Tatsunori Hara

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.

Tatsunori Hara
原 辰徳
Hara in 2015
Infielder/Manager
Born: (1958-07-22) July 22, 1958
Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan
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
Hits1675
Home runs382
RBIs1093
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2018

Playing career

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
Tatsunori Hara and all Tokyo Giants player and coach take 2009 Japan Series Baseball celebrate parade in Ginza, Tokyo, Japan

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] He manager total 1104 won, 823 defeated, include Japan Series (2002 2009 and 2013 take title) and climax series on total won 57.2 percent total 16 years as April 2, 2022.

On October 4, 2023, Hara announced that he would again be stepping down as manager, and named Shinnosuke Abe as his replacement.[4]

As result for player era
Results of player era by season
League
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

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As result for team manager era
Results of league competitions by season
League
Club Year Pos Game W D L 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)

  • Note 1: A regular season Central League champion, however, playoff (Climax Series) failed for second round in 2007.
  • Note 2: A regular season Central League champion, however, Climax Series failed for second round in 2014.

Personal life

Hara's nephew, Tomoyuki Sugano, is a professional pitcher for the Giants.

References
  1. Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 68-70.
  2. "Baseball: Former WBC championship team skipper Hara rejoins Giants". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. "Tatsunori Hara expected to manage Japan at World Baseball Classic". The Canadian Press. 2008-10-28. Retrieved 2008-10-28.
  4. "Giants prepare to start new era as manager Tatsunori Hara walks away". japantimes.co.jp. Retrieved October 8, 2023.
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