Shosei Go

Shosei Go
Outfielder, Pitcher
Born: Chinese and Japanese: 吳波; pinyin: Wu Bo; rōmaji: Go Ha
(1916-06-28)June 28, 1916
Taiwan under Japanese rule
Died: June 7, 1987(1987-06-07) (aged 70)
Japanese Baseball League debut
1937, for the Tokyo Kyojin
Last appearance
1957, for the Mainichi Orions
JBL/NPB statistics
Stolen bases 381
Teams

As Player

Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction 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.

See also

Awards
Preceded by
Shigeru Mizuhara
Japanese Baseball League MVP
1943
Succeeded by
Tadashi Wakabayashi


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