Hide Koga

Hidehiko Koga (古賀 英彦)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 9", Weight 162 lb.
• School Kinki University
• High School Kumamoto Kogyo High School
• Born September 15, 1939 in Kumamoto, Kumamoto Japan

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Biographical Information

Hide Koga played outfield for the Yomiuri Giants in 1962 and 1963, hitting .182 in 11 at-bats. He spent 19 games in Nippon Professional Baseball.

Koga then pitched in the United States in 1966 and 1968. In 1966, he twirled for the Decatur Commodores in the San Francisco Giants organization, going 7-8 with a 3.20 ERA in 31 games (15 starts). In 1968, with the Lodi Crushers in the Chicago Cubs system, he went 1-4 with a 4.25 ERA in 26 games (five starts). Overall, Koga went 8-12 with a 3.51 ERA in 59 games (20 starts). He walked 92 batters and allowed 159 hits in 190 innings pitched. At the plate, he hit .288 in 66 at-bats.

He then played in the Global League, which folded after only two months, in 1969.

In 1990, he was selected to manage the Salinas Spurs of the California League, a co-op team that featured a number of Japanese players. That made him the first Japanese manager of an American baseball team. He managed the team for three largely unsuccessful seasons before returning to Japan, where he worked for Hawks, and then for the Chiba Lotte Marines.

Year-By-Year Minor League Managerial Record

Year	Team	League	Record	Finish	Organization	Playoffs
1990	Salinas Spurs	California League	47-93	10th	none
1991	Salinas Spurs	California League	55-81	9th	none
1992	Salinas Spurs	California League	36-99	10th	none