Isao Harimoto
Isao Harimoto was born in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on June 19th, 1940 and is the Zainichi Korean Baseball Player. At the age of 83, Isao Harimoto biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Harimoto began his professional career with the Toei Flyers in 1959, when he was selected as rookie of the year. He was a dangerous hitter who combined both power and speed. His 3,085 career hits is the Nippon Professional Baseball record. Among Japanese-born players, Ichiro Suzuki passed Harimoto's hit total in 2009 based on his combined career in Japan and the American major leagues. Harimoto remains the only player to accumulate more than 3000 in Japan, a mark he reached with a home run on May 28, 1980, while playing for the Lotte Orions. After reaching this milestone, Harimoto was awarded the South Korean Order of Sport Merit Maengho Medal (국민훈장 맹호장; Maengho, literally Fierce Tiger), a prize for excellence in sports.
With 504 career home runs, Harimoto ranks seventh on the list of all-time leaders in Japan. After joining the Yomiuri Giants in 1976, he hit behind Sadaharu Oh in the lineup and was on deck when Oh hit his 756th home run to pass Hank Aaron's mark in America. Harimoto's 319 stolen bases gives him an unusual combination of 3,000 hits, 500 home runs, and 300 stolen bases, a set of milestones reached only by Willie Mays and Alex Rodriguez in the American major leagues.
Post-player career
Since his retirement, Harimoto has mainly worked for Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS) as a baseball commentator. He appears on a news program named Sunday Morning and comments on baseball and other sports.