely start the season at Triple-A, unless he's taken off the 40-man roster entirely.

2003

Began season at Rochester ...was 3-0,1.69 (16.0 ip,3 er) with 2 saves,April 10-26 ...had 7 strikeouts in 3.2 innings,April 26 vs.Ottawa ...did not allow a run in 6 appearances,going 1- 0,0.00 (12.1 ip,0 er),May 2-18 ...contract selected June 4 ... made major league debut and recorded first career save,June 7 at San Diego ...did not allow a run in 4 of 5 appearances,June 10-16 ...tied season-high 2.0 innings,June 27 at Milwaukee ... tied season-high 3 strikeouts,June 30 at Chicago ...optioned July 3 ...was 2-1,0.93 (9.2 ip,1 er)in 6 appearances,July 18-30 ... did not allow a run in 7 of 9 appearances,going 0-0,1.93 (.18.2 ip, 4 er),August 13-31.

2002

Was 0-0, 0.90 (10.0 ip, 1 er) in 5 appearances, May 20-31 . . . season-high 7 strikeouts, June 16 vs. Nashville . . . had season-high 4-game win-streak, July 4-August 24 . . . did not allow a run in 5 appearances (11.0 ip), July 21-August 4 . . . tied season-high 5.0 innings, August 13 at Omaha . . . Twins' Minor League Pitcher of the Month for August, going 3-0, 1.44 (25.0 ip, 4 er) with 5 walks and 25 strikeouts . . . had .254 batting-average-against with left-handers batting .293 (39-133) with no homers and right-handers batting .228 (46-202) with 7 homers . . . tied for third on club in games and was fourth in strikeouts.

2001

Season-high 5-game win-streak, April 13-July 22 . . . did not allow an earned run in 13 appearances, going 3-0, 0.00 (29.0 ip, 0 er), June 14-July 22 . . . tied season-high 3.2 innings and season-high 9 strikeouts, August 8 at Portland . . . had .186 (38-204) batting-average-against with one homer vs. righthanders . . . averaged 11.36 strikeouts per-9-innings . . . led club in games and was tied for third in strikeouts.

2000

Disabled with right elbow surgery, April 6-May 27 . . . did not allow a run in 15 appearances (20.2 ip), June 13-July 26 . . . tied season-high 4 strikeouts, July 16 vs. St. Petersburg . . . was 0-0, 0.00 (9.1 ip, 0 er) with 3 saves in 9 appearances, August 2-25 . . . tied season-high 3.0 innings, August 12 vs. Charlotte . . . averaged 10.02 strikeouts per-9-innings . . . had .204 (20-98) batting-average-against with no homers vs. righthanders . . . led club in saves . . . was second among league relievers in runners per-9-innings (9.33) and was fourth in strikeouts per-9-innings (10.55) and walks per-9-innings (1.47) . . . had five strikeouts in 4.1 innings for Australia in 2000 Olympic Games.

1999

Did not allow a run in 7 appearances, going 1-0, 0.00 (7.0 ip, 0 er) with one save, April 30-June 28 . . . disabled with tender right elbow, June 1-16 and July 12-September 27 . . . had .138 batting-average-against with lefthanders batting .050 (1-20) with no homers and righthanders batting .178 (8-45) with one homer.

1998

Began season at Ft. Wayne . . . promoted to Ft. Myers, August 1.