Happy Birthday to former Cleveland Indians and Philadelphia Phillies manager Charlie Manuel. Manuel played six seasons in the Majors with the Minnesota Twins from 1969-1972 and the Los Angeles Dodgers from 1974-1975. What I didn't know is that Manuel played in the Nippon Professional Baseball League in Japan for six seasons with the Yakult Swallows from 1976-1978/1981 and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in 1979-1980. In 1980, Manuel hit a career best 48 homers for Osaka Kintetsu while driving in 129 RBIs. In total, Manuel hit 189 homers in six seasons in Japan. Manuel was known in Japan as "Aka Oni" aka "The Red Ogre". #CharlieManuel #ChuckManuel #ClevelandIndians #PhiladelphiaPhillies #MinnesotaTwins #LosAngelesDodgers #NipponProfessionalBaseballLeague #NPB #YakultSwallows #OsakaKintetsuBuffaloes #AkaOni #RedOgre #HappyBirthday #HBD #OnThisDayinBaseballHistory #ThisDayinBaseballHistory #BaseballHistory #HistoriaDelBeisbol #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco
