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Osamu Higashio was born on 18 May, 1950 in Wakayama Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese baseball player. Discover Osamu Higashio'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 73 years old?

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Age 73 years old
Zodiac Sign Taurus
Born 18 May, 1950
Birthday 18 May
Birthplace Wakayama Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japan

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1968

Higashio was a star in the Koshien high school baseball tournament, helping his team advance to the semi-finals in the spring of 1968.

He was drafted in the first round by the Nishitetsu Lions (the current Saitama Seibu Lions) later that year.

He lost confidence in his pitching ability after seeing the high level of pitching in the Pacific League, and requested the team to convert him to a position player.

1969

Osamu Higashio (東尾 修) is a former Japanese baseball player who played in the Japanese professional leagues from 1969–1988, being remembered as one of the leading Japanese pitchers in the 1980s.

The team accepted his request, but quickly withdrew it when the Black Mist Scandal erupted in the 1969 off-season.

The ace of the Lions pitching staff, Masaaki Ikenaga, was banished from the professional leagues because of the scandal, and Higashio was forced into pitching a full year in the Lions starting rotation.

His inexperience resulted in a 5.15 ERA in 40 games that season.

1971

Higashio made improvements in the following years, but still led the league in losses in 1971 and 1972.

He also allowed over 100 walks in three consecutive seasons beginning in 1971.

1972

During the 1972 season in particular he pitched over 300 innings, leading the league not only in losses, but in hits, runs, and home runs given up.

1973

The Lions team was sold by the Nishi-Nippon Railroad in 1973, becoming the Taiheiyo Club Lions, and in 1978 he was sold again when the team became the Crown Lighter Lions.

It was during this turbulent period that Higashio emerged as the ace of the Lions pitching staff.

1975

In the 1975 season he had a very respectable 2.38 ERA while leading the league with 23 wins.

1978

He won 23 games again in 1978, pitching over 300 innings for the third time in his career.

1979

The Lions finally obtained financial stability in 1979, becoming the Seibu Lions, and won the Japan Series in 1982 and 1983.

1983

Higashio marked the lowest ERA in the league (2.92), and led the league in wins to receive the MVP award in 1983.

1985

The Lions won the Pacific League championship four years in a row from 1985–1988 (including three more Japan Series wins), and Higashio won his second MVP award in 1987.

1986

In 1986, he received a beating on the mound by Kintetsu Buffaloes player Dick Davis, after hitting Davis with a pitch (Higashio continued pitching after the incident, marking the win).

Many fans sympathized with Davis, and demanded that Higashio be penalized as well for hitting so many batters.

Managers of rival teams accused Higashio of purposely hitting batters, since Higashio possessed excellent control, and there was no way he could accidentally hit batters so often.

Higashio has maintained that he never threw a pitch with the intention of hitting the batter.

1988

He announced his retirement in 1988.

Higashio often pitched towards the inside of the plate to intimidate opposing batters during his professional career, and he holds the Japanese career record for hit batsmen (165).

He was not afraid to throw pitches close to the batter, and showed little remorse after hitting batters.

1995

He also was manager of the Seibu Lions from 1995 to 2001.

Higashio worked as a sports commentator for various television networks before returning to the Lions in 1995 as manager.

Higashio drafted several top players, and recruited Darrin Jackson and Orestes Destrade from the major leagues, but ended up in 3rd place in his first two seasons as manager.

1997

The emergence of several young players, including Kazuo Matsui, put the Lions over the top in Higashio's third year, and the team won consecutive league championships in 1997 and 1998 (the Lions lost the Japanese championship series both years).

Pitchers Shinji Mori, Daisuke Matsuzaka, Fumiya Nishiguchi and Denney Tomori also emerged during Higashio's tenure as manager.

1999

The Lions placed in 2nd in 1999 and 2000, and fell to 3rd place in 2001, and Higashio resigned from his post at the end of 2001.

He has currently returned to his role as a sports commentator.

2006

In September, 2006, he became the head of the Tokyo Apache Japanese professional basketball team.

2013

Higashio served as the pitching coach for the Japanese national baseball team in the 2013 World Baseball Classic.

Higashio's daughter, Riko Higashio, is a professional golfer.