Eto played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1959 to 1969, where he was the Central League batting champion in 1964 and 1965 (hitting .323 and .336 respectively). In addition, he was a Best Nine Award-winner as an outfielder five times: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1968.
shinichi, 江藤, 愼一, october, 1937, february, 2008, japanese, professional, baseball, outfielder, first, baseman, nippon, professional, baseball, outfielder, first, basemanborn, 1937, october, 1937yamaga, kumamoto, japandied, february, 2008, 2008, aged, tokyo, ja. Shinichi Eto 江藤 愼一 Shinichi Eto October 6 1937 February 28 2008 was a Japanese professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball Shinichi EtoOutfielder First basemanBorn 1937 10 06 October 6 1937Yamaga Kumamoto JapanDied February 28 2008 2008 02 28 aged 70 Tokyo JapanBatted RightThrew Rightdebut1959 for the Chunichi DragonsLast appearance1976 for the Lotte OrionsCareer statisticsBatting average 287Home runs367Hits2 057Runs batted in1 189TeamsAs player Chunichi Dragons 1959 1969 Lotte Orions 1970 1971 Taiyo Whales 1972 1974 Taiheiyo Club Lions 1975 Lotte Orions 1976 As manager Taiheiyo Club Lions 1975 Career highlights and awards2 Central League batting champion 5 Best Nine AwardMember of the JapaneseBaseball Hall of FameInduction2010Eto played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1959 to 1969 where he was the Central League batting champion in 1964 and 1965 hitting 323 and 336 respectively In addition he was a Best Nine Award winner as an outfielder five times 1961 1963 1964 1965 1966 and 1968 Eto moved to the Lotte Orions from 1970 to 1971 and the Taiyo Whales from 1972 to 1974 He was the player manager of the Taiheiyo Club Lions in 1975 He returned to the Lotte Orions for his final season in 1976 Eto died in 2008 of liver cancer at the age of 70 1 He was posthumously inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010 2 References edit Former hitting great Eto dies Japan Times 29 February 2008 Retrieved 10 April 2016 Higashio two others voted into Japanese Baseball HOF Japan Times 13 January 2010 Retrieved 10 April 2016 External links editCareer statistics and player information from Baseball Reference Minors Shinichi Eto at the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Shinichi Eto amp oldid 1213956882, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
