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| Shosei Go | |
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| Outfielder, Pitcher | |
| Born: Chinese and Japanese: 吳波; pinyin: Wu Bo; rōmaji: Go Ha June 28, 1916 Taiwan | |
| Died: June 7, 1987 (aged 70) | |
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
| Japanese Baseball League debut | |
| 1937, for the Tokyo Kyojin | |
| Last JBL/NPB appearance | |
| 1957, for the Mainichi Orions | |
| Career hitting statistics | |
| Batting average | .272 |
| Hits | 1,326 |
| Runs batted in | 389 |
| Stolen bases | 381 |
| Win–loss record | 15–7 |
| Earned run average | 3.48 |
| Strikeouts | 66 |
| Stats at Baseball Reference | |
| Teams | |
| As player | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the Japanese | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Induction | 1995 (elected by the Special Committee) |
Shosei Go (Chinese: 吳昌征; pinyin: Wú Chāngzhēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Chhiong-cheng; Japanese: Go Shōsei; June 28, 1916 – June 7, 1987) was a Taiwanese two-way baseball player who played for the Tokyo Giants (1937–1943, now the Yomiuri Giants), Hanshin Tigers (1944–1949) and Mainichi Orions (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 in 1946. He hit the first ever home run in a Japan Series, doing so in Game 2 on November 23, 1950.[citation needed]
Early life
[edit]Go, born Wu Bo (Chinese: 吳波, played on the Kano baseball team and participated in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in 1935 and 1936. After graduating from Kagi, he signed with the Tokyo Giants.[1]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Morris, Andrew (2011). Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan. University of California Press.
External links
[edit]- Career statistics from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum
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