Professional baseball Former Lotte catcher Takeo Tsuji died December 11, 18:42
Takeo Tsuji, who played an active role as a professional baseball / Lotte catcher and hit a four-batt home run in line with professional baseball records, died at a hospital in Tokyo in the early morning of 11th due to leukemia. I was 81 years old.
Born in Tokyo, Mr. Tsuji participated in the summer Koshien in Showa 31 with a battery with Waseda business and Softbank team chairman Sadaharu Wang.
In the following year, he joined the daily life of Lotte and participated in 113 games from the first year. After that, he continued to play in one team for 19 years, changing the names of the teams, Daito, Tokyo and Lotte, and participated in all-star games four times.
In 1970, he contributed to the team's first league win in 10 years, and in the following year, he marked a four-bats home run in line with professional baseball records.
He also contributed to Japan for the first time in 24 years under the supervision of Shoichi Kaneda, who died in October 1974, when he was concurrently a coach.
The total results were 1775 games, 1132 hits, batting average 20/3 3/4, 81 home runs, 472 points.
After his retirement, he served as a head coach and two army directors at Lotte, and remained a leader.
Tsuji died at a hospital in Tokyo due to leukemia at dawn on the 11th. I was 81 years old.