Akinobu Mayumi
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| Akinobu Mayumi 真弓 明信 | |
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| outfielder, shortstop, second baseman | |
| Born: July 12, 1953 Ōmuta, Fukuoka, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| May 5, 1973, for the Taiheiyo Club Lions | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1995, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .285 |
| Hits | 1888 |
| Home runs | 292 |
| RBIs | 886 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Managerial statistics | |
| Wins | 213 |
| Losses | 206 |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach As manager | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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Akinobu Mayumi (真弓 明信, Mayumi Akinobu; born July 12, 1953) is the former manager for the Hanshin Tigers baseball team in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. After serving 3 seasons (2009–2011) with the team, he was released in October after failing to make the 2011 play-offs. He was shortly replaced with by Yutaka Wada, who had also previously played for the team during his baseball career.[citation needed]
Mayumi had been a star player for the Tigers during his playing days.[1] He was part of the Tigers' team that won the 1985 Japan Series, and hit a home run in the series.[2] Before playing for the Tigers, he was drafted by the Taiheiyo Lions and played for them, as well as a minor-league stint with the Lodi Orioles of the California League as part of a development program piloted by the Lions in the 1970s.[3]
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