Andy Miyamoto | |
Position: | Outfielder |
Birth Date: | April 26, 1933 |
Birth Place: | Maui, Hawaii Territory |
Death Date: | [1] [2] |
Death Place: | Waipahu, Hawaii, U.S. |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | NPB |
Debutyear: | 1955 |
Debutteam: | Yomiuri Giants |
Finalyear: | 1964 |
Finalteam: | Kokutetsu Swallows |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .249 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 90 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 359 |
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was an American professional baseball outfielder. A Nisei,[3] he was born in Maui, Hawaii Territory, and played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) for the Yomiuri Giants and Kokutetsu Swallows. Miyamoto played one season of minor league baseball with the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League in 1965, after he had retired from NPB.
He was married to the sister of former teammate Hirofumi Naito,[4] the actress Kimiko Naito.