Hajime Miki (三木 肇, Miki Hajime, born April 25, 1977) is a Japanese former professional baseball infielder who currently serves as the manager for the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). He played in NPB from 1996 to 2008 for the Yakult Swallows/Tokyo Yakult Swallows and Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
| Hajime Miki 三木 肇 | |
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| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – No. 88 | |
| Infielder / Manager | |
| Born: April 25, 1977 Suminoe-ku, Osaka, Japan | |
Batted: Both Threw: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| April 5, 1997, for the Yakult Swallows | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| June 22, 2008, for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .195 |
| Home runs | 2 |
| Hits | 59 |
| Teams | |
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Career
editIn 2019, Miki led the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles' farm team to the Eastern League title for the first time in its 15–year history. He was then promoted to manager of the Eagles for the 2020 season with an emphasis on rebuilding the team.[1] After one season it was announced that Miki would again return to manage the farm team.[2]
On October 10, 2024, the Eagles announced Miki as their new manager.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Eagles promote farm team skipper Hajime Miki to manager". The Japan Times. Kyodo News. October 11, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2020.
- ^ "東北楽天新監督に石井Ｇｍ 三木氏は２軍監督に / 楽天イーグルス特集 | 河北新報オンラインニュース". Archived from the original on 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2020-11-26.
- ^ "x.com".
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference or NPB (in Japanese)
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