Hiroshi Narahara
| Hiroshi Narahara | |||||||||||||||
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 Narahara with the Saitama Seibu Lions. | |||||||||||||||
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – No. 92 | |||||||||||||||
| Infielder / Coach | |||||||||||||||
| Born: May 16, 1968 Minami-Saitama District, Saitama | |||||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |||||||||||||||
| NPB debut | |||||||||||||||
| April 6, 1991, for the Seibu Lions | |||||||||||||||
| Last NPB appearance | |||||||||||||||
| October 22, 2006, for the Chunichi Dragons | |||||||||||||||
| NPB statistics | |||||||||||||||
| Batting average | .237 | ||||||||||||||
| Home runs | 13 | ||||||||||||||
| Runs batted in | 212 | ||||||||||||||
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Hiroshi Narahara (奈良原 浩, Narahara Hiroshi; born May 16, 1968) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and current first squad head coach for the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks of the Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB for the Seibu Lions, Nippon-Ham Fighters/Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, and Chunichi Dragons.
After his retirement, Narahara was the infield defense and base running coach for the Chunichi Dragons during the 2007-2011 season.[1]
He served as the Saitama Seibu Lions first squad and second squad the infield defense and base running coach from the 2012-2016 seasons.[1]
He again served as the infield defense and base running coach for the Chunichi Dragons from 2017-2019 season.[1]
On October 14, 2019, Narahara become second squad manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles and served through the 2023 season.[2]
On October 31, 2023, Narahara became the first squad head coach of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d "Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks press release 2023年10月31日 新入団コーチのお知らせ". Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site (in Japanese). October 31, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023.
- ^ "新任コーチに関して". 東北楽天ゴールデンイーグルス 公式サイト (in Japanese). October 14, 2019. Retrieved December 22, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Career statistics - NPB.jp (in Japanese)
- 92 Hiroshi Narahara PLAYERS2024 - Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Official site
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