Hiromitsu Ochiai

Hiromitsu Ochiai
落合博満
Hiromitsu Ochiai; 落合博満
	Ochiai in 2007
	Born: December 9, 1953; Wakami, Akita, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	May 29, 1979, for the Lotte Orions
Last appearance
	October 7, 1998, for the Nippon Ham Fighters
NPB statistics
Batting average	.311
Hits	2,371
Home runs	510
Runs batted in	1,564
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player Lotte Orions (1979–1986); Chunichi Dragons (1987–1993); Yomiuri Giants (1994–1996); Nippon-Ham Fighters (1997–1998); As manager Chunichi Dragons (2004–2011); As general manager Chunichi Dragons (2013–2017);
Career highlights and awards
	As player 2× Pacific League MVP (1982, 1985); 3x Japanese Triple Crown (1982, 1985, 1986); 10x Best Nine Award (1981–1986, 1988–1991); Japan Series champion (1994); As manager Japan Series champion (2007);
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2011

Hiromitsu Ochiai (落合博満, Ochiai Hiromitsu; born December 9, 1953) is a Japanese former professional baseball manager and player. He is the former manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. He is considered to be one of the most important players in the history of Japanese baseball, winning numerous batting awards and being the only player to receive the prestigious triple crown batting award three times. With 510 career home runs, Ochiai is sixth on the all-time NPB list. Ochiai's style is called Oreryu(オレ流). Oreryu means "to do with only my style." The word described how he acted according to his personal philosophies.