| Hiroshi Yagi | |
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| Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – No. 89 | |
| Coach / Infielder, Outfielder | |
| Born: (1965-06-08) June 8, 1965 (age 59) Tamano, Okayama, Japan | |
| Batted: RightThrew: Right | |
| NPB debut | |
| May 12, 1987, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| Last NPB appearance | |
| October 10, 2004, for the Hanshin Tigers | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .247 |
| Hits | 817 |
| Runs batted in | 383 |
| Stolen Bases | 33 |
| Home runs | 126 |
| Teams | |
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As coach
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Hiroshi Yagi (八木 裕, born June 8, 1965) is a retired Japanese baseball player for the Hanshin Tigers. He was an All-Star in 1990 and a member of the Tigers' 2003 championship team. In the later years of his career, he was known as the team's "God of Pinch Hitting". After retiring at the end of the 2004 season, he spent some time in the media before becoming a hitting coach for Hanshin in 2009. He was named as the hitting coach for the club's second team for the 2015 season.