Yoshinori Hirose Explained

Yoshinori Hirose 広瀬 叔功
Position:	Outfield
Birth Date:	27 August 1936 Hiroshima
Debutleague:	NPB
Debutyear:	1956
Debutteam:	Nankai Hawks
Finalyear:	1977
Finalteam:	Nankai Hawks
Statleague:	NPB
Stat1label:	Batting average
Stat1value:	.282
Stat2label:	Hits
Stat2value:	2,157
Stat3label:	Stolen bases
Stat3value:	596
Stat4label:	Home runs
Stat4value:	131
Stat5label:	Runs batted in
Stat5value:	705
Teams:	As player Nankai Hawks (1956 - 1977) As manager Nankai Hawks (1978 - 1980) As coach Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1991 - 1992)
Highlights:	NPB Batting Champion
Hoflink:	Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:	Japanese
Hofdate:	1999
Hofmethod:	Selection Committee for the Players

is a former professional baseball outfielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. in he was voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.^[1] He ranks second all time in the NPB for stolen bases, with 596.^{[2] [3]} He is also a member of the Meikyukai.

External links

• Baseball reference

Notes and References

1. Web site: Hall of Famers List The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. english.baseball-museum.or.jp. en. 2018-07-28.
2. News: Fukumoto blazed quite a trail on bases before Rickey came along. Coskrey. Jason. 2009-01-17. The Japan Times Online. 2018-07-28. en-US. 0447-5763.
3. Book: Johnson , Daniel E. . Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook . McFarland . 2006 . 315 .