Sadaharu Oh

, also known as Wang Chenchih (), is a Japanese-Chinese professional athlete. He is best known as a baseball player and manager.Nussbaum, Louis-Frédéric. (2005). "Ō Sadaharu" in Japan Encyclopedia, p. 758.

Early life
Oh was born in Tokyo. He is the son of a Chinese father and a Japanese mother. Although Oh has always lived in Japan, he has never allowed a loss of his Chinese citizenship.

Career
Oh played for the Yomiuri Giants.BaseballReference.com,  Sadaharu Oh; retrieved 2012-7-17. In 1977, he set the world record for home runs.

Oh retired from playing in 1980.

From 1984 to 1988, he was the Giants' manager.

He managed the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 1995 to 2008.

In 2006, he was the manager of the Japanese national team in the World Baseball Classic.

References

Category:1940 births
Category:Living people
Category:Japanese baseball players
Category:Sportspeople from Tokyo