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Wang Zhenzhi
Wang Sadaharu (Japanese: king Sadaharu/Ou Sadaharu, Romanized: Ō Sadaharu, Wáng Zhēnzhì, May 20, 1940 -), a Japanese overseas Chinese, whose nationality is the Republic of China, and his ancestry is of mixed Chinese and Japanese descent. His father is from Qingtian County (Sidu), Zhejiang Province, the Republic of China. He was born in Sumida District, Tokyo today. He was a Japanese professional baseball player from the 1960s to the 1980s. He was the former supervisor (head coach) of the Nippon Professional Baseball Fukuoka Software Bank Hawks and the team's vice president and general manager. During his career as a professional baseball player, Ou Sadaharu was famous for his "one-foot hitting style" (also known as "scarecrow style hitting style" and "Golden Rooster independent hitting style"). He hit 868 home runs in his career, holding the record for the most home runs in a professional baseball player's career in the world. His career score of 1,967 points is also a Japanese professional baseball record. His No. 1 as a player was one of the retired numbers of the Yomiuri Giants. Wang Zhenzhi is one of the few well-known figures (citizens without household registration) who holds a passport of the Republic of China but has no household registration in Taiwan.
- Category
- Athletes
- Nationality
- Republic of China
- Born
- 1940-05-20
- Wikidata
- Q732103