Shigeo Nagashima

Shigeo Nagashima
長嶋 茂雄
Nagashima in 1962
Third baseman
Born: (1936-02-20)February 20, 1936
Sakura, Chiba, Japan
Died: June 3, 2025(2025-06-03) (aged 89)
Tokyo, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 5, 1958, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
October 14, 1974, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics
Batting average.305
Home runs444
Hits2,471
Runs batted in1,522
Win–loss record1,034–948
Winning %.522
Teams
As player

As manager

Career highlights and awards
  • 11× Japan Series Champion (as a player) (1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973)
  • 2× Japan Series Champion (as a manager) (1994, 2000)
  • Central League Rookie of the Year (1958)
  • 5× Central League MVP (1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1971)
  • 4× Japan Series MVP (1963, 1965, 1969, 1970)
  • Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (1971)
  • Yomiuri Giants #3 retired
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1988

Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋 茂雄, Nagashima Shigeo, February 20, 1936 – June 3, 2025), nicknamed "Mr. Giants," was a Japanese professional baseball player and manager. He played for the Yomiuri Giants from 1958 until 1974. He was also manager of the team from 1975 until 1980 and from 1993 until 2001.[1]

Nagashima died in Tokyo, Japan on June 3, 2025 from pneumonia at the age of 89.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Japanese baseball legend Shigeo Nagashima dies at 89". The Japan Times. 2 June 2025.
  2. ↑ "Japan's Baseball Legend Shigeo Nagashima Dies at 89". The Japan News. Yomiuri Shimbun. 3 June 2025.
  3. ↑ Ken Belson (2 June 2025). "Shigeo Nagashima, 'Mr. Baseball' of Postwar Japan, Dies at 89". The New York Times.

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