Hiromitsu Ochiai

Hiromitsu Ochiai
落合 博満
Ochiai in 2007
Born: (1953-12-09) December 9, 1953 (age 70)
Wakami, Akita, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
May 29, 1979, for the Lotte Orions
Last appearance
October 7, 1998, for the Nippon Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
Batting average.311
Hits2371
HRs510
RBIs1564
Teams
As player

As manager

As general manager

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2011

Hiromitsu Ochiai (落合 博満, Ochiai Hiromitsu, born December 9, 1953) is a Japanese former professional baseball manager and player. He is former manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is considered to be one of the most important players in the history of Japanese baseball, winning numerous batting awards and being the only player to receive the prestigious triple crown batting award three times. With 510 career home runs, Ochiai is sixth on the all-time NPB list. Ochiai's style is called Oreryu(オレ流). Oreryu means "to do with only my style." The word described how he acted according to his personal philosophies.