is a Japanese former professional baseball player, and the current

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of the

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team in

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Career

Hara played for the Giants during his professional baseball career from to . 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.

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. ''You Gotta Have Wa'' (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 68-70. Tatsunori Hara-1

Hara previously managed the Giants from 2002 to 2003, and again from 2006 until his abrupt resignation at the end of the 2015 season. During those tenures, he led the Giants to seven

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pennants and three

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championships. In October 2018, he was rehired as Giants manager for three seasons after

Yoshinobu Takahashi Yoshinobu Takahashi (高橋由伸, born April 3, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager. He spent his entire playing career with the Yomiuri Giants and served as the team's manager for three seasons. He graduated ...

announced his intention to step down. Hara led the

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to victory in the final of the

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. 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.

As result for player era

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As result for team manager era

(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 Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Career College career Sugano went to Tokai University, where he had a 37–4 win–loss record and a 0.57 earned run average (ERA). I ...

, is a professional

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for the Giants.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Hara, Tatsunori 1958 births Living people Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Japanese baseball players Managers of baseball teams in Japan Nippon Professional Baseball infielders Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners People from Sagamihara Yomiuri Giants players Yomiuri Giants managers World Baseball Classic managers