Atsunori Inaba

Atsunori Inaba
Atsunori Inaba
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – No. 90
	Farm Manager
	Born: August 3, 1972; Kitanagoya, Aichi, Japan
	Bats: Left Throws: Left
debut
	June 21, 1995, for the Yakult Swallows
Career statistics
Batting average	.286
Home runs	261
Hits	2167
RBIs	1050
Stolen bases	74
Teams
	As player Yakult Swallows (1995–2004); Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2005–2014); As coach Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2013, 2024-present); As manager Japan (2017–2021);
Career highlights and awards
	8× NPB All-Star (1997, 2001, 2007–2012); 5× Best Nine Award (2001, 2006–2009); 5× Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2006–2009, 2012); Pacific League batting champion (2007); NPB All-Star Game MVP (2011 Game 3); Japan Series MVP (2006); 4× Japan Series champion (1995, 1997, 2001, 2006);
Medals
Representing Japan
Men's Baseball
World Baseball Classic
Summer Olympics
Asian Baseball Championship

Atsunori Inaba (稲葉篤紀, born August 3, 1972) is a Japanese professional baseball manager, coach and former player. He was the Most Valuable Player of the 2006 Japan Series. He is currently the general manager for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's Pacific League.

After the retirement, he became Japan national baseball team at the 2013 exhibition game against Chinese Taipei, 2014 MLB Japan All-Star Series, 2015 exhibition game against All Euro, 2015 WBSC Premier12, 2016 exhibition game against Chinese Taipei, 2016 exhibition game against Mexico and Netherlands, 2017 exhibition game against CPBL All-Stars, and 2017 World Baseball Classic.

On July 31, 2017, he became Japan national baseball team manager. He managed at the 2017 Asia Professional Baseball Championship, 2018 exhibition game against Australia, 2018 U-23 Baseball World Cup and 2018 MLB Japan All-Star Series.

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