Hiroshi Arakawa
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Japanese baseball player
Baseball player
| Hiroshi Arakawa | |
|---|---|
| Outfielder | |
| Born: (1930年08月06日)August 6, 1930 | |
| Died: December 4, 2016(2016年12月04日) (aged 86) | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| PBL debut | |
| 1953, for the Mainichi Orions | |
| Last PBL appearance | |
| 1961, for the Daimai Orions | |
| PBL statistics | |
| Games played | 802 |
| At bats | 2005 |
| hits | 503 |
| HRs | 16 |
| RBIs | 172 |
| Teams | |
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Hiroshi Arakawa (荒川 博, Arakawa Hiroshi, August 6, 1930 – December 4, 2016) was a Japanese professional baseball player.[1] From 1953 to 1961, he played in the Pacific League as an outfielder for the Mainichi Orions (later renamed the Daimai Orions), batting .251 with 503 hits, 16 home runs and 172 RBIs.[1]
After retiring as a player, he was a batting coach for the Yomiuri Giants and, later, a manager of the Yakult Swallows in the early 1970s.[2]
Arakawa died on December 4, 2016, after suffering a cardiac arrest.[2]
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