Yoshiyuki Iwamoto

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
Yoshiyuki Iwamoto
	Outfielder / Manager
	Born: 11 March 1912; Miyoshi, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan
	Died: 26 September 2008 (aged 96)
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
JBL debut
	1940, for the Nankai Baseball Club
Last NPB appearance
	1957, for the Toei Flyers
JBL/NPB statistics
Batting average	.275
Home runs	123
Runs batted in	487
	Stats at Baseball Reference
Teams
	As player: Nankai Baseball Club (1940–1942); Taiyo/Shochiku Robins (1949–1953); Toei Flyers (1956–1957); As manager: Nankai Baseball Club (1942); Toei Flyers (1956–1960); Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1965–1966);
Career highlights and awards
	2x Best Nine Award (1950, 1951); Three home runs in one game (1942); First home run in history of Central League (1950); Four home runs in one game (1951); At age 45, oldest player in NPB to hit home run (1957);
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1981

Yoshiyuki Iwamoto (岩本義行, Iwamoto Yoshiyuki; March 11, 1912 – September 26, 2008) was a Japanese baseball player and manager. He is a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.