Tokuji Iida

Tokuji Iida
First baseman / Manager
Born: (1924-04-06)April 6, 1924
Yokohama, Japan
Died: June 19, 2000(2000-06-19) (aged 76)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
1947, for the Nankai Hawks
Last appearance
1963, for the Kokutetsu Swallows
NPB statistics
Batting average.284
Hits1,978
Home runs183
Runs batted in969
Stolen base390
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1981

Tokuji Iida (飯田 徳治, Iida Tokuji, April 6, 1924 – June 19, 2000) was a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball first baseman. He both batted and threw right-handed.

Iida spent most of his 16-year career with the Nankai Hawks, where he won 5 Best Nine Awards, 4 Pacific League pennants, and a Pacific League MVP Award in 1955. He spent the remainder of his career with the Kokutestu Swallows, with his final season in 1963. He played 1,246 consecutive games until finally taking a rest day on May 24, 1958.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Tokuji Iida". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 6 November 2019.
  2. ^ "IIDA, Tokuji". Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. Retrieved 6 November 2019.