Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara 原 辰徳 | |
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Hara in 2015 | |
Infielder/Manager | |
Born: Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan | July 22, 1958|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
April 4, 1981, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
Last NPB appearance | |
October 8, 1995, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .279 |
Hits | 1675 |
Home runs | 382 |
RBIs | 1093 |
Teams | |
As player As manager As coach | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Japanese | |
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Induction | 2018 |
Tatsunori Hara (原 辰徳, Hara Tatsunori, born July 22, 1958) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and manager. He played 15 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants, and also spent 17 seasons as the club's manager.
Playing career
[edit]Hara was born in Sagamihara, Kanagawa. He played for the Giants during his professional baseball career from 1981 to 1995. He won the Central League Rookie of the Year award in 1981 and the Central League MVP in 1983. A hugely popular member of the Giants, during his playing career he was frequently the subject of newspaper, magazines, and television profiles.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bb/Tatsunori_Hara-1.jpg/200px-Tatsunori_Hara-1.jpg)
Hara previously managed the Giants from 2002 to 2003, and again from 2006 until his abrupt resignation at the end of the 2015 season.[2] During those tenures, he led the Giants to seven Central League pennants and three Japan Series championships.[2] In October 2018, he was rehired as Giants manager for three seasons after Yoshinobu Takahashi announced his intention to step down.[2]
Hara led the Japan national baseball team to victory in the final of the 2009 World Baseball Classic.[3]
On July 30, 2019, Hara won his 1,000th game as a manager after the Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp, becoming the 13th manager in the history of the NPB to win 1,000 games.[4]
On October 4, 2023, Hara announced that he would again be stepping down as manager, and named Shinnosuke Abe as his replacement.[5] In his total tenure as a manager, he won 1,220 games while losing 355 games with 89 ties.
As result for player era
[edit]League | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Year | G | BB | BN | RUN | Hit | 2BH | 3BH | HR | TB | RBI | SB | SBH | Sbp | SF | WAL | IBB | DB | SO | DP | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | |
Tokyo Giants | 1981 | 125 | 507 | 470 | 64 | 126 | 23 | 6 | 22 | 227 | 67 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 7 | 27 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 9 | .268 | .308 | .483 | .791 | |
1982 | 130 | 542 | 494 | 81 | 136 | 19 | 1 | 33 | 256 | 92 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 42 | 4 | 2 | 82 | 6 | .275 | .332 | .518 | .850 | ||
1983 | 130 | 571 | 500 | 94 | 151 | 32 | 4 | 32 | 287 | 103 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 60 | 1 | 3 | 56 | 11 | .302 | .375 | .574 | .949 | ||
1984 | 130 | 543 | 468 | 72 | 130 | 19 | 1 | 27 | 232 | 81 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 67 | 3 | 3 | 58 | 8 | .278 | .369 | .496 | .865 | ||
1985 | 124 | 521 | 441 | 79 | 125 | 23 | 2 | 34 | 254 | 94 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 60 | 2 | 10 | 42 | 6 | .283 | .376 | .576 | .952 | ||
1986 | 113 | 467 | 406 | 70 | 115 | 21 | 3 | 36 | 250 | 80 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 57 | 8 | .283 | .363 | .616 | .978 | ||
1987 | 123 | 489 | 433 | 80 | 133 | 17 | 3 | 34 | 258 | 95 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 44 | 6 | 5 | 61 | 11 | .307 | .372 | .596 | .968 | ||
1988 | 126 | 529 | 467 | 79 | 140 | 24 | 1 | 31 | 259 | 81 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 61 | 6 | 1 | 63 | 14 | .300 | .382 | .555 | .936 | ||
1989 | 114 | 459 | 395 | 60 | 103 | 22 | 0 | 25 | 200 | 74 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60 | 4 | 2 | 68 | 6 | .261 | .359 | .506 | .866 | ||
1990 | 103 | 425 | 366 | 58 | 111 | 17 | 1 | 20 | 190 | 68 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 3 | 3 | 64 | 4 | .303 | .391 | .519 | .910 | ||
1991 | 127 | 524 | 455 | 66 | 122 | 13 | 1 | 29 | 224 | 86 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 55 | 1 | 2 | 82 | 71 | .268 | .342 | .492 | .834 | ||
1992 | 117 | 493 | 437 | 61 | 119 | 17 | 1 | 28 | 222 | 77 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 46 | 1 | 7 | 71 | 13 | .272 | .349 | .508 | .857 | ||
1993 | 98 | 387 | 336 | 28 | 77 | 14 | 0 | 11 | 124 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 62 | 9 | .229 | .323 | .369 | .692 | ||
1994 | 67 | 227 | 200 | 26 | 58 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 106 | 36 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 5 | .290 | .364 | .530 | .894 | ||
1995 | 70 | 160 | 144 | 13 | 29 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 55 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 5 | .201 | .270 | .382 | .652 | ||
Career total | 1697 | 6844 | 6012 | 931 | 1675 | 273 | 25 | 382 | 3144 | 1093 | 82 | 50 | 7 | 70 | 705 | 38 | 50 | 894 | 122 | .279 | .355 | .523 | .878 |
Sourse:Nippon Professional Baseball[citation needed]
As result for team manager era
[edit]League | ||||||||||||||||
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Club | Year | Pos | Game | W | L | D | WA | GD | HR | BA | ERA | S | C | D | ||
Tokyo Giants | 2002 | 1st | 140 | 86 | 52 | 2 | .623 | (11.0) | 186 | .272 | 3.04 | 691 | 485 | 206 | ||
2003 | 3rd | 140 | 71 | 66 | 3 | .518 | 15.5 | 205 | .262 | 4.43 | 654 | 681 | -27 | |||
2006 | 4th | 146 | 65 | 79 | 2 | .451 | 23.5 | 134 | .251 | 3.65 | 552 | 592 | -40 | |||
2007 | 1st[Note 1] | 144 | 80 | 63 | 1 | .559 | (1.5) | 191 | .276 | 3.58 | 692 | 556 | 136 | |||
2008 | 1ST | 144 | 84 | 57 | 3 | .596 | (2.0) | 177 | .266 | 3.37 | 631 | 532 | 99 | |||
2009 | 1st | 144 | 89 | 46 | 9 | .659 | (12.0) | 182 | .275 | 2.94 | 650 | 497 | 153 | |||
2010 | 3rd | 144 | 79 | 64 | 1 | .552 | 1.0 | 226 | .266 | 3.89 | 711 | 640 | 71 | |||
2011 | 3rd | 144 | 71 | 62 | 11 | .534 | 3.5 | 108 | .243 | 2.61 | 471 | 417 | 54 | |||
2012 | 1st | 144 | 86 | 43 | 15 | .667 | (10.5) | 94 | .256 | 2.16 | 534 | 354 | 180 | |||
2013 | 1st | 144 | 84 | 53 | 7 | .613 | (12.5) | 145 | .262 | 3.21 | 597 | 508 | 89 | |||
2014 | 1st[Note 2] | 144 | 82 | 61 | 1 | .573 | (7.0) | 144 | .257 | 3.58 | 596 | 552 | 44 | |||
2015 | 2nd | 143 | 75 | 67 | 1 | .528 | 1.5 | 98 | .243 | 2.78 | 489 | 443 | 46 | |||
2019 | 1st | 143 | 77 | 64 | 2 | .5463 | (5.5) | 183 | .257 | 3.71 | 663 | 573 | 90 | |||
2020 | 1st | 120 | 67 | 45 | 8 | .598 | (7.5) | 135 | .255 | 3.34 | 532 | 421 | 111 | |||
2021 | 3rd | 143 | 61 | 62 | 20 | .496 | 11.0 | 169 | .242 | 3.63 | 552 | 541 | 11 | |||
2022 | 4th | 143 | 68 | 72 | 3 | .486 | 12.0 | 163 | .242 | 3.69 | 548 | 589 | -41 | |||
Career total | 2264 | 1220 | 355 | 89 | .538 | — | — | — | — | 9569 | 8381 | 1182 |
(Source: Nippon Professional Baseball[citation needed])
- Note 1: A regular season Central League champion, however, playoff (Climax Series) failed for second round in 2007.[citation needed]
- Note 2: A regular season Central League champion, however, Climax Series failed for second round in 2014.[citation needed]
Personal life
[edit]Hara's nephew, Tomoyuki Sugano, is a professional pitcher for the Giants.
References
[edit]- ^ Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 68-70.
- ^ a b c "Baseball: Former WBC championship team skipper Hara rejoins Giants". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
- ^ "Tatsunori Hara expected to manage Japan at World Baseball Classic". The Canadian Press. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-28.[dead link]
- ^ "Tatsunori Hara has shot at top 10 for most wins by a manager". 2 August 2019.
- ^ "Giants prepare to start new era as manager Tatsunori Hara walks away". japantimes.co.jp. 5 October 2023. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
External links
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- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com