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Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...

pitcher In baseball, the pitcher is the player who throws ("pitches") the baseball from the pitcher's mound toward the catcher to begin each play, with the goal of retiring a batter, who attempts to either make contact with the pitched ball or dr ...

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

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