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Andy Miyamoto
Outfielder
Born: (1933-04-26) 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 runs90
Runs batted in359
Teams
Career highlights and awards

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.

References

  1. ^ Fitts, pg. 5
  2. ^ Fitts, pg. 53

Bibliography

  • Fitts, Robert. Remembering Japanese Baseball. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809389735.