Shigeo Nagashima

This biography of a living person needs additional citations for verification. Please help by adding reliable sources. Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially libelous. Find sources: "Shigeo Nagashima" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (February 2008) (Learn how and when to remove this message)

Shigeo Nagashima 長嶋 茂雄
Nagashima in 2017
Third baseman
Born: (1936-02-20) February 20, 1936 (age 88) Sakura, Chiba, Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
April 5, 1958, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
October 14, 1974, for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics
Batting average	.305
Home runs	444
Hits	2,471
Runs batted in	1,522
Win–loss record	1,034–948
Winning %	.522
Teams
As player Yomiuri Giants (1958–1974) As manager Yomiuri Giants (1975–1980, 1993–2001)
Career highlights and awards
11× Japan Series Champion (as a player) 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 3× Japan Series Champion (as a manager) 1994, 1996, 2000 1958 Central League Rookie of the Year 5× Central League MVP (1961, 1963, 1966, 1968, 1971) 4× Japan Series MVP (1963, 1965, 1969, 1970) Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize (1971) Yomiuri Giants #3 retired
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1988

Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋 茂雄, Nagashima Shigeo, born February 20, 1936, in Sakura, Chiba, Japan) nicknamed "Mr. Giants" is a Japanese former professional baseball player and manager.