Yukio Nishimoto Explained

Yukio Nishimoto
Position:First baseman/Manager
Birth Date:1920 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Death Place:Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Bats:Left
Throws:Left
Debutyear:1950
Finalyear:1955
Statleague:NPB
Teams:As Player

As Manager

Hoflink:Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Japanese
Hofdate:1988

was a Japanese baseball player and manager. He played for the Mainichi Orions from 1950 to 1955. As a manager he won eight Pacific League pennants. However his clubs would never go on to win the Japan Series, earning him the nickname "Great Tragic Leader". Nishimoto was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988. He died of heart failure on 25 November 2011 aged 91.[1]

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  1. http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/dy/sports/T111126002710.htm Hall of Fame manager Nishimoto dies at 91