Masaaki Mori
Japanese baseball player
About Masaaki Mori
Born 1937. Masaaki Mori is a Japanese professional baseball player, baseball manager and baseball commentator.
is a retired professional Japanese baseball player and manager.
Mori played Nippon Professional Baseball from 1955β1974 as the catcher of the Yomiuri Giants. He was an eight-time Best Nine Award-winner (1961β1968) and the Japan Series MVP in 1967. He was selected to eleven Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Games. He was nicknamed "the brains of the V9 Dynasty", as he was the main catcher of the Yomiuri Giants V9 Dynasty. When his career ended in 1974, he asked newly-minted Giants manager Shigeo Nagashima for a job and was refused.
After his retirement as a player, Mori managed the Seibu Lions from 1986 to 1994, leading the team to six Japan Series championships of the Invincible Seibu dynasty. He won the Matsutaro Shoriki Award in 1986 and 1990. He announced his impeding retirement from the Lions at the close of the 1994 Japan Series, although it was later speculated that management expressed it was time for a change. Mori managed the Yokohama BayStars in 2001 to 2002.
Mori participated in 27 of the 73 Japan Series contested, as a player, coach, and manager, as of 2023, with him winning 21 of the 27, making him the most decorated individual in NPB history.
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Who is Masaaki Mori?
Japanese baseball player
When was Masaaki Mori born?
Masaaki Mori was born on 9 January 1937 in Gifu.
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Masaaki Mori is a professional baseball player, baseball manager and baseball commentator.
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Masaaki Mori is Japanese.
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