Takeo Daigo Explained

Takeo Daigo
Position:Catcher
Birth Date:15 November 1938
Birth Place:Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Death Place:Tokyo, Japan
Bats:Right
Throws:Right
Debutleague:NPB
Debutdate:31 March
Debutyear:1957
Debutteam:Mainichi Orions
Finaldate:16 October
Finalyear:1974
Finalteam:Lotte Orions
Statleague:NPB
Stat1label:Batting average
Stat1value:.234
Stat2label:Home runs
Stat2value:81
Stat3label:Runs batted in
Stat3value:472
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was a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orions franchise.

Daigo was born in Kita, Tokyo, on 15 November 1938. As a high school baseball player, he participated in the Kōshien tournaments alongside batterymate Sadaharu Oh in 1956.[1] When Daigo made his Nippon Professional Baseball debut in 1957, his team was called the Mainichi Orions. Upon his retirement as a player in 1975, the team had become known as the Lotte Orions. Daigo was a career .234/.275/.324 hitter,[2] and not known for power.[3] After he retired as a player, Daigo became a coach for the Orions/Marines.[1] He died in Tokyo of acute myeloid leukemia on 11 December 2019, aged 81.[1]

Notes and References

  1. News: 4打席連発の醍醐猛夫さん死去 急性骨髄性白血病 . 12 December 2019 . Nikkan Sports . 11 December 2019 . ja.
  2. News: Takeo Daigo . 12 December 2019 . Baseball Reference.
  3. Book: Fitts . Robert K. . Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer . 2015 . University of Nebraska Press . 9780803269835 . 32 .