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Japanese baseball coach
Baseball player
| Taira Uematsu |
|---|
| San Francisco Giants – No. 99 |
| Coach |
| Born: (1983-09-26) September 26, 1983 (age 41)Tateyama, Chiba, Japan |
| Bats: RightThrows: Right |
| Teams |
| As coach San Francisco Giants (2020–present) |
Taira Uematsu (植松 泰良, _Uematsu Taira, born September 26, 1983) is a Japanese professional baseball coach for the San Francisco Giants of Major League Baseball (MLB).[1][2] He is from Tateyama City, Japan.[1] He attended Southern Illinois University, majoring in kinesiology.[1] He is the first full-time Japanese coach in MLB history.[3][4]
- ^ a b c Baggarly, Andrew. "'Mr. Omnipresent': How Giants coach Taira Uematsu pursued a dream and made history". The Athletic.
- ^ Allen, Jim (February 16, 2017). "From high school nightmare to living the baseball dream". The Japan Times.
- ^ Baggarly, Andrew (December 21, 2021). "'Mr. Omnipresent': How Giants coach Taira Uematsu pursued a dream and made history". The Athletic. Retrieved May 14, 2022.
- ^ Webeck, Evan (August 22, 2022). "SF Giants Q&A: Taira Uematsu on breaking barriers, finally ascending to MLB staff". The Mercury News. Retrieved August 9, 2024.