He played for the Mainichi Orions, the Hanshin Tigers and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp over the span of an 18 season-long career (1952–1970).

Yamauchi was the first Japanese professional baseball player to hit 300 home runs, achieving that feat in 1963.

He was a founding member of the Meikyukai ("The Golden Players Club") in 1978, and was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002.

[2] Yamauchi died of liver failure in a Tokyo hospital on February 2, 2009.

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