Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara 原 辰徳 | |
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Hara in 2015 | |
Yomiuri Giants – No. 83 | |
Manager | |
Born: Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan | July 22, 1958|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
April 4, 1981, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
Last appearance | |
October 8, 1995, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .279 |
Hits | 1675 |
Home runs | 382 |
RBIs | 1093 |
Teams | |
As player
As manager As coach | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Japanese | |
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Induction | 2018 |
Tatsunori Hara (原 辰徳, Hara Tatsunori, born July 22, 1958 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan) is the manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Career
Hara played for the Giants during his professional baseball career from 1981 to 1995.
Hara previously managed the Giants from 2002 to 2003, and again from 2006 until his abrupt resignation at the end of the 2015 season.[1] During those tenures, he led the Giants to seven Central League pennants and three Japan Series championships.[1] In October 2018, he was rehired as Giants manager for three seasons after Yoshinobu Takahashi announced his intention to step down.[1]
Hara led the Japan national baseball team to victory in the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[2]
Personal life
Hara's nephew, Tomoyuki Sugano, is a professional pitcher for the Giants.
References
- ^ a b c "Baseball: Former WBC championship team skipper Hara rejoins Giants". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Tatsunori Hara expected to manage Japan at World Baseball Classic". The Canadian Press. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-28.[dead link]
External links
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- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- 1958 births
- Living people
- Japanese baseball players
- Managers of baseball teams in Japan
- Nippon Professional Baseball infielders
- Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- People from Sagamihara
- Yomiuri Giants players
- Yomiuri Giants managers
- World Baseball Classic managers
- Japanese baseball biography stubs
- Baseball manager stubs