Hiromitsu Kadota, who hit a total of 567 home runs, the third highest in history, has died.
he was 74 years old.
Mr. Kadota was born in Yamaguchi Prefecture, and joined Nankai in 1970 after passing through Tenri High School in Nara and Kuraray Okayama, an amateur baseball team.
During his active career, he was active as a home run hitter representing the baseball world with a dynamic one-leg batting method that takes timing by raising his right leg.
He suffered a severe Achilles tendon injury in 1979, but after that he made a comeback and won the title of home run king three times and RBI king twice.
Among them, he hit 44 home runs at the age of 40 in 1988, won the double crown of home run king and RBI king, and won the MVP = best player, and was called "the unfathomable home run batter". was
After that, he also played for Orix and Daiei, and in 23 years as a professional, he hit 567 home runs, which is the third highest in history, and 2,566 hits, which is the fourth highest in history.
In 2006, he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame as an athlete.
Mr. Kadota was recuperating in Hyogo Prefecture, but according to the person concerned, he passed away.
he was 74 years old.