Shigeru Makino

Shigeru Makino
Shigeru Makino in 1955
Shortstop/Second baseman
Born: (1928-07-26)26 July 1928
Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Died: 2 December 1984(1984-12-02) (aged 56)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
debut
1952, for the Nagoya Dragons
Last appearance
1959, for the Chunichi Dragons
Teams
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1991

Shigeru Makino (牧野 茂, Makino Shigeru, 26 July 1928 – 2 December 1984) was a Japanese baseball shortstop, second baseman and coach. Makino played with the Nagoya/Chunichi Dragons from 1952 to 1959. He later coached the Yomiuri Giants from 1961 to 1974, and again from 1981 to 1983. He was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1991.