Hiromi Wada | |
Position: | Catcher |
Birth Date: | 26 March 1937 |
Birth Place: | Usuki, Ōita, Japan |
Death Place: | Fukuoka, Japan |
Bats: | Right |
Throws: | Right |
Debutleague: | NPB |
Debutdate: | September 16 |
Debutyear: | 1955 |
Debutteam: | Nishitetsu Lions |
Finalyear: | 1972 |
Finalteam: | Nishitetsu Lions |
Statleague: | NPB |
Stat1label: | Batting average |
Stat1value: | .257 |
Stat2label: | Home runs |
Stat2value: | 100 |
Stat3label: | Runs batted in |
Stat3value: | 486 |
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was a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He spent most of his career with the Nishitetsu Lions of Nippon Professional Baseball, and died of pancreatic cancer in Fukuoka in 2009.[1]