So Taguchi

So Taguchi 田口 壮
Taguchi with the Orix Buffaloes
Orix Buffaloes – No. 81
Manager of the Farm League
Born: (1969-07-02) July 2, 1969 (age 47) 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
As player Orix BlueWave (1992–2001) St. Louis Cardinals (2002–2007) Philadelphia Phillies (2008) Chicago Cubs (2009) Orix Buffaloes (2010–2011) As coach Orix Buffaloes (2016–present)
Career highlights and awards
2× World Series champion (2006, 2008) Japan Series champion (1996)

As player

As coach

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.

Taguchi is the second Japanese-born player to win a World Series after 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.

Taguchi was born and raised in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo, Japan. He graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University in his hometown, with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration. He was a teammate of Ichiro Suzuki when the two played for the Orix BlueWave in the Pacific League of NPB. Although he was drafted by the BlueWave as an infielder, he was moved to the outfield later in his career.