Senichi Hoshino
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Born: 22 January 1947 Kurashiki, Okayama, Japan |
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| 13 April, 1969, for the Chunichi Dragons | |||
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| 1982, for the Chunichi Dragons | |||
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| Win-Loss | 146-121 | ||
| ERA | 3.60 | ||
| Strikeouts | 1225 | ||
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| Member of the Japanese | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame
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| Inducted | 2017 | ||
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Senichi Hoshino (星野 仙一 Hoshino Sen'ichi?), 22 January 1947, is a former Japanese professional baseball player and current manager.
In 2003, he led the Tigers to their first Central League pennant in 18 years before retiring for health reasons. In 2007 he managed the Japanese national team for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
In October, 2010 Hoshino was hired as manager of the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. The team had earlier dismissed former manager Marty Brown after a last place finish in their league. Hoshino led the Eagles to a Pacific League championship and Japan Series championship in 2013.
Hoshino was born the third of three children in Kurashiki, Japan. His father died three months after he was born, and his mother raised him and his two sisters alone. He played baseball throughout his high school years, but was unable to advance to the baseball tournament. He entered Meiji University, and became a starter from his first year. He marked 23 total wins in the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League, including one no-hitter, but his team never won the league championship. Hoshino's reputation as a hot-headed leader began in his years at Meiji University, when he and other members of the baseball team banded together to break down a barricade set up around the school by a student protest group.
Hoshino was drafted in the first round by the Chunichi Dragons in 1968, led by manager Shigeru Mizuhara. The Yomiuri Giants had promised Hoshino that he would be their first round draft pick, but the Giants broke their promise, drafting another player instead. This betrayal made Hoshino develop a profound hatred towards the Giants, and he has battled the Giants ever since, both as a pitcher and as a manager. Hoshino signed with the Dragons in 1969, and pitched both as a starter and reliever, quickly becoming the ace of the Dragons pitching staff. He led the league in saves in 1974, and won the Eiji Sawamura Award. More importantly however, his team won the league championship, stopping the Yomiuri Giants record of consecutive league championships at 9. He was known as the "Kyojin Killer" (Giants Killer) because he seemed to pitch unusually well against the Giants. His team won another league championship in 1982, and Hoshino retired after that year. His career record was 146-121, with 34 saves.
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