was a Japanese baseball player who played for the

Nishitetsu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama, Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiar ...

from 1957 to 1964. His career

on-base plus slugging On-base plus slugging (OPS) is a sabermetric baseball statistic calculated as the sum of a player's on-base percentage and slugging percentage. The ability of a player both to get on base and to hit for power, two important offensive skills, are ...

was .506, with a high of .586 for 1962 and a low of .299 for 1957. After retiring, he became a professional

baseball umpire In baseball, the umpire is the person charged with officiating the game, including beginning and ending the game, enforcing the rules of the game and the grounds, making judgment calls on plays, and handling disciplinary actions. The term is ofte ...

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Japanese baseball players Nishitetsu Lions players Baseball people from Fukuoka Prefecture 1935 births 2007 deaths Baseball umpires {{Japan-baseball-bio-stub