Yasuji Hondo

Yasuji Hondo
本堂保次

Second baseman / Manager

Born: March 18, 1918
Yao, Osaka, Japan

Died: June 8, 1997 (aged 79)

Batted: Right

Threw: Right

debut

1937, for the Osaka Tigers

Last appearance

1957, for the Mainichi Orions

NPB statistics

Batting average

.261

1,242

588

Teams

As player

Hanshin/Osaka Tigers (1937–1947, 1949)
Shochiku Robins (1948)
Mainichi Orions/Daimai Orions (1950–1958)

As manager

Daimai Orions/Tokyo Orions (1963–1965)

As coach

Daimai Orions/Tokyo Orions (1959–1962)
Kintetsu Buffaloes (1974–1981)

Yasuji Hondo (本堂保次, Hondō Yasuji, born March 18, 1918) was a Nippon Professional Baseball second baseman and manager.

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