Toshio Yanagida (baseball)

Toshio Yanagida
Toshio Yanagida
	Infielder/Outfielder
	Born: August 18, 1936; Fukushima Prefecture
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
NPB debut
	1959, for the Daimai Orions
Last appearance
	1970, for the Nankai Hawks
NPB statistics
Batting average	.234
Runs batted in	287
Home runs	68
Teams
	Daimai Orions (1958–1962); Yomiuri Giants (1963–1967); Nankai Hawks (1967–1970);
Career highlights and awards
	3x Japan Series champion (1963, 1965, 1966);

Toshio Yanagida (柳田利夫, Yanagida Toshio, born August 18, 1936) is a retired Japanese baseball player.

He debuted with the Daimai Orions in 1958, playing for the team until he was traded to the Yomiuri Giants at the end of the 1962 season. The Giants traded Yanagida to the Nankai Hawks in the middle of the 1967 season, where he played until retiring in 1970. Yanagida appeared in several Japan Series.[1]

References

Johnson, Daniel E. (2015). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604107.

External links

Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)

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[1] Johnson, Daniel E. (2015). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland. ISBN 9781476604107.