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unusual facts about Japanese Professional Baseball



Maedayama Eigorō

Always a temperamental and controversial figure, he was forced to retire by the Japan Sumo Association in October 1949 after dropping out of a tournament claiming illness, only to be subsequently photographed at a baseball game with Lefty O'Doul.


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Fumihiro Suzuki

Fumihiro Suzuki (鈴木 郁洋, born May 23, 1975 in Nishigō, Fukushima) is a retired Japanese professional baseball catcher and current coach for the Orix Buffaloes in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Inao

Kazuhisa Inao (1937–2007), a Japanese professional baseball pitcher

Shogo Akiyama

Shogo Akiyama (秋山 翔吾, born April 16, 1988 in Yokosuka, Kanagawa) is a Japanese professional baseball outfielder for the Saitama Seibu Lions in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Victor Starffin

In 1955, his last season, he became the first career 300-game winner in Japanese professional baseball.

Yoshihiro Suzuki

Yoshihiro Suzuki (鈴木義広, born January 5, 1983 in Mannō, Kagawa Prefecture) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.

Yuhei Nakaushiro

Yuhei Nakaushiro (中後悠平, born September 17, 1989 in Kumatori, Osaka) is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball.