So Taguchi
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So Taguchi (田口 壮, Taguchi Sō, born July 2, 1969) is a Japanese former outfielder. After ten seasons with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball, he played eight years in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, followed by a final two years in Japan with the Orix Buffaloes.
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So Taguchi 田口 壮 | |
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Orix Buffaloes – No. 81 | |
Outfielder / Coach | |
Born: (1969-07-02) July 2, 1969 (age 55) Nishinomiya, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
Professional debut | |
NPB: April 4, 1992, for the Orix BlueWave | |
MLB: June 10, 2002, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
Last appearance | |
MLB: October 4, 2009, for the Chicago Cubs | |
NPB: 2011, for the Orix Buffaloes | |
NPB statistics | |
Batting average | .276 |
Home runs | 70 |
Runs batted in | 429 |
MLB statistics | |
Batting average | .279 |
Home runs | 19 |
Runs batted in | 163 |
Teams | |
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Taguchi is the third Japanese-born player to win a World Series after Hideki Irabu in 1998 and Tadahito Iguchi in 2005. Taguchi is also the first Japanese player to win two World Series with different teams – with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008.