Tsunetaro Moriyama
| Tsunetaro Moriyama | |||
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Born: April 29, 1880 Tokyo, Japan | |||
| Died: February 12, 1912 (aged 31) | |||
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| Member of the Japanese | |||
 Baseball Hall of Fame | |||
| Inducted | 1966 | ||
Tsunetaro Moriyama (守山 恒太郎 Moriyama Tsunetarō, 27 April 1880 – 12 February 1912) was a Japanese baseball player.
Career
Born in Tokyo, he was a southpaw pitcher for the First Higher School of Japan (Ikkō).[1] He was famous for his hard training which enabled Ikkō to defeat the Yokohama Country and Athletic Club (YCAC), the strongest team in Japan baseball during the late 1800s, after first losing to them.[1][2] He later studied medicine at Tokyo Imperial University and became a military doctor, but died when he was infected by the infectious disease he was studying.[1]
He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1966.[2]
References
- 1 2 3 "Moriyama Tsunetarō". Asahi Nihon Rekishi Jinbutsu Jiten (in Japanese). Asahi Shinbun. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- 1 2 "Moriyama Tsunetaro". The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
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