Sadaharu Oh - Chronology
yomiuri giants joins baseball
| 1940 |
Born May 20 in Tokyo, Japan |
| 1959 |
Joins Yomiuri Giants as a pitcher |
| 1960 |
Switches to first base |
| 1962 |
Develops his famous "flamingo" style of batting |
| 1980 |
Retires from Yomiuri Giants |
| 1984-88 |
Manages the Yomiuri Giants |
| 1984 |
Writes his autobiography, A Zen Way of Baseball |
| 1988 |
Works with Hank Aaron to promote baseball to children |
| 1995 |
Joins the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks as manager |
| 2000 |
Leads Hawks against Yomiuri Giants in Japan Series |
| 2002 |
Joins Cypress Systems' public health education program |
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