Takeo Daigo

Takeo Daigo
Catcher
Born: (1938-11-15)15 November 1938
Kita, Tokyo, Japan
Died: 11 December 2019(2019-12-11) (aged 81)
Tokyo, Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
31 March, 1957, for the Mainichi Orions
Last appearance
16 October, 1974, for the Lotte Orions
NPB statistics
Batting average.234
Home runs81
Runs batted in472
Teams

Takeo Daigo (醍醐 猛夫, Daigo Takeo, 15 November 1938 – 11 December 2019) 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.[1] As a high school baseball player, he participated in the Kōshien tournaments alongside batterymate Sadaharu Oh in 1956.[2] 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,[1] and not known for power.[3] After he retired as a player, Daigo became a coach for the Orions/Marines.[2] He died in Tokyo of acute myeloid leukemia on 11 December 2019, aged 81.[2]

References

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


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