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MATT MURTON

Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jan 13, 2018
Former NPB hit record-holder Matt Murton to retire
Matt Murton, who set Nippon Professional Baseball's single-season hit record in his 2010 debut season with the Hanshin Tigers, has decided to retire, an informed source said Saturday.
BASEBALL / MLB
Mar 26, 2016
Cubs send Murton to minors
Former Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton, who had been taking part in the Chicago Cubs spring training as a non-roster invitee, has been sent back to the minors, the National League team said on Friday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Feb 15, 2016
Ex-Hanshin slugger Murton completes minor-league deal with Cubs
Former Hanshin Tigers outfielder Matt Murton said Sunday that he has completed a minor-league deal with the Chicago Cubs and will attend the National League team's spring training.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / HIT AND RUN
Jan 11, 2016
New rules at home plate put onus on Japanese umpires
A brawl broke out at Jingu Stadium during a game between the Hanshin Tigers and Tokyo Yakult Swallows near the tail end of the 2013 season. It was a typical baseball fight, so beyond a round of spirited pushing, players being held back and an assortment of shouts hurled back and forth ("That's fertilizer. That is fertilizer," Dodgers broadcasting legend Vin Scully might've translated).
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 21, 2015
Keys to success as a foreign ballplayer in Japan
The Hanshin Tigers are apparently going to sign a new foreign player who will be facing one of the most difficult adjustments in the pro baseball world. Japanese sports newspaper reports have indicated the Tigers are talking to Matt Hague, a third baseman with the Toronto Blue Jays organization.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Oct 24, 2015
Taking stock of this season's overachievers, underachievers
Every year when the regular Japanese baseball season is over, it is my task to compile final batting and pitching statistics for two annual publications. While it is often easy to pick out overachievers and underachievers each year as the season moves along, there are always some surprises in the final stats indicating certain players did far better or worse than expected.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 11, 2015
Tigers stave off elimination
As reporters left the field at the conclusion of the Hanshin Tigers' batting practice, Tom O'Malley, one of the team's hitting coaches, gave a wave and said, "We'll see you tomorrow."
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 1, 2015
Murton reflects on Akiyama's pursuit of single-season hit record
On Oct. 5, 2010, Matt Murton made NPB history with a single into center on a wet night at Jingu Stadium that propelled him past Ichiro Suzuki and established a new NPB record for hits in an single season.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 30, 2015
Akiyama equals NPB single-season hits record in Seibu rout
Shogo Akiyama tied Japan's single-season hits record with five hits for the Seibu Lions in their game against the Orix Buffaloes on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Sep 14, 2015
Lions' Akiyama records 200th hit of season
Seibu Lions outfielder Shogo Akiyama became only the sixth player in Japanese baseball history to record 200 hits in a season during a game against the Chiba Lotte Marines on Sunday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball / NPB NOTEBOOK
Aug 13, 2015
Tigers make strong start to extended road trip
The Hanshin Tigers are well into their annual summer jaunt away from Koshien Stadium as they make way for the National High School Baseball Championship. The Tigers, who left the park behind on Aug. 2 and won't return until Aug. 28, are nine games into the so-called "Road Trip of Death" and have gone 7-2 thus far.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 31, 2015
Murton sparks Tigers in comeback victory over Swallows
Matt Murton went 3-for-5 and drove in four runs to help the Hanshin Tigers recover from an early deficit and beat the Tokyo Yakult Swallows 10-8 on Friday night to claim their fourth straight win and keep the top spot in the Central League.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Jul 11, 2015
Murton advises Lions' Akiyama to forget record
The Hanshin Tigers' Matt Murton, holder of Japan's single-season hit record, had some words of advice on Friday for the Seibu Lions' Shogo Akiyama, who is in hot pursuit of his record.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 8, 2015
Murton ties Hanshin mark for games played by foreign-registered player
Matt Murton, who broke Japan's single-season hits record in his debut season in 2010, tied the Hanshin Tigers' team record for games played by a foreign-registered player on Wednesday.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2014
Fifth-inning outburst carries Tigers to Game 1 triumph over Hawks
The Hanshin Tigers put runners on every base with two outs in the fifth inning in the opening game of the Japan Series as the zeal and frenzy of their fans in the stands shot to new levels
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 25, 2014
Tigers energized by enthusiastic fan support on eve of Japan Series showdown with Hawks
The path leading out of the west exit of Koshien Station is adorned on both sides with yellow and white posters urging the Hanshin Tigers to finish as the No. 1 team in Japan. Fans in Osaka and the surrounding areas are cheering on Tigers players whenever they see them, and if you shop at the right grocery stores you might hear the strains of the Hanshin fight song, "Rokko Oroshi" (roughly, the Wind of Mount Rokko), playing through the speakers.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Oct 18, 2014
Tigers advance to Japan Series for first time since 2005
Check the locks on all the Colonel Sanders statues in Osaka, because the Hanshin Tigers are headed back to the Japan Series and it was a big home run from a bearded foreign star that helped get them there.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Aug 2, 2014
Hair-raising trend sweeps across NPB diamonds
The year 2013 turned out to be the "Year of the Beard" for the Boston Red Sox. They won the World Series with most of the regular players sporting thick, full facial bushy growths that became somewhat of a team trademark.
Japan Times
BASEBALL / Japanese Baseball
Apr 7, 2014
NPB season too young to accurately identify trends
The NPB season is less than two weeks old, so it's too early to know if anything we've seen so far really has staying power.
BASEBALL / BASEBALL BULLET-IN
Nov 2, 2013
Prolific hitter Murton no lock for NPB return
Will Matt Murton return for a fifth season with the Hanshin Tigers?
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