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Aug 01, 1933 Inazawa, Aichi Prefecture, Japan Died on 06 Oct 2019 (aged 86)
Zainichi Korean baseball player
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About Masaichi Kaneda
- Masaichi Kaneda (?? ??, Kaneda Masaichi, August 1, 1933 – October 6, 2019) was a Zainichi Korean–Japanese professional baseball pitcher, one of the best-known pitchers in Japanese baseball history, and is the only Japanese pitcher to have won 400 games.
- He was inducted in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.Nicknamed "The Emperor" because he was the most dominant pitcher in Japan during his prime, Kaneda holds numerous Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) career records.
- He won 400 games despite being on a horrific team, the Kokutetsu Swallows, for most of his career.
- About 90% of his 400 career wins came with the Swallows.
- Kaneda batted and threw left-handed.
