page_title: So Taguchi
section_title: Philadelphia Phillies (2008)
hierarchical_section_title: So Taguchi / Career / Philadelphia Phillies (2008)
caption_attribution_description: So Taguchi
context_page_description: So Taguchi is a Japanese former outfielder. After ten seasons with the Orix BlueWave of Nippon Professional Baseball, he played eight years in Major League Baseball with the St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Phillies and Chicago Cubs, followed by a final two years in Japan with the Orix Buffaloes.
  Taguchi is the second Japanese-born player to win a World Series after Tadahito Iguchi in 2005. Taguchi is also the first Japanese player to win two World Series with different teams – with the St. Louis Cardinals in 2006 and the Philadelphia Phillies in 2008.
context_section_description: After the 2007 season ended, the Cardinals declined Taguchi's option for 2008, then decided to forgo arbitration and release Taguchi on December 5, 2007, after Taguchi's agent had requested his release earlier in the week.
  On December 23, 2007, Taguchi was signed to a one-year deal by the Philadelphia Phillies with an option for 2009.  Taguchi's numbers fell off sharply, his batting average dropping from .290 in 2007 to .220 in 2008, and he got only 91 at-bats for the whole season. However, he was included on Philadelphia's postseason roster and won his second championship ring when the Phillies won the 2008 World Series. (Taguchi was 0-for-4 pinch-hitting in the NLCS and did not appear in the World Series.)
  Shortly after winning the World Series, the Phillies decided to decline Taguchi's option and make him a free agent.
caption: Taguchi with the Philadelphia Phillies
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