Masataka Nashida

{{short description|Japanese baseball manager and former player}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Masataka Nashida
梨田 昌孝

| image = Nashida_masataka.jpg

| image_size = 250px

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| number =

| position = Catcher / Manager

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1953|08|04}}

| birth_place = Hamada, Shimane, Japan

| death_date =

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = July 2

| debutyear = 1972

| debutteam = Kintetsu Buffaloes

| finalleague = NPB

| finaldate = October 19

| finalyear = 1988

| finalteam = Kintetsu Buffaloes

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .254

| stat2label = Hits

| stat2value = 874

| stat3label = RBIs

| stat3value = 439

| stat4label = Managerial record

| stat4value = 805–776–31

| stat5label = Winning %

| stat5value = .509

| teams =

As player

• Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|1972}}–{{npby|1988}})

As manager

• Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|2000}}–{{npby|2004}})
• Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters ({{npby|2008}}–{{npby|2011}})
• Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ({{npby|2016}}–{{npby|2018}})

As coach

• Kintetsu Buffaloes / Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{npby|1993}}–{{npby|1999}})

| highlights =

• 6× NPB All-Star (1979 - 1981, 1983, 1985, 1986)
• 4× Diamond Glove Award (1979 - 1981, 1983)
• 3× Best Nine Award (1979 - 1981)

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Masataka Nashida (Japanese:梨田 昌孝, born August 4, 1953, in Hamada, Shimane, Japan) is a former Nippon Professional Baseball catcher and manager. As a player, he played for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1972 to 1988. After playing, he went on to manage three NPB teams. First, Nashida was the final manager of the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes before they were dissolved and merged after the 2004 season. He then went on to manage the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters from 2008 to 2011. Finally, he went on to manage the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, the team created to fill the void left by the Buffaloes merger.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/10/08/baseball/japanese-baseball/new-eagles-manager-nashida-eager-lead-pl-club/ |title=New Eagles manager Nashida eager to lead PL club |date=October 8, 2015 |accessdate=February 17, 2020 |work=The Japan Times |agency=Kyodo News}} He was able to lead the Eagles to their third-ever playoff berth in 2017, however he resigned in July the next year when the club dropped to 20 games below a .500 winning percentage.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/06/16/baseball/japanese-baseball/eagles-manager-masataka-nashida-steps/ |title=Eagles manager Masataka Nashida steps down |date=June 16, 2018 |accessdate=February 17, 2020 |work=The Japan Times |agency=Kyodo News}} After his resignation, Eagles' coach Yosuke Hiraishi acted as team's interim manager for the remainder of the 2018 season.{{cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2018/10/05/baseball/japanese-baseball/eagles-promote-interim-manager-yosuke-hiraishi-manager/ |title=Eagles promote interim manager Yosuke Hiraishi to manager |date=October 5, 2018 |accessdate=February 17, 2020 |work=The Japan Times |agency=Kyodo News}}