Shosei Go
Appearance
Shosei Go | |
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Outfielder, Pitcher | |
Born: Chinese and Japanese: 吳波; pinyin: Wu Bo; rōmaji: Go Ha June 28, 1916 Taiwan under Japanese rule | |
Died: June 7, 1987 | (aged 70)|
Japanese Baseball League debut | |
1937, for the Tokyo Kyojin | |
Last appearance | |
1957, for the Mainichi Orions | |
JBL/NPB statistics | |
Stolen bases | 381 |
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 baseball player from Taiwan.
Go was a leadoff man who played for the Tokyo Giants (1937–43, 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. Go also threw the first postwar no-hitter against the Tokyo Senators in 1946.
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- 1916 births
- 1987 deaths
- Mainichi Orions players
- Hanshin Tigers players
- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees
- Naturalized citizens of Japan
- Sportspeople from Kaohsiung
- Taiwanese baseball players
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