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 Taiwanese two-way baseball player who played for the Tokyo Giants (1937–1943, 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.
Shosei Go | |
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Outfielder, Pitcher | |
Born: Chinese and Japanese: 吳波; pinyin: Wu Bo; rōmaji: Go Ha June 28, 1916 Taiwan | |
Died: June 7, 1987 | (aged 70)|
Batted: Left Threw: Left | |
Japanese Baseball League debut | |
1937, for the Tokyo Kyojin | |
Last JBL/NPB appearance | |
1957, for the Mainichi Orions | |
Career hitting statistics | |
Batting average | .272 |
Hits | 1,326 |
Runs batted in | 389 |
Stolen bases | 381 |
Win–loss record | 15–7 |
Earned run average | 3.48 |
Strikeouts | 66 |
Teams | |
As Player | |
Career highlights and awards | |
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Member of the Japanese | |
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Induction | 1995 (elected by the Special Committee) |
As a pitcher, the bulk of his appearances were in 1946, when he went 14-6 with a 3.03 ERA and 16 complete games. Go also threw the first postwar no-hitter, against the Tokyo Senators in 1946.
Early life
editGo, born Wu Bo (Chinese: 吳波, played on the Kano baseball team and participated in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in 1935 and 1936. After graduating from Kagi, he signed with the Tokyo Giants.[1]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Morris, Andrew (2011). Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan. University of California Press.
External links
edit- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum