Fumio Fujimura
Fumio Fujimura 藤村 富美男 | ||
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Strikeouts | 183 | |
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Baseball Hall of Fame | ||
Induction | 1974 |
Fumio Fujimura (藤村 富美男, Fujimura Fumio, August 14, 1916 – May 28, 1992) was a Japanese baseball infielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in
A superstitious player, Fujimura never hurt insects or shaved before games, although hot-tempered, as he was once suspended for physically abusing an umpire.
Biography
High school
In the 1933
In the finale of the 1934 National High School Baseball Championship, Fujimura faced Tetsuharu Kawakami and struck him out three times in three at-bats. Fujimura's team won the championship.
Osaka/Hanshin Tigers
Fujimura debuted with the
Fujimura acted as the Tigers'
With a stat line of 46 home runs, 142 RBI, and a .332 average, Fujimura was the Most Valuable Player in 1949, the last season before the JBL reorganized into Nippon Professional Baseball.
In 1950 Fujimura led the Central League with a .362 batting average (and setting the single-season hits record), and was a Best Nine Award-winner at third base. In 1953 Fujimura led the Central League in home runs and RBI, with 27 and 98 respectively.
As a pitcher, Fujimura compiled an astounding winning percentage of .756. He
After his playing career, Fujimura returned to manage the Tigers in 1955–1957.
Fujimura was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974.
Jim Albright, an expert on Japanese professional baseball, ranks Fujimura as among the top players in NPB history
Outside baseball
Fujimura appeared as an actor in the jidaigeki drama Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin in 1977[4] and Eiichi Kudo's film Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity in 1979.
See also
References
- ^ a b Albright, Jim. "Japan's Top Players," BabseballGuru.com. Accessed March 31, 2015.
- ^ サイクルヒット達成者 (in Japanese). Retrieved September 26, 2011.
- ^ Albright, Jim. "Who Else From NPB Might Be Worthy of Cooperstown?," BaseballGuru.com. Accessed March 31, 2015.
- ^ "新必殺仕置人とは". kotobank. Retrieved July 26, 2021.
External links
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
- Fumio Fujimura (Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame) Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine