Mr. Baseball (1992)

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He's the biggest thing to hit Japan since Godzilla!

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?

• Released: 1992-10-01
• Genres: Comedy
• Runtime: 1h 48m
• Status: Released
• TMDB rating: 5.8/10 from 157 votes

Directed by Fred Schepisi.

Top cast

• Tom Selleck as Jack Elliot
• Ken Takakura as Uchiyama
• Aya Takanashi as Hiroko Uchiyama
• Toshi Shioya as Yoji Nishimura
• Dennis Haysbert as Max 'Hammer' Dubois
• Art LaFleur as Skip
• Nicholas Cascone as Doc
• Larry Pennell as Howie Gold
• Toshizo Fujiwara as Ryoh Mukai
• Kosuke Toyohara as Toshi Yamashita

Full cast & crew

Where to watch Mr. Baseball

• United States: rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
• United Kingdom: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, Sky Store, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube
• India: rent on Amazon Video
• Canada: rent on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video; buy on Apple TV Store, CosmoGo, YouTube, Amazon Video
• Australia: rent on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube; buy on Apple TV Store, Amazon Video, YouTube

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