So Taguchi

So Taguchi (Japanese: 田口 壮) (born July 2, 1969 in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan) is an outfielder in Major League Baseball for the St. Louis Cardinals. He attended Kwansei Gakuin University in Hyogo. He was a teammate of Ichiro Suzuki when the two played for the Orix Blue Wave in Japan's Pacific League.

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He was signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 2002 at the age of 33, a year in which he rose through the minor league system, playing for the New Haven Ravens and the Memphis Redbirds, compiling a .262 batting average, with 6 home runs and 51 runs batted in. He eventually earned his call-up on September 8, and recorded his first hit of his major league career in the second inning against the Chicago Cubs.

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In 2005, Taguchi is receiving the most playing time of his career in the major leagues. As well as being a key bench player, due to outfielders Larry Walker and Reggie Sanders spending considerable amounts of time on the disabled list, manager Tony LaRussa has juggled his lineup card regularly, and Taguchi has made many starts.

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