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767:Yutaka Ikeda
720:Shin Hashido
626:
588:
567:
552:
536:
532:
521:
512:World War II
497:
471:
467:
463:
447:
427:
419:
395:Noguchi Jirō
383:Jirō Noguchi
382:
381:
262:
110:
104:
90:(2007-05-21)
88:May 21, 2007
85:
58:
41:
26:Jirō Noguchi
1568:2007 deaths
1563:1920 births
1541:Yūji Koseki
1440:Tsutomu Ito
1392:Yutaka Ohno
1160:Sadao Kondo
1094:Sadaharu Oh
1028:Juzo Sanada
957:Takeo Akuta
915:Tokuji Iida
508:Kinki Nihon
475:Nagoya Club
1557:Categories
1535:Randy Bass
1398:Hideo Nomo
601:References
199:Strikeouts
64:1920-01-06
47:Outfielder
1255:Akira Ogi
1106:Shosei Go
732:Jiro Kuji
714:Yukio Aoi
498:In 1943,
495:innings.
469:seasons.
424:Biography
417:in 1989.
404:and then
369:Induction
263:As player
234:Home runs
120:JBL debut
51:Infielder
428:Born in
179:Shutouts
159:Win–loss
744:Iso Abe
577:⁄
490:⁄
193:3,447.1
163:237–139
105:Batted:
97:, Japan
43:Pitcher
1543:(2023)
1537:(2023)
1531:(2023)
1525:(2022)
1519:(2022)
1513:(2022)
1507:(2021)
1501:(2021)
1495:(2020)
1478:(2019)
1472:(2019)
1466:(2018)
1460:(2018)
1454:(2017)
1448:(2017)
1442:(2017)
1436:(2016)
1430:(2016)
1424:(2016)
1418:(2015)
1412:(2014)
1406:(2014)
1400:(2014)
1394:(2013)
1388:(2012)
1382:(2012)
1376:(2011)
1370:(2011)
1364:(2010)
1347:(2008)
1341:(2009)
1335:(2008)
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1311:(2006)
1305:(2006)
1299:(2006)
1293:(2006)
1287:(2006)
1281:(2005)
1275:(2005)
1269:(2005)
1263:(2004)
1257:(2004)
1251:(2003)
1245:(2003)
1239:(2003)
1233:(2003)
1227:(2002)
1221:(2002)
1215:(2002)
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1191:(2001)
1185:(2001)
1179:(2000)
1162:(1999)
1156:(1999)
1150:(1999)
1144:(1999)
1138:(1997)
1132:(1996)
1126:(1996)
1120:(1995)
1114:(1995)
1108:(1995)
1102:(1994)
1096:(1994)
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1084:(1993)
1078:(1992)
1072:(1992)
1066:(1992)
1060:(1992)
1054:(1991)
1048:(1991)
1042:(1991)
1036:(1990)
1030:(1990)
1013:(1989)
1007:(1989)
1001:(1989)
995:(1988)
989:(1988)
983:(1988)
977:(1988)
971:(1988)
965:(1988)
959:(1988)
953:(1985)
947:(1985)
941:(1985)
935:(1984)
929:(1983)
923:(1981)
917:(1981)
911:(1980)
905:(1980)
899:(1980)
882:(1979)
876:(1978)
870:(1978)
864:(1977)
858:(1977)
852:(1976)
846:(1974)
840:(1974)
834:(1972)
828:(1970)
822:(1970)
805:(1969)
799:(1966)
793:(1965)
787:(1965)
781:(1964)
775:(1963)
769:(1962)
763:(1960)
746:(1959)
740:(1959)
734:(1959)
728:(1959)
722:(1959)
716:(1959)
710:(1959)
704:(1959)
518:Hankyu
430:Nagoya
111:Threw:
71:Nagoya
570:3,447
434:Aichi
257:Teams
203:1,395
113:Right
107:Right
86:Died:
79:Japan
75:Aichi
59:Born:
561:and
389:野口二郎
372:1989
290:1953
286:1946
276:1943
272:1939
224:Hits
218:.248
173:1.96
483:527
248:368
228:830
151:NPB
147:JBL
1559::
609:^
565:.
514:.
432:,
392:,
183:65
77:,
73:,
49:,
45:,
677:e
670:t
663:v
579:3
575:1
572:+
492:3
488:1
485:+
398:)
386:(
292:)
288:–
284:(
278:)
274:–
270:(
238:9
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