Born:(1916-08-14)August 14, 1916 Kure, Hiroshima, Japan
Died: May 28, 1992(1992-05-28) (aged 75)
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Japanese Baseball League debut
1936, for the Osaka Tigers
Last Nippon Professional Baseball appearance
1958, for the Osaka Tigers
Career hitting statistics
Batting average
.300
Hits
1,694
Home runs
224
Runs batted in
1,126
Career pitching statistics
Win–loss record
34-11
ERA
2.43
Strikeouts
183
Teams
As player
Hanshin/Osaka Tigers (1936–1938, 1943–1956, 1958)
As manager
Osaka Tigers (1946, 1955–1957)
Career highlights and awards
Japanese Baseball League MVP (1949)
3x Best Nine Award
2x Hit for the cycle (October 2, 1948), (May 25, 1950)
Hanshin Tigers #10 retired
Member of the Japanese
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 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) from 1936 to 1958. He began his career as a stellar right-handed pitcher for the Osaka Tigers, but achieved his greatest fame as a hitter.
A superstitious player, Fujimura never hurt insects or shaved before games, although hot-tempered, as he was once suspended for physically abusing an umpire.[1] In 1950, Fujimura set the single-season record with 191 base hits. This record remained unbroken for 44 years, until Ichiro Suzuki surpassed it in 1994. Fujimura was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1974. His number
"10" has been retired by the Hanshin Tigers and the only player used this number in that team.
^Albright, Jim. "Japan's Top Players," BabseballGuru.com. Accessed March 31, 2015.
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