Shosei Go (; Japanese: ''Go Shōsei''; June 28, 1916 – June 7, 1987) was a two-way baseball player from Taiwan. Go was a leadoff man who played for the Tokyo Giants (1937–1943, now the Yomiuri Giants), Hanshin Tigers (1944–1949) and

Mainichi Orions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by Lotte Holdings Co., Ltd. History The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural ...

(1950–1957, now the Chiba Lotte Marines). Only 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, he was nicknamed "The Human Locomotive" due to his speed. As a left-handed outfielder, he won two batting titles and a stolen base title. As a pitcher, the bulk of his appearances were in 1946, when he went 14-6 with a 3.03 ERA and 16 complete games. Go also threw the first postwar no-hitter, against the

Tokyo Senators The Nishitetsu Baseball Club was a team in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Senators, the team went through a number of name changes and mergers before being dissolved after the 1943 season. The team's undisputed ...

in 1946.

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Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
1916 births 1987 deaths Mainichi Orions players Hanshin Tigers players Japanese people of Taiwanese descent Naturalized citizens of Japan Baseball players from Kaohsiung Taiwanese emigrants to Japan Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in Japan Japanese sportspeople of Chinese descent {{Taiwan-baseball-outfielder-stub

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