Masahiko Morino
Japanese baseball player and coach (born 1978)
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Masahiko Morino (森野 将彦, Morino Masahiko; born July 28, 1978 in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture) is a former Japanese professional baseball infielder for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He also played for Team Japan at the 2008 Olympics.
| Masahiko Morino | |
|---|---|
Morino with the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Chunichi Dragons – No. 78 | |
| Infield/Batting Coach | |
| Born: July 28, 1978 | |
Batted: Left Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| June 24, 1997, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| September 24, 2017, for the Chunichi Dragons | |
| NPB statistics (through 2017) | |
| Batting average | .277 |
| Home runs | 165 |
| RBI | 782 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| As player
As coach | |
Morino retired in 2017 and served as the Dragons' second team batting coach until the end of the 2019 season.[1]