Answer the following question: Facts: - hofdate: 2006 - debutteam: hankyu braves - statleague: npb - birth date: 29 july 1948 - hoftype: japanese - hoflink: japanese baseball hall of fame - debutyear: 1969 - finalteam: hankyu braves - statlabel: era win-loss-tie strikeouts - statvalue: 3.18 284-166-38 2058 - caption: hisashi , osaka , march 7 , 2014 yamada at bs square open , kyosera dome - name: hisashi yamada - birth place: noshiro , akita prefecture , japan - position: pitcher - throws: right - finalyear: 1988 - debutleague: npb - bats: right - image: @ bs square open.jpg Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of hisashi yamada .
Answer:
yamada won the pacific league mvp for three years in a row -lrb- 1976 to 1978 -rrb- , sharing a record with ichiro suzuki -lrb- 1994 -- 1996 -rrb- for the most consecutive awards won .in addition , yamade won the japan series mvp in 1977 .he won 20 or more games four times in his career , including notching 26 victories in 1976 .yamada twice won the pacific league earned run average championship , with marks of 2.37 in 1971 and 2.28 in 1977 .as manager of the chunichi dragons in , he led the team to the central league pennant .he was inducted into the japanese baseball hall of fame in .in 2009 , yamada served as a coach for the japanese team in the world baseball classic .