:Hisashi Yamada

{{short description|Japanese baseball player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Hisashi Yamada
山田 久志

| image = 山田久志氏＠Bs SQUARE Open.jpg

| caption = Hisashi Yamada at Bs SQUARE Open, Kyosera Dome, Osaka, March 7, 2014

| position = Pitcher / Manager

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|07|29}}

| birth_place = Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate =

| debutyear = 1969

| debutteam = Hankyu Braves

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1988

| finalteam = Hankyu Braves

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Win–loss

| stat1value = 284–166

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.18

| stat3label = Shutouts

| stat3value = 31

| stat4label = Innings pitched

| stat4value = 3,865

| stat5label = Strikeouts

| stat5value = 2,058

| teams =

;As player

• Hankyu Braves ({{npby|1969}} – {{npby|1988}})

;As coach

• Orix BlueWave ({{npby|1994}} – {{npby|1996}})
• Chunichi Dragons ({{npby|1999}} – {{npby|2001}})

;As manager

• Chunichi Dragons ({{npby|2002}} – {{npby|2003}})

|awards =

• 3× Pacific League MVP ({{by|1976}}, {{by|1977}}, {{by|1978}})
• Japan Series MVP (1977)
• 4× 20-game-winner

| hoflink = Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

| hoftype = Japanese

| hofdate = 2006

| hofvote =

| hofmethod =

}}

{{nihongo|Hisashi Yamada|山田 久志|Yamada Hisashi|born July 29, 1948}} is a retired Japanese professional baseball submarine pitcher. He played with the Hankyu Braves in Nippon Professional Baseball from {{by|1969}} to {{by|1988}}.

Yamada won the Pacific League MVP for three consecutive seasons (1976–1978), sharing a record with Ichiro Suzuki (1994–1996) for the most consecutive awards won. In addition, Yamada won the Japan Series MVP in 1977. He won 20 or more games four times in his career, including notching 26 victories in 1976. Yamada twice won the Pacific League earned run average championship, with marks of 2.37 in 1971 and 2.28 in 1977.

As coach of the Chunichi Dragons in {{npby|1999}}, he led the team to the Central League pennant.

He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in {{by|2006}}.{{cite web |url=http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2006/jan/1273636.htm |title=Baseball: Kadota, Yamada, 3 others inducted into Hall of Fame |access-date=2009-01-27 |date=2006-01-10 }}

In 2009, Yamada served as a coach for the Japanese team in the World Baseball Classic.