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Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("Pitch (baseball), pitches") the Baseball (ball), baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of out (baseball), retiring a batter (baseball), batter, ...

. From 1948 to 1954 he went by the name of Shigeo Sanada.

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1923 births 1994 deaths Baseball people from Wakayama (city) Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers Shochiku Robins players Hanshin Tigers players Japanese baseball coaches Nippon Professional Baseball coaches {{japan-baseball-pitcher-stub