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: |
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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.