Yasumitsu Toyoda

{{short description|Japanese baseball player and coach}}

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Yasumitsu Toyoda

| image = Yasumitsu Toyoda 1956 Scan10012.JPG

| image_size = 250px

| caption = Toyoda in the August 1956 issue of The Yakyukai

| team =

| number =

| position = Shortstop

| positionplain =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|2|12}}

| birth_place = Daigo, Ibaraki, Empire of Japan

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|8|14|1935|2|12}}

| death_place = Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = March 21

| debutyear = 1953

| debutteam = Nishitetsu Lions

| finaldate =

| finalyear = 1969

| finalteam = Sankei Atoms

| statyear =

| statleague = NPB

| stat1label = Batting average

| stat1value = .277

| stat2label = Home runs

| stat2value = 263

| stat3label = Runs batted in

| stat3value = 888

| stat4label = Hits

| stat4value = 1,699

| teams =

;As player

;As coach

  • Nishitetsu Lions ({{baseball year|1962}})
  • Sankei Atoms ({{baseball year|1968}}–{{baseball year|1969}})
  • Kintetsu Buffaloes ({{baseball year|1972}})

| highlights =

| hoflink = Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

| hoftype = Japanese

| hofdate = 2006

| hofmethod = Special election

}}

{{Nihongo|Yasumitsu Toyoda |豊田 泰光|Toyoda Yasumitsu|February 12, 1935 – August 14, 2016}} was a Japanese professional baseball player and coach, who played as a shortstop. He played and coached for the Nishitetsu Lions and the Swallows franchise of Nippon Professional Baseball. In 1972, he coached the Kintetsu Buffaloes.

Playing career

Toyoda was known as a good hitter, and especially renowned for his postseason performances. He led the Pacific League in batting average in 1956, spoiling a Triple Crown attempt by teammate Futoshi Nakanishi. He batted a career .362 in the Japan Series.{{cite book|last1=McNeil|first1=William F.|title=Baseball's Other All-Stars|date=2000|publisher=McFarland|page=[https://archive.org/details/baseballsotheral0000mcne/page/129 129]|url=https://archive.org/details/baseballsotheral0000mcne|url-access=registration|quote=Yasumitsu Toyoda.}} He died in Kawasaki at the age of 81 on August 14, 2016.{{cite web|url=http://jen.jiji.com/jc/eng?g=eco&k=2016081500674|title=Ex-Pro Baseball Player Yasumitsu Toyoda Dies at 81|work=jiji.com|access-date=2016-08-15}}{{cite web|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/08/15/baseball/japanese-baseball/japanese-baseball-hall-famer-toyoda-dies/#.V7IlRBFf3IU|title=Japanese baseball Hall of Famer Toyoda dies|work=japantimes.co.jp|date=15 August 2016|access-date=2016-08-15}}

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