Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame member Kazuhiro Yamauchi has died of liver failure in Tokyo at the age of 76. He has been a member of the Hall since 2002.
During his playing career, the 5’9” Yamauchi led the Pacific League in RBIs four times between 1954 and 1961, topping the circuit in homers twice and collecting one batting title. He was a lifetime .295 hitter with 396 homers and 1,286 RBIs in 19 seasons for three teams between 1952 through 1970, becoming the first Japanese player to hit 300 homers in the process. Yamauchi was the Pacific League MVP in 1960 after leading the league with 32 homers and 103 RBIs for the pennant-winning Daimei Orions.
Yamauchi later managed the Lotte Orions and Chunichi Dragons before ending his baseball career in 1998 after one season coaching Taiwan’s Chinatrust Whales.
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