*anese baseball playerBaseball player

Yukio Tanaka (田中 幸雄, Tanaka Yukio, born December 14, 1967 in Miyakonojō, Miyazaki) is a *anese former baseball player for the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball. He played for the Fighters during all 22 years of his professional career, earning the nickname "Mr. Fighters".

Tanaka played for *an'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. Tanaka retired in 2007. As a coach, he wears #72.

The minor planet 20019 Yukiotanaka is named after Tanaka.

References

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from *aneseBaseball.com