So Taguchi
| So Taguchi 田口 壮 | |
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Taguchi with the Orix Buffaloes | |
| Outfielder / Coach | |
| Born: July 2, 1969 Nishinomiya, Japan | |
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
| Professional debut | |
| NPB: April 4, 1992, for the Orix BlueWave | |
| MLB: June 10, 2002, for the St. Louis Cardinals | |
| Last appearance | |
| MLB: October 4, 2009, for the Chicago Cubs | |
| NPB: August 27, 2011, for the Orix Buffaloes | |
| NPB statistics | |
| Batting average | .276 |
| Home runs | 70 |
| Runs batted in | 429 |
| MLB statistics | |
| Batting average | .279 |
| Home runs | 19 |
| Runs batted in | 163 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
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So Taguchi (田口 壮, Taguchi Sō; born July 2, 1969) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Orix BlueWave / Buffaloes, and in Major League Baseball (MLB) with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies, and Chicago Cubs.
Taguchi is the third Japanese-born player to win a World Series after Hideki Irabu in 1998 and Tadahito Iguchi in 2005. Taguchi is also the first Japanese player to win two World Series with different teams – with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008.