Motoshi Fujita 藤田 元司 | ||||||||||||
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Pitcher, Manager | ||||||||||||
Born: Niihama, Ehime | August 7, 1931||||||||||||
Died: February 9, 2006 | (aged 74)||||||||||||
Batted: Right Threw: Right | ||||||||||||
NPB debut | ||||||||||||
1957, for the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||
Last appearance | ||||||||||||
1964, for the Yomiuri Giants | ||||||||||||
NPB statistics | ||||||||||||
Win–loss | 119–88 | |||||||||||
ERA | 2.20 | |||||||||||
Strikeouts | 924 | |||||||||||
Teams | ||||||||||||
As player
As manager As coach
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Career highlights and awards | ||||||||||||
As player
As manager
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Member of the Japanese | ||||||||||||
Baseball Hall of Fame | ||||||||||||
Induction | 1996 | |||||||||||
Medals
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Motoshi Fujita (藤田 元司, Fujita Motoshi, (August 7, 1931 – February 9, 2006) was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher and manager. He spent his entire career with the Yomiuri Giants of Nippon Professional Baseball, winning two Japan Series titles as a player and two more as manager.