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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 ...
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1921 births
2005 deaths
Baseball people from Aichi Prefecture
Shochiku Robins players
Chunichi Dragons players
Japanese baseball players
Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers
Japanese baseball coaches
Nippon Professional Baseball coaches
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