Yasumitsu Toyoda
Japanese baseball player and coach / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yasumitsu Toyoda (豊田 泰光, Toyoda Yasumitsu, February 12, 1935 – August 14, 2016) 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.
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Yasumitsu Toyoda | |
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Shortstop | |
Born: (1935-02-12)February 12, 1935 Daigo, Ibaraki | |
Died: August 14, 2016(2016-08-14) (aged 81) Kawasaki, Kanagawa | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
March 21, 1953, for the Nishitetsu Lions | |
Last appearance | |
1969, for the Sankei Atoms | |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .277 |
Home runs | 263 |
Runs batted in | 888 |
Hits | 1,699 |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Japanese | |
Baseball Hall of Fame | |
Induction | 2006 |
Election method | Special election |
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