Takashi Teraoka

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Takashi Teraoka (寺岡 孝)

  • Bats Right, Throws Right
  • Height 5' 9", Weight 165 lbs.

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Biographical Information[edit]

Takashi Teraoka played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 7 years.

Teraoka was signed by the Hiroshima Carp in 1965, and he hit .246/.285/.277 in 58 games in his rookie year. He was placed in the NPB Farm Leagues in 1966, and he won the batting title of the Western League at .377. Teraoka then played a career-high 69 games in 1967, but his batting line was .217/.247/.362. He only got 19 appearances combined with the big club from 1968 to 1969, then the Carp traded him with Katsuhiro Jono and Takeshi Koba to the Nankai Hawks for Yasuhiro Kunisada. Teraoka hit .211/.252/.394 in 1970, then his batting line was .213/.262/.369 in 1971. After having a 2-for-21 record in 1972, Teraoka announced his retirement and became a coach.

The Miyazaki native coached the Hawks from 1973 to 1975 and for the Hiroshima Carp from 1976 to 1985. He then worked as fielding coach for the Hawks in 1986, and he went to the Taiyo Whales with Koba in 1987. Teraoka was their bench coach until 1989, and he went to the Samsung Lions of the KBO and coached them from 1991 to 1992. When the Jungo Bears of the CPBL were founded in 1993, they hired Teraoka as their first manager, and he led them to a 54-81 record. He then went back to Japan and became the bench coach of the Daiei Hawks from 1995 to 1996, and he managed their minor league team in 1997. Returning to Taiwan in 1998, Teraoka was the batting coach for the Wei Chuan Dragons in 1999 and for the Chinatrust Whales from 2003 to 2005. After he coached amateur teams in Okinawa for 3 years, he became the bench coach of the Sinon Bulls from 2009 to 2010. He also coached the Thailand national baseball team in 2007 Baseball World Cup

Overall, Teraoka hit .210/.245/.331 with 138 hits and 18 homers in 7 years in NPB.

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