Yoshinobu Takahashi

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Yoshinobu Takahashi
Takahashi with the Yomiuri Giants
Outfielder/Manager
Born: (1975-04-03) April 3, 1975 (age 49) Chiba, Chiba, Japan
Bats: Left Throws: Right
NPB debut
April 3, 1998, for the Yomiuri Giants
Career statistics
Batting average	.291
Home runs	321
Runs batted in	986

Teams
As players Yomiuri Giants (1998–2015) As manager Yomiuri Giants (2016–2018)

Olympic medal record
Men's Baseball
	Athens 2004	Team Competition

Yoshinobu Takahashi (高橋由伸, born April 3, 1975) is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager. He spent his entire playing career with the Yomiuri Giants and served as the team's manager for three seasons. He graduated from Keio University.^{[citation needed]}

A superb contact hitter, he is also known for his exemplary defensive play. He won the Golden Glove award for six consecutive years between 1998 and 2003. Despite his brilliant records, Takahashi has injured himself numerous times over the years going after fly balls. The injuries primarily resulted from his play style, in which he does not give up on fly balls until they hit the ground. His first injury was on September 14, 1999, at a Chunichi Dragons game, where he jumped diagonally against the outfield fence, causing a fractured shoulder bone.

He was selected to be part of the Japanese Olympic baseball team for the 2004 Summer Olympics, and contributed to the team's bronze medal.

Takahashi served as the Giants' manager from 2016 to 2018. He will remain with the Giants as a special adviser.^[1]

References

^ "Baseball: Former WBC championship team skipper Hara rejoins Giants". mainichi.jp. Mainichi Shimbun. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 23 October 2018.

External links

Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
Yoshinobu Takahashi at Sports-Reference.com

v t e Yomiuri Giants managers
Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (1934–1935)	Miyake Asanuma
Japanese Professional Baseball (1936–1949)	S. Fujimoto Nakajima H. Fujimoto Nakajima Mihara
Nippon Professional Baseball (1950–present)	Mizuhara Kawakami Nagashima Fujita Oh Fujita Nagashima Hara Horiuchi Hara Takahashi Hara Abe

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