Toshio Naka

{{Short description|Japanese baseball player (1936–2023)}}

{{sources|date=October 2023}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

|name=Toshio Naka

|image=Toshio Naka 1956 Scan10001.jpg

|position=Outfielder

|team =

|bats=Left

|throws=Right

|birth_date= {{birth date|1936|4|28|df=y}}

|birth_place= Maebashi, Japan

|death_date = {{death date and age|2023|10|10|1936|4|28|df=y}}

|debutdate=

|debutyear=1955

|debutteam=Chunichi Dragons

|finaldate=

|finalyear=1959

|finalteam=Chunichi Dragons

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .277

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 139

| stat3label = RBI

| stat3value = 541

|teams=

• Chunichi Dragons ({{baseball year|1955}}–{{baseball year|1972}})

}}

{{Nihongo|Toshio Naka|中 利夫|Naka Toshio|28 April 1936 – 10 October 2023}} was a Japanese baseball outfielder and manager. Naka played with the Chunichi Dragons from 1955 to 1972, and later managed the team from 1978 to 1980. He led the Central League with a .343 batting average in 1967.