Yukio Nishimoto

Yukio Nishimoto
Nishimoto in 1955
First baseman/Manager
Born: (1920-04-25)25 April 1920
Wakayama, Wakayama, Japan
Died: 25 November 2011(2011-11-25) (aged 91)
Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan
Batted: Left
Threw: Left
debut
1950
Last appearance
1955
Teams
As Player

As Manager

Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1988

Yukio Nishimoto (西本 幸雄, Nishimoto Yukio, 25 April 1920  – 25 November 2011) was a Japanese baseball player and manager. He played for the Mainichi Orions from 1950 to 1955. As a manager he won eight Pacific League pennants. However his clubs would never go on to win the Japan Series, earning him the nickname "Great Tragic Leader". Nishimoto was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988. He died of heart failure on 25 November 2011 aged 91.[1]

  1. ^ Hall of Fame manager Nishimoto dies at 91The Daily Yomiuri, 26 November 2011 Archived 30 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine