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Hisashi Yamada
山田久志
Hisashi Yamada; 山田久志
	Hisashi Yamada at Bs SQUARE Open, Kyosera Dome, Osaka, March 7, 2014
	Pitcher / Manager
	Born: July 29, 1948 (age 76); Noshiro, Akita Prefecture, Japan
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	1969, for the Hankyu Braves
Last appearance
	1988, for the Hankyu Braves
NPB statistics
Win–loss	284–166
Earned run average	3.18
Shutouts	31
Innings pitched	3,865
Strikeouts	2,058
Teams
	As player Hankyu Braves (1969 – 1988); As coach Orix BlueWave (1994 – 1996); Chunichi Dragons (1999 – 2001); As manager Chunichi Dragons (2002 – 2003);
Career highlights and awards
	3× Pacific League MVP (1976, 1977, 1978); Japan Series MVP (1977); 4× 20-game-winner;
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	2006

Hisashi Yamada (山田久志, Yamada Hisashi, born July 29, 1948) is a retired Japanese professional baseball submarine pitcher. He played with the Hankyu Braves in Nippon Professional Baseball from 1969 to 1988.

Yamada won the Pacific League MVP for three consecutive seasons (1976–1978), sharing a record with Ichiro Suzuki (1994–1996) for the most consecutive awards won. In addition, Yamada won the Japan Series MVP in 1977. He won 20 or more games four times in his career, including notching 26 victories in 1976. Yamada twice won the Pacific League earned run average championship, with marks of 2.37 in 1971 and 2.28 in 1977.

As coach of the Chunichi Dragons in 1999, he led the team to the Central League pennant.

He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2006.^[1]

In 2009, Yamada served as a coach for the Japanese team in the World Baseball Classic.