What is Katsuya Nomura?
[[File:Katsuya Nomura 1959 Scan10016 160913.jpg|thumb|200px|Nomura in 1959]] {{nihongo|'''Katsuya Nomura'''|野村 克也|Nomura Katsuya|extra=29 June 1935 – 11 February 2020}} was a [[Japan]]ese [[baseball]] player and [[Manager (baseball)|manager]]. He played as a [[catcher]] in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB). From 1954 to 1977, he played for the [[Fukuoka Softbank Hawks|Nankai Hawks]] (now the Fukuoka Softbank Hawks). He also played for the [[Chiba Lotte Marines|Lotte Orions]] (1978) and the [[Saitama Seibu Lions|Seibu Lions]] (1979–80). He was awarded the Pacific League [[Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player|MVP Award]] five times. As of 2020, he holds the record for second-most home runs and [[Run batted in|RBI]]s in NPB history. Nomura was a [[player-manager]] for the last eight years he was with the Hawks. He lead them to the Pacific League title in 1973. He later became full-time manager of the [[Yakult Swallows]]. He managed the team to four league titles and three [[Japan Series]] championships from 1990 to 1998. Later, he managed the [[Hanshin Tigers]] (1999–2001) and the [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles]] (2006–2009). As a manager, Nomura has 1,565 wins. This is the fifth-most wins of any manager in NPB history. He was added to the [[Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame]] in 1989. His first wife died of [[Subarachnoid hemorrhage]] in 1982. He was later married to Sachiyo until her death in 2017. The couple's son was NPB player Katsunori Nomura. On 11 February 2020, Nomura died of a [[heart attack]] in [[Setagaya]], [[Tokyo]]. He was 84.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/02/11/baseball/japanese-baseball/baseball-katsuya-nomura-dies-84/|title=Baseball legend Katsuya Nomura dies at 84|work=The Japan Times|date=11 February 2020|access-date=12 February 2020}}{{Dead link|date=September 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> ==References== {{Reflist}} ==Other websites== {{Commons category}} *[https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/player.cgi?id=nom