Tatsuro Hirooka

{{short description|Japanese baseball player and manager (born 1932)}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Tatsuro Hirooka

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|caption=Hirooka in 1979

|position=Shortstop / Manager

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|bats=Right

|throws=Right

|birth_date= {{birth date and age|1932|2|9}}

|birth_place= Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

|debutdate=

|debutyear=1954

|debutteam=Yomiuri Giants

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|finalyear=1966

|finalteam=Yomiuri Giants

|stat1label=Batting average

|stat1value=.240

|stat2label=Home runs

|stat2value=117

|stat3label=Hits

|stat3value=1,081

|teams=

As Player

• Yomiuri Giants (1954–1966)

As Coach

• Yomiuri Giants (1961–1966)
• Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1970–1971)
• Yakult Swallows (1974–1976)

As Manager

• Yakult Swallows (1976–1979)
• Seibu Lions (1982–1985)

|awards=

As player

• 1954 Central League Rookie of the Year
• 5x Japan Series Champion (1955, 1961, 1963, 1965, 1966)

As manager

• 3x Japan Series Champion (1978, 1982, 1983)
• 2x Matsutaro Shoriki Award-winner (1978, 1982)

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Tatsuro Hirooka (広岡 達朗, Hirooka Tatsurō born February 9, 1932) is a Japanese retired professional baseball player and manager.

Hirooka played his entire career, from 1954 to 1966, for the Yomiuri Giants. He was awarded the Central League rookie of the year award in 1954. From 1961 to 1966, Hirooka was a player-coach for the Giants.

As a manager for the Yakult Swallows (1976–1979) and then the Seibu Lions (1982–1985), Hirooka was known for his tough-love style.Whiting, Robert. You Gotta Have Wa (Vintage Departures, 1989), pp. 74–75. Nicknamed "The Iron Shogun", he thrice led his teams to the Japan Series championship — in 1978, 1982, and 1983. He won the Matsutaro Shoriki Award — presented to a person (a manager or player) who greatly contributes to the development of professional baseball — in 1978 and 1982.{{cite web | url=https://baseballguru.com/jalbright/analysisjalbright04.html | title=The Baseball Guru - JAPan's MOST SUCCESSFUL MANAGERS by Jim Albright }}