Tatsuro Hirooka
Appearance
Tatsuro Hirooka | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: Kure, Hiroshima, Japan | February 9, 1932|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
debut | |
1954, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1966, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .240 |
Home runs | 117 |
Hits | 1,081 |
Teams | |
As Player
As Manager
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Career highlights and awards | |
Tatsuro Hirooka (広岡 達朗, Hirooka Tatsurō born February 9, 1932 in Kure, Hiroshima, Japan) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager. He was awarded Central League rookie of the year award in 1954.
References
Categories:
- 1932 births
- Living people
- People from Kure, Hiroshima
- Japanese baseball players
- Yomiuri Giants players
- Managers of baseball teams in Japan
- Tokyo Yakult Swallows managers
- Seibu Lions managers
- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners
- Japanese baseball biography stubs
- Baseball shortstop stubs