Hiroshi Yagi | |
Team: | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters |
Number: | 89 |
Position: | Coach / Infielder, Outfielder |
Birth Date: | 8 June 1965 |
Birth Place: | Tamano, Okayama, Japan |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | NPB |
Debutdate: | May 12 |
Debutyear: | 1987 |
Debutteam: | Hanshin Tigers |
Finalleague: | NPB |
Finaldate: | October 10 |
Finalyear: | 2004 |
Finalteam: | Hanshin Tigers |
Statleague: | NPB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .247 |
Stat2label: | Hits |
Stat2value: | 817 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 383 |
Stat4label: | Stolen Bases |
Stat4value: | 33 |
Stat5label: | Home runs |
Stat5value: | 126 |
Teams: | As player
As coach
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is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He was an All-Star in 1990 and a member of the Tigers' 2003 championship team. In the later years of his career, he was known as the team's "God of Pinch Hitting".[1] After retiring at the end of the 2004 season, he spent some time in the media before becoming a hitting coach for Hanshin in 2009. He was named as the hitting coach for the club's second team for the 2015 season.[2]