Shigeru Chiba (baseball) explained

Shigeru Chiba
Position:Second baseman
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Birth Date:10 May 1919
Birth Place:Saijō, Ehime, Japan
Debutyear:1938
Debutteam:Tokyo Kyojin
Debutleague:JBL
Finalyear:1956
Finalteam:Yomiuri Giants
Finalleague:NPB
Statleague:JBL/NPB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.284
Stat3label:Home runs
Stat3value:96
Stat4label:Runs batted in
Stat4value:691
Teams:As player

As Manager

Hoflink:Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Hoftype:Japanese
Hofdate:1980

was a Japanese baseball second baseman who played with the Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants from 1938 to 1941, and again from 1946 to 1956. He later managed the Kintetsu Buffalo from 1959 to 1961, and was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980.