sport.wikisort.org - AthleteTatsuro Hirooka (広岡 達朗, Hirooka Tatsurō born February 9, 1932) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager.
Japanese baseball player and manager
Baseball player
Tatsuro Hirooka |
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 Hirooka in 1955 |
Shortstop |
Born: (1932-02-09) February 9, 1932 (age 90) Kure, Hiroshima, Japan |
Batted: Right Threw: Right |
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1954, for the Yomiuri Giants |
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1966, for the Yomiuri Giants |
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Batting average | .240 |
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Home runs | 117 |
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Hits | 1,081 |
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As Player
- Yomiuri Giants (1954–1966)
As Coach
- Yomiuri Giants (1961–1966)
- Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1970–1971)
- Yakult Swallows (1974–1976)
As Manager
- Yakult Swallows (1976–1979)
- Seibu Lions (1982–1985)
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As player
- 1954 Central League Rookie of the Year
- 5x Japan Series Champion (1955, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)
As manager
- 3x Japan Series Champion (1978, 1982, 1983)
- 2x Matsutaro Shoriki Award-winner (1978, 1982)
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Hirooka played his entire career, from 1954 to 1966, for the Yomiuri Giants. He was awarded the Central League rookie of the year award in 1954. From 1961 to 1966, Hirooka was a player-coach for the Giants.
As a manager for the Yakult Swallows (1976–1979) and then the Seibu Lions (1982–1985), Hirooka was known for his tough-love style.[1] He thrice led his teams to the Japan Series championship — in 1978, 1982, and 1983. He won the Matsutaro Shoriki Award — presented to a person (a manager or player) who greatly contributes to the development of professional baseball — in 1978 and 1982.
References
Notes
- Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 74–75.
Central League Rookie of the Year Award |
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- 1950: Oshima
- 1951: Matsuda
- 1952: T. Sato
- 1953: M. Gondo
- 1954: Hirooka
- 1955: Nishimura
- 1956: Akiyama
- 1957: M. Fujita
- 1958: Nagashima
- 1959: Kuwata
- 1960: Horimoto
- 1961: H. Gondo
- 1962: Jōnouchi
- 1963: None
- 1964: S. Takahashi
- 1965: None
- 1966: Horiuchi
- 1967: Takegami
- 1968: Takada
- 1969: Tabuchi
- 1970: Yazawa
- 1971: Sekimoto
- 1972: Yasuda
- 1973: None
- 1974: Fujinami
- 1975: None
- 1976: Tao
- 1977: Saito
- 1978: Sumi
- 1979: Fujisawa
- 1980: Okada
- 1981: Hara
- 1982: Tsuda
- 1983: Makihara
- 1984: Kobayakawa
- 1985: Kawabata
- 1986: Nagatomi
- 1987: Arai
- 1988: Tatsunami
- 1989: Tomashino
- 1990: Yoda
- 1991: Morita
- 1992: Kuji
- 1993: Ito
- 1994: Yabu
- 1995: Yamauchi
- 1996: Nishi
- 1997: Sawazaki
- 1998: Kawakami
- 1999: Uehara
- 2000: Kinjoh
- 2001: Akahoshi
- 2002: Ishikawa
- 2003: Kisanuki
- 2004: Kawashima
- 2005: Aoki
- 2006: Soyogi
- 2007: Uezono
- 2008: Yamaguchi
- 2009: Matsumoto
- 2010: Chōno
- 2011: Sawamura
- 2012: Nomura
- 2013: Ogawa
- 2014: Ohsera
- 2015: Yamasaki
- 2016: Takayama
- 2017: Kyoda
- 2018: Azuma
- 2019: Murakami
- 2020: Morishita
- 2021: Kuribayashi
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Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize |
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Saitama Seibu Lions managers |
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