Tatsunori Hara

Tatsunori Hara (原 辰徳, Hara Tatsunori, born July 22, 1958 in Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese former professional baseball player, and the current manager of the Yomiuri Giants baseball team in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Tatsunori Hara
原 辰徳
Hara in 2015
Yomiuri Giants – No. 83
Manager
Born: (1958-07-22) July 22, 1958
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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
Hits1675
Home runs382
RBIs1093
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2018

Career

Hara played for the Giants during his professional baseball career from 1981 to 1995. He won the Central League Rookie of the Year award in 1981 and the Central League MVP in 1983. A hugely popular member of the Giants, during his playing career he was frequently the subject of newspaper, magazines, and television profiles.[1]

Tatsunori Hara and all Tokyo Giants player and coach take 2009 Japan Series Baseball celebrate parade in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

Hara previously managed the Giants from 2002 to 2003, and again from 2006 until his abrupt resignation at the end of the 2015 season.[2] During those tenures, he led the Giants to seven Central League pennants and three Japan Series championships.[2] In October 2018, he was rehired as Giants manager for three seasons after Yoshinobu Takahashi announced his intention to step down.[2]

Hara led the Japan national baseball team to victory in the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[3] He manager total 1104 won, 823 defeated, include Japan Series (2002 2009 and 2013 take title) and climax series on total won 57.2 percent total 16 years as April 2, 2022.

Personal life

Hara's nephew, Tomoyuki Sugano, is a professional pitcher for the Giants.

References
  1. Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 68-70.
  2. "Baseball: Former WBC championship team skipper Hara rejoins Giants". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. "Tatsunori Hara expected to manage Japan at World Baseball Classic". The Canadian Press. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
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