Yoshinori Hirose

Yoshinori Hirose
広瀬叔功
Yoshinori Hirose; 広瀬叔功
	Outfield
	Born: August 27, 1936; Hiroshima
NPB debut
	1956, for the Nankai Hawks
Last appearance
	1977, for the Nankai Hawks
NPB statistics
Hits	2,157
Stolen bases	596
RBIs	705
Teams
	As player Nankai Hawks (1956–1977); As manager Nankai Hawks (1978–1980); As coach Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1991–1992);
Career highlights and awards
	1964 NPB Batting Champion;
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1999
Election Method	Selection Committee for the Players

Yoshinori Hirose (広瀬叔功, Hirose Yoshinori, born August 27, 1936, in Hiroshima) is a former professional baseball outfielder in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. in 1999 he was voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.[1] He ranks second all time in the NPB for stolen bases, with 596.[2][3] He is also a member of the Meikyukai.

References

"Hall of Famers List | The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". english.baseball-museum.or.jp. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
Coskrey, Jason (2009-01-17). "Fukumoto blazed quite a trail on bases before Rickey came along". The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. Retrieved 2018-07-28.
Johnson, Daniel E. (2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland. p. 315.

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