About Seiichi Shima
Lived 1920 – 1945 (aged 24). Seiichi Shima was a Japanese baseball player.
was a baseball player who pitched for Kaisou Central High School and Meiji University of the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League. He never got to play professionally, as he was drafted into the Imperial Japanese Navy in 1945. He died during World War II, on March 29, 1945, off the coast of Indochina. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2008.
Shima represented Kaisou Central in the 1939 Japanese High School Baseball Championship, where he shut out all five of the opposing teams, only allowed five hits, struck out 57 batters, and pitched no-hitters in the semifinal and final rounds. Shima began to play for Meiji University in 1940.
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Who was Seiichi Shima?
Japanese baseball player
When was Seiichi Shima born?
Seiichi Shima was born on 15 December 1920 in Wakayama.
When did Seiichi Shima die?
Seiichi Shima died on 29 March 1945 in Indochina.
What was Seiichi Shima's occupation?
Seiichi Shima was a baseball player.
What nationality was Seiichi Shima?
Seiichi Shima was Japanese.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Seiichi Shima. https://biography.guide/seiichi-shima/
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