Mr. Baseball

– Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career...

Type:
Movie
Rating:
5.90 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
1992
Mr. Baseball (1992)

Jack Elliot, a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees is now on the down side of his baseball career. With a falling batting average, does he have one good year left and can the manager of the Chunichi Dragons, a Japanese Central baseball league find it in him?

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Mr. Baseball (1992) - Trailer

Release Date:

02 Oct 1992

Language:

English, Japanese

MPAA Content-Rating:
PG-13 – Parents Strongly Cautioned

Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. Parents are urged to be cautious. Some material may be inappropriate for pre-teenagers.

Director:

Fred Schepisi

Writer:

Theo Pelletier (story), John Junkerman (story), Gary Ross (screenplay), Kevin Wade (screenplay), Monte Merrick (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Tom Selleck, Ken Takakura, Aya Takanashi, Dennis Haysbert

Plot:

Although a one-time MVP for the New York Yankees, Jack Elliott is now on the down side of his baseball career. His batting average is low and one of his few claims to fame is that during the previous year, he led the team in 9th inning doubles in the month of August. With an up and coming slugger ready to replace him, he learns that he's been traded to the Chunichi Dragons of the Japanese Central baseball league. Elliott is set in his ways and quite inflexible, not only in accepting Japanese culture in general, but also with the way the baseball team is managed. When he meets his very pretty PR agent, Hiroko, he begins to gain a greater appreciation that he should accept his current situation. When he realizes her other connection to the team, his attitudes begin to change at an even greater pace

Awards:

1 nomination.

Production:

MCA Universal Home Video

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
13%