Rays Trade 2B Iwamura to Pirates for RHP Chavez
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Posted: 5:26 PM Nov 3, 2009
Rays Trade 2B Iwamura to Pirates for RHP Chavez
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - The Tampa Bay Rays have traded second baseman Akinori Iwamura to the Pittsburgh Pirates for right-handed reliever Jesse Chavez.

The deal was announced Tuesday night.

Iwamura hit .290 with one homer and 22 RBIs in 69 games during the final season of a $7.7 million, three-year contract he signed after playing in the Japanese Central League for eight years.

The 30-year-old missed 81 games this season after sustaining partial tears of the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee. The Rays held a $4.85 million option on the infielder for 2010.

Chavez led Pittsburgh and all major league rookies with 73 appearances in 2009, going 1-4 with a 4.01 ERA in 67 1-3 innings. He was taken in the 42nd round in 2002 by Texas.

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