Shigekazu Mori

Shigekazu Mori was born in Chiba Prefecture in 1954, came up through Komazawa, and pitched for the Seibu Lions in Nippon Professional Baseball. But if you only know him as a pitcher, you have the smaller half of the story. After retiring he spent roughly a decade coaching at Seibu and another decade with the Chunichi Dragons, eventually managing the club. That arc says something specific about him. A lot of former players coach because they cannot let go of the game; a much smaller number are actually good at transferring what they know. Mori belongs to the second group — his reputation in Japanese baseball rests on the pitchers he developed and the staffs he ran, not on his own line score. For an American reader, think of the respected long-tenured pitching coach whose name circulates among people who follow the sport closely rather than casual fans. Quiet influence, accumulated over forty years in the same game.

Name (English)

Shigekazu Mori

Name (Japanese)

森繁和

Reading

もり しげかず

Born

November 18, 1954 (age 71)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Scorpio / Horse

Origin

Ichinomiya, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Height

181 cm

Occupation

baseball player

High school

Komazawa University High School

University

Komazawa University High School

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigekazu%20Mori
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%B9%81%E5%92%8C
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11540229

Tags

• Chiba Prefecture
• baseball player

Last updated

2026-08-07

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