About Tatsunori Hara
Tatsunori Hara is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder and manager. He played 15 seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants, and also spent 17 seasons as the club's manager. On July 30, 2019, Hara won his 1,000th game as a manager after the Giants beat the Hiroshima Carp, becoming the 13th manager in the history of the NPB to win 1,000 games. He won the Central League Rookie of the Year award in 1981 and the Central League MVP in 1983. In his total tenure as a manager, he won 1,220 games while losing 355 games with 89 ties.
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