was a Japanese

professional baseball Professional baseball is organized baseball in which players are selected for their talents and are paid to play for a specific team or club system. It is played in baseball league, leagues and associated farm teams throughout the world. Moder ...

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and manager. He spent his entire career with the

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They h ...

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, winning two

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titles as a player and two more as manager.

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1931 births Baseball people from Ehime Prefecture Japanese baseball players Managers of baseball teams in Japan Yomiuri Giants players Yomiuri Giants managers Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award winners Nippon Professional Baseball MVP Award winners 2006 deaths Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees {{japan-baseball-pitcher-stub