Yukio Tanaka (baseball)
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Tanaka played for Japan's national team in the 2000 Summer Olympics. On May 15, 2007, he recorded his 2,000th career hit during a game against Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, automatically becoming a member of Meikyukai (the Golden Players Club). For most of his career, Tanaka wore uniform number 6.[1] Tanaka retired in 2007. As a coach, he wears #72.
The minor planet 20019 Yukiotanaka is named after Tanaka.
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- Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Template:Trim JapaneseBaseball.com
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- 1967 births
- Living people
- Baseball people from Miyazaki Prefecture
- Nippon Ham Fighters players
- Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters players
- Olympic baseball players for Japan
- Baseball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Japanese baseball coaches
- Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
- People from Miyakonojō