About Norihiro Komada
Born 1962. Norihiro Komada is a Japanese baseball player, actor, tarento and baseball manager.
Norihiro Komada (駒田 徳広, born September 14, 1962, in Shiki District, Nara, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball infielder.
On April 10, 1983, making his major league debut, Komada hit a grand slam off Kazuhiko Migita of the Taiyo Whales. He is the first and currently only NPB player to hit a grand slam in their first career at-bat. Known as "Mr. Grand Slam", he went on to hit 13 grand slams as a player. He is one of 56 members of the 2,000 hit club.
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Who is Norihiro Komada?
Japanese baseball player
When was Norihiro Komada born?
Norihiro Komada was born on 14 September 1962 in Miyake.
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Norihiro Komada is a baseball player, actor, tarento and baseball manager.
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Norihiro Komada is Japanese.
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