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Kazuhiro Wada was born on 19 June, 1972 in Gifu, Gifu, Japan, is a Japanese baseball player. Discover Kazuhiro Wada's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 51 years old?
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51 years old |
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Gemini |
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19 June, 1972 |
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19 June |
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Gifu, Gifu, Japan |
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Japan
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Kazuhiro Wada Height, Weight & Measurements
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Dating & Relationship status
He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Kazuhiro Wada Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Kazuhiro Wada worth at the age of 51 years old? Kazuhiro Wada’s income source is mostly from being a successful Player. He is from Japan. We have estimated Kazuhiro Wada's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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Timeline
Kazuhiro Wada (和田 一浩) is a retired Japanese professional baseball player.
He played mostly as an outfielder for the Chunichi Dragons and the Seibu Lions of the Nippon Professional Baseball league in a career spanning 18 years.
Wada broke a 54-year-old record for most extra-base hits in a Japan Series with eight, breaking Isao Harimoto's record of 7 in the 1950 Japan Series.
His 26 total bases were a Japan Series record, breaking Yasumitsu Toyoda's 46-year-old record of 25; he tied the record with four homers in a series and his two homers in game six helped Seibu to a 4-2 victory to tie the series at three.
He edged Julio Zuleta (.319) and Matsunaka (.315) for the first Pacific League batting title won by a right-handed hitter since Hatsuhiko Tsuji in 1993.
He was fourth in slugging, third in OBP, tied for third in runs (80), first in hits (153), second in doubles (32).
He hit .429 for Kobe Seiko in the industrial leagues, then in 1996 was drafted in the fourth round of the Japanese draft by the Seibu Lions.
He hit .190 in 1997 when he first played for Seibu and was 0/1 in the 1997 Japan Series.
In 1998, Wada hit .333 in 36 games for Seibu and split his time between catching and the outfield.
He went 0/2 in the 1998 Japan Series.
In 1998, Wada began playing semiregularly as an outfielder, batting .306, the same average he recorded the next year.
He still not yet an everyday player.
In 1999, he batted .271 while again seeing limited time behind the plate, with Tsutomu Ito starting.
In 2002, Wada finally became a starter and responded by batting .319 with 33 homers.
Playing left field and DH, he made the Best Nine as the top designated hitter in the Pacific League.
His Japan Series woes continued with a miserable 0/15 in the 2002 Japan Series, as Seibu got swept by the Yomiuri Giants.
Wada did even better in 2003, hitting .346 (.379 with runners in scoring position), homering 30 times, scoring 87 runs and driving in 89.
Wada finished third in the Pacific League in average (behind Michihiro Ogasawara and Tani) and slugging (behind Cabera and Ogasawara).
2004 was an eventful year for Wada.
He hit .320 (.375 with RISP), homered 30 times and drove in 89 despite missing time for the 2004 Olympics.
For the bronze medal-winning Japanese club in the Olympics, he hit .333 and slugged .636.
Hitting cleanup or fifth for Seibu, he was honored again as an All-Star and Best Nine.
In the 2004 Japan Series, he finally broke his postseason struggles in a big way by batting .310 with four homers in Seibu's victory over the Chunichi Dragons.
Wada continued his dazzling pace in 2005, batting .322, though his 27 homers were his lowest total in four years.
He made his fourth straight All-Star contingent.
Wada was on the winning Japanese club in the 2006 World Baseball Classic and went 0 of 2 with one strikeout in two games as the backup left fielder to Hitoshi Tamura.
Wada hit .298 in 2006 and finished third in the PL with 95 RBI, second to Fernando Seguignol with 34 doubles, eighth with 144 hits, seventh with 239 total bases, tied for seventh with 72 runs, second with 78 walks (trailing only Matsunaka).
He was fourth in OBP and eighth in slugging.
His home run total continued to fall, down to 19, but still tied for seventh in the PL.
He re-signed for Seibu for ¥275 million plus incentives.
At the end of the 2007 season, Wada opted for free agency and joined boyhood club and reigning Japan Series champions, the Chunichi Dragons in a 3-year, ¥840 million deal to replace MLB bound right-fielder, Kosuke Fukudome.
Wada's hobbies are fishing, pachinko and mah jong.
Following retirement in 2015, he has become a color commentator for Dragons broadcasts for the NHK.
Playing for Tohoku Fukushi University, Wada was MVP of the Sendai Big Six University League as a senior and won the batting title.
