Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
Hiroshi Fujimoto
(
藤本 博史
,
Fujimoto Hiroshi
, born November 8, 1963
[1]
)
is a Japanese former
Nippon Professional Baseball
infielder
[2]
He played for in
Nippon Professional Baseball
(NPB) for the
Nankai/Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
and the
Orix Blue Wave
.
Early baseball career
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Fujimoto went on to Tenri High School, where he competed in the 62nd
Japanese High School Baseball Championship
in the summer of his sophomore year.
[3]
Playing career
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On November 25, 1981, Fujimoto was drafted by the
Nankai Hawks
in the 1981
Nippon Professional Baseball draft
.
[4]
On July 7, 1990, He accomplished hit for the cycle against the
Nippon-Ham Fighters
.
[4]
He was
traded
to the
Orix Blue Wave
early in the 1998 season and retired after that season.
[4]
Fujimoto played a total of 1103 games,
batting average
.235 with a 715
hits
, a 105
home runs
, and a 419
RBI
.
His active player era
fight song
is still the Hawks's chance theme (the song played during scoring chances) as of the 2022 season.
[5]
Post-playing career
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Fujimoto ran a restaurant until 2010 while commentating on
TVQ Kyushu Broadcasting
's baseball broadcasts and critiquing
Nishinippon Sports
.
[6]
[7]
He has been the hitting coach for the second squad since the 2011 season and has served as the first squad hitting coach, second squad manager, and third squad manager before being named first squad manager for the 2022 season.
[4]
On October 17, 2023, Fujimoto's contract expired, and he was replaced as manager by
Hiroki Kokubo
.
[8]
References
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"Career statistics"
.
NPB.jp
(in Japanese).
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"Hiroshi Fujimoto"
.
Baseball-Reference
. Retrieved
18 April
2020
.
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"sports communications 第28回「天理の後輩?藤本博史新監督へのエ?ルと日本シリ?ズ」"
.
sports communications
(in Japanese). November 25, 2021. Archived from
the original
on August 13, 2022
. Retrieved
November 19,
2022
.
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a
b
c
d
"Nikkansports Sports baseball news ソフトバンク藤本博史新監督が就任?見「日本一に向かって」2軍監督から昇格"
.
Nikkan Sports
(in Japanese). October 29, 2021
. Retrieved
November 19,
2022
.
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"full-count baseball news 選手の士?アップ、球場の空?も一? 「チャンステ?マ」の不思議な魅力"
.
full-count.jp
(in Japanese). January 7, 2018
. Retrieved
November 19,
2022
.
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"Sankei Sports baseball news 【番記者スコ?プ】ソフトバンク?藤本監督 ?話重視のチ?ム作りの原点は居酒屋「藤もと亭」??"
.
Sankei Sports
(in Japanese). March 29, 2022
. Retrieved
November 19,
2022
.
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"Nishinippon Sports baseball news 2分でわかる?ホ?クス新監督?藤本博史氏を大紹介"
.
Nishinippon Shimbun
(in Japanese). November 11, 2021
. Retrieved
November 19,
2022
.
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dead link
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"Baseball: Imae named new Rakuten manager, Fujimoto leaves Hawks"
.
nippon.com
. Retrieved
November 2,
2023
.
External links
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