Koji Yamamoto (baseball)

nihongo|Kōji Yamamoto|山本 浩二|Yamamoto Kōji|born October 25, 1946 is a former Japanese baseball player and manager of the Hiroshima Carp of Japan's Central League.

He was born in Saeki, Hiroshima.

He is known as the nihongo|"Mr.Red Helmet"|ミスター赤ヘル|Mr.Aka-heru because he was the star baseball player of Hiroshima Carp, and "red" is the color of the team.

He led his team into five Japan Series and winning three titles (1979, 1980 and 1984).

And he won the Japan Central League as the manager in 1991.

Career

*1st play in April 12th 1969.
*1st hit in April 13th 1969
*1st home run in May 14th 1969.
*Leading hitter (1975).
*Home run Leader (1978, 1980, 1981 and 1983)
*Hitting for the cycle (April 30th 1983).
*MVP in the Japanese Central League (1975 and 1980).
*RBI winner (1984).
*Best nine of the year (1975, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1986).
*Gold Glove Award winner (1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980 and 1981).
*Japan All-star game (1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986)
*Hiroshima Prefectural Prize of Honour (1987).
*536 HR, 1475 RBI, 2339 H and 231 SB

tatistics as a player

tatistics as a manager