Former professional baseball Takeshi Yamasaki is infected with the new corona Symptoms of mild pneumonia November 11, 23:45

The management company announced that Takeshi Yamazaki, who played in professional baseball Chunichi and Rakuten and won the home run king in both the Sepa and Pa leagues, was confirmed to be infected with the new coronavirus.

According to Mr. Yamazaki's management company, Mr. Yamazaki underwent a PCR test on the 11th and was confirmed to be positive.



Mr. Yamazaki has mild pneumonia symptoms and is receiving medical treatment at the hospital, so he plans to make further efforts to prevent infection based on the guidance of the hospital and health center.



Mr. Yamazaki is 52 years old.

He joined Chunichi in 1987 from Aichi's Aikodai Meiden High School and became the home run king in 1996.


After that, he transferred to Rakuten through Orix, and in 2007, he won two crowns, a home run and a RBI.

After that, he returned to Chunichi in the old nest and retired from active duty in 2013.