Shosei Go
| Shosei Go | |
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| Outfielder, Pitcher | |
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Born: June 28, 1916 Taiwan | |
| Died: June 7, 1987 (aged 70) | |
| Japanese Baseball League debut | |
| 1937, for the Tokyo Kyojin | |
| Last appearance | |
| 1957, for the Mainichi Orions | |
| JBL/NPB statistics | |
| Stolen bases | 381 |
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As Player | |
| Career highlights and awards | |
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| Member of the Japanese | |
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |
| Inducted | 1995 (elected by the Special Committee) |
Shosei Go (Chinese: 吳昌征; pinyin: Wú Chāngzhēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Chhiong-cheng; Japanese: Go Shōsei; June 28, 1916 – June 7, 1987) was a baseball player from Taiwan.
Go was a leadoff man who played for the Tokyo Giants (1937–43, now the Yomiuri Giants), Hanshin Tigers (1944–1949) and Mainichi Orions (1950–1957, now the Chiba Lotte Marines). Only 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, he was nicknamed "The Human Locomotive" due to his speed. As a left-handed outfielder, he won two batting titles and a stolen base title. Go also threw the first postwar no-hitter against the Tokyo Senators in 1946.
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| Preceded by Shigeru Mizuhara |
Japanese Baseball League MVP 1943 |
Succeeded by Tadashi Wakabayashi |
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