BREAKING NEWS: Japanese Baseball Legend, Atomic Bomb Survivor Isao Harimoto Dies at 86
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It has been revealed that Isao Harimoto, who set an unbreakable record for most hits in professional baseball with 3,085 hits and played for Toei (now Nippon Ham), the Giants, and Lotte, passed away on the 9th. The Japan Professional Baseball Hall of Fame announced this on the 10th...
Former professional baseball player and baseball commentator Isao Harimoto has passed away at the age of 86. According to sources, Harimoto died at around 5 p.m. on the 9th at a hospital in Tokyo. Harimoto, a native of Hiroshima Prefecture, joined the Toei Flyers in 1959 and played for Toei, Nittaku, Nippon Ham, Giants, and Lotte. He set many records, including becoming the first player in Japanese professional baseball history to achieve 3,000 …
Topic of interest: Isao Harimoto passes away at 86. The only player in Japanese professional baseball history to achieve 3,000 hits and holds the record for the most career hits. He lost the use of his right hand fingers due to severe burns as a child, and was forced to switch from being right-handed to left-handed throwing and batting to achieve those incredible records.
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