Rare known facts on Sadaharu OH: the World's All-time Home Run King (868!) of baseball.

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Oh, Sadaharu (1940- )
The World's All-time Home Run King
and Manager of the Japan National team,
The Winner of the inaugural World Baseball Classic

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o The officially recorded All-time Home Run King of baseball in the world is not Hank Aaron (755) nor Josh Gibson (800+) but Sadaharu Oh (868!).

o He is Taiwanese Japanese (Born in Tokyo. His father is Chinese and his mother was Japanese).

o In 1977, breaking Hank Aaron's record, he was presented the People's Honor Award (also known as the National Honor Award or the National Medal of Honor). He is the first winner of the Award!

o His surname "Oh" ("Wang" or "Wong" in Chinese) means "King"!!

o Being an active player as the first baseman, his nickname among team mates is "Wann-chann" (like "Wanie" in English) from Chinese pronunciation of his name and his player's number: "One".

o His father was an illegal immigrant from China, did his best, and succeeded as the owner of little Chinese restaurants.

o He has three daughters and the second, Ms. Rie Oh is a well received TV reporter on sports (her profile in machine translations from a Japanese page). rev. rev. rev. rev. rev. rev.

o He is now the manager of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (as the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks). As a manager, He has won three pennants and one Japan Series title.

o Except his father, all of his family members (mother, brother, sisters, late ex-Japanese wife, and daughters) has Taiwanese nationality. His father put erect a monument to the memory of the family in China. Yes, he is the hero of Japan, Taiwan, and China!


Some Recommended Links

o Brief biography @Columbia Encyclopedia
o Detailed biography @Wikipedia new new new new new new
o Best fansite in English
o Machine translations of his pages @the Golden Players Club of Japanese Professional Baseball (Meikyu-kai)
o The Sadaharu Oh Gallery with Brief biography @Rob's Japanese Baseball Cards
o Top 30 Players of Lifetime Home Runs in Japanese Professional Baseball @the Nippon Professional Baseball Official Stats
o Meta Search on "Oh, Sadaharu" @CurryGuide



Some Reference Books

o Sadaharu Oh!: A Zen Way of Baseball
    His autobiography (with David Falkner. 1984).
o Home Run
    An anthology including extracts from above (ed. George Plimpton).



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