Sumio Hirota
(born May 13, 1949 in Sukumo, Kōchi, Sukumo, Kōchi Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese people, Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played with the Chiba Lotte Marines, Lotte Orions from 1972 to 1983 and the Hanshin Tigers from 1984 to 1987. He won the Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award in 1974. External linksBaseball-Reference
1949 births Living people Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders People from Sukumo, Kōchi Lotte Orions players Hanshin Tigers players Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{Japan-baseball-outfielder-stub ...
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Outfielder
An outfielder is a person playing in one of the three defensive positions in baseball or softball, farthest from the batter. These defenders are the left fielder, the center fielder, and the right fielder. As an outfielder, their duty is to catch Batted ball, fly balls and ground balls then to return them to the infield for the out or before the runner advances, if there are any runners on the Baseball, bases. Outfielders normally play behind the six Baseball positions, defensive players located in the infield: the pitcher, catcher, first baseman, second baseman, third baseman, and shortstop. The left fielder and right fielder are named based on their positions relative to the center fielder when looking out from home plate, with the left fielder positioned to the left of the center fielder and the right fielder positioned to the right. By convention, each of the nine defensive positions in baseball are numbered. The outfield positions are 7 (left fielder), 8 (center fielder) and ...
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