Hideo Fujimoto

Hideo Fujimoto
Hideo Fujimoto
Yomiuri Giants – No. 23
Pitcher, Outfielder
Born: (1918-05-10)May 10, 1918 Busan, Korea
Died: April 26, 1997(1997-04-26) (aged 78) Japan
Batted: Right Threw: Right
JBL debut
1942, for the Tokyo Kyojin
Last NPB appearance
1955, for the Yomiuri Giants
JBL/NPB career pitching statistics
Win–loss	200–87
Earned run average	1.90
Shutouts	63
Innings pitched	2,628.1
Strikeouts	1,177
Winning percentage	.697
Career statistics
Batting average	.245
Hits	312
Home runs	15
Run batted in	151
Teams
As player Tokyo Kyojin (1942–1944, 1946) Chunichi Dragons (1947) Yomiuri Giants (1948–1955) As manager Tokyo Kyojin (1944, 1946)
Career highlights and awards
Japanese Pitching Triple Crown (1943) Eiji Sawamura Award (1949) 3 ERA titles (1943, 1946, 1949) 2x All-Star Pitched a perfect game on June 28, 1950 Pitched two no-hitters
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1976

Hideo Fujimoto (藤本 英雄, Fujimoto Hideo) (also known as Hideo Nakagami) (May 10, 1918 – April 26, 1997) was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73), as well as best all-time winning percentage (.697). During his career, which spanned the one-league and two-league era, he played for the Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants and the Chunichi Dragons. He was the player-manager of the Giants in 1944 and part of 1946 (the league cancelled all games in 1945 because of the Pacific War).