Yasumitsu Toyoda | |
Position: | Shortstop |
Birth Date: | 12 February 1935 |
Birth Place: | Daigo, Ibaraki |
Death Place: | Kawasaki, Kanagawa |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | NPB |
Debutdate: | March 21 |
Debutyear: | 1953 |
Debutteam: | Nishitetsu Lions |
Finalyear: | 1969 |
Finalteam: | Sankei Atoms |
Statleague: | NPB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .277 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 263 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 888 |
Stat4label: | Hits |
Stat4value: | 1,699 |
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Hoflink: | Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame |
Hoftype: | Japanese |
Hofdate: | 2006 |
Hofmethod: | Special election |
was a Japanese professional baseball player and coach, who played as a shortstop. He played and coached for the Nishitetsu Lions and the Swallows franchise of Nippon Professional Baseball. In 1972, he coached the Kintetsu Buffaloes.
Toyoda was known as a good hitter, and especially renowned for his postseason performances. He led the Pacific League in batting average in 1956, spoiling a Triple Crown attempt by teammate Futoshi Nakanishi. He batted a career .362 in the Japan Series.[1] He died in Kawasaki at the age of 81 on August 14, 2016.[2] [3]