Akihiro Yano
Appearance
Akihiro Yano | |
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Catcher / Coach / Manager | |
Born: Hirano-ku, Osaka, Japan | December 6, 1968|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
August 3, 1991, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
Last NPB appearance | |
May 8, 2010, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .274 |
Hits | 1347 |
Home runs | 112 |
RBIs | 570 |
Teams | |
As player
As coach As manager | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Last updated on: April 23, 2020 |
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Akihiro Yano (矢野 燿大, Yano Akihiro, real name: 矢野 輝弘, born December 6, 1968) is a former Japanese baseball player in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He started his career as the Number 2 Draft pick with the Chunichi Dragons in 1991, and played for the Hanshin Tigers from 1998 until his retirement in 2010.
References
[edit]- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from JapaneseBaseball.com
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
Categories:
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from Osaka
- Nippon Professional Baseball catchers
- People from Hirano, Osaka
- Chunichi Dragons players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- Managers of baseball teams in Japan
- Hanshin Tigers managers
- Japanese baseball catcher stubs