Andy Miyamoto

Andy Miyamoto
Andy Miyamoto
	Andy Miyamoto, 1956
	Outfielder
	Born: April 26, 1933 (age 91); Maui, Hawaii Territory
	Batted: Right Threw: Right
NPB debut
	1955, for the Yomiuri Giants
Last appearance
	1964, for the Kokutetsu Swallows
Career statistics
Batting average	.249
Home runs	90
Runs batted in	359
Teams
	Yomiuri Giants (1955–1962); Kokutetsu Swallows (1963–1964);
Career highlights and awards
	2× Japan Series champion (1955, 1961); Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award (1961);

Andrew Toshio Miyamoto (宮本敏雄, Miyamoto Toshio, born April 26, 1933) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. A Nisei,^[1] he was born in Maui, Hawaii Territory, and played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants and Kokutetsu Swallows. Miyamoto played one season of minor league baseball with the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League in 1965, after he had retired from NPB.

He is married to the sister of former teammate Hirofumi Naito,^[2] the actress Kimiko Naito.

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