Toshio Yanagida (baseball)

Toshio Yanagida (柳田利夫, Yanagida Toshio; born August 18, 1936) is a retired Japanese baseball player.

Toshio Yanagida
Infielder/Outfielder
Born: (1936-08-18)August 18, 1936 Fukushima Prefecture
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
1959, for the Daimai Orions
Last appearance
1970, for the Nankai Hawks
NPB statistics
Batting average	.234
Runs batted in	287
Home runs	68
Teams
Daimai Orions (1958–1962) Yomiuri Giants (1963–1967) Nankai Hawks (1967–1970)
Career highlights and awards
3x Japan Series champion (1963, 1965, 1966)

He debuted with the Daimai Orions in 1958, playing for the team until he was traded to the Yomiuri Giants at the end of the 1962 season. The Giants traded Yanagida to the Nankai Hawks in the middle of the 1967 season, where he played until retiring in 1970. Yanagida appeared in several Japan Series.^[1]