Hideo Fujimoto

Hideo Fujimoto
Hideo Fujimoto
Yomiuri Giants – No. 23
Pitcher, Outfielder
Born: (1918-05-10)May 10, 1918
Busan, Korea
Died: April 26, 1997(1997-04-26) (aged 78)
Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
JBL debut
1942, for the Tokyo Kyojin
Last NPB appearance
1955, for the Yomiuri Giants
JBL/NPB career pitching statistics
Win–loss200–87
Earned run average1.90
Shutouts63
Innings pitched2,628.1
Strikeouts1,177
Winning percentage.697
Career statistics
Batting average.245
Hits312
Home runs15
Run batted in151
Teams
As player

As manager

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1976

Hideo Fujimoto (藤本 英雄, Fujimoto Hideo) (also known as Hideo Nakagami) (May 10, 1918 – April 26, 1997) was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73), as well as best all-time winning percentage (.697). During his career, which spanned the one-league and two-league era, he played for the Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons. He was the player-manager of the Giants in 1944 and part of 1946 (the league cancelled all games in 1945 because of the Pacific War).