Katsuo Osugi Explained

Katsuo Osugi
Position:First baseman
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:5 March 1945
Birth Place:Katsuta, Okayama, Japan
Debutyear:1965
Debutteam:Toei Flyers
Finalyear:1983
Finalteam:Yakult Swallows
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.287
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:486
Stat3label:Hits
Stat3value:2,228
Stat4label:Runs batted in
Stat4value:1,507
Teams:As player

As coach

Awards:
Hoflink:Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Japanese
Hofdate:1997

was a Japanese professional baseball first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Toei Flyers / Nittaku Home Flyers / Nippon Ham Fighters from 1965 to 1974 and the Yakult Swallows from 1975 to 1983.[1] He was the Japan Series MVP in 1978 and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1997.[2] Osugi's 486 career home runs places him ninth on the all-time NPB list.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Masahiro Doi Japanese Leagues Statistics & History.
  2. Web site: Hall of Famers List The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum . english.baseball-museum.or.jp . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20071104162851/http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_122.html . 2007-11-04.