One of the greatest catchers in Nippon Pro Baseball, Katsuya Nomura was known for his slugging hitting and his endurance behind the plate. He hit 657 home runs in his career and led the Pacific League in homers eight straight seasons. In 1965, he won the league's first Triple Crown. Koshien Stadium (in 1992) Baseball has been a popular sport in Japan for over a century since its introduction in 1872. ... The Pacific League (パシフィック・リーグ Pashifikku Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Central League). ... 1965 (MCMLXV) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1965 calendar). ...

Also a leading manager, Nomura managed in three Japan Series between 1970 to 1977 and 1990 to 2002. He lost a job managing the Hanshin Tigers because of his wife Sachiyo's tax evasion and then lost a position leading the Nankai Hawks due to her interference with the club. Nomura was hired to manage the Rakuten Golden Eagles for the 2006 season. Before the season even began, he got into hot water for calling Kazuhisa Ishii and Atsuya Furuta "homo" and for calling on the Pacific League to forbid announcement of starting pitchers before game time and the elimination of external sources for managerial use for information during the game. He also banned facial hair and brown hair dye (even though Rakuten's owner dyed his hair brown). The Yomiuri Giants have won twenty Japan Series, more than any other team. ... The Hanshin Tigers ) are a popular Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Nishinomiya, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, which are in the Central League. ... Japan Series Titles: 2 (1959, 1964) Pacific League Pennants: 9 (1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1959, 1961, 1964, 1966, 1973) - also won the one-league format in 1946 Franchise Players: Katsuya Nomura, Mutsuo Minagawa, Hiromitsu Kadota, Chusuke Kizuka, Kohei Sugiyama The Nankai Hawks were the top team in the first twenty... The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles ) is a baseball team founded in 2004 to begin play in 2005 in the Japanese Pacific League. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Kazuhisa Ishii (石井一久 Ishii Kazuhisa; born September 9, 1973 in Tokyo) is a Japanese Major League Baseball pitcher. ... Atsuya Furuta (古田 敦也, b. ...

Nomura has also been notorious for not getting along with foreign players - he let go Larry Parrish in 1990 after Parrish had led the Central League in home runs; he let Tom O'Malley go in 1997 after six straight .300 seasons and two years after he was league MVP and he got into a long dispute with pitcher Darrell May in 1999. Larry Alton Parrish (born November 10, 1953 in Winter Haven, Florida) is a former Major League Baseball third baseman and right-handed batter who played with the Montreal Expos (1974-81), Texas Rangers (1982-88) and Boston Red Sox (1988). ... This article is about the year. ... See also: Central League (football) The Central League (セントラル・リーグ Sentoraru Riigu) is one of Japans two major professional baseball leagues (the other is the Pacific League). ... 1997 (MCMXCVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Darrell May was born on June 13, 1972 in San Bernardino, California. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Older Persons by the United Nations. ...

• Career Span 1954, 1956-1980
• Born June 29, 1935 in Takeno-gun,Kyoto prefecture,Japan