About Shinichi Eto
Lived 1937 – 2008 (aged 70). Shinichi Eto was a Japanese baseball player.
was a Japanese professional baseball outfielder and first baseman in Nippon Professional Baseball.
Eto played for the Chunichi Dragons from 1959 to 1969, where he was the Central League batting champion in 1964 and 1965 (hitting .323 and .336 respectively). In addition, he was a Best Nine Award-winner as an outfielder five times: 1961, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, and 1968.
Eto moved to the Lotte Orions from 1970 to 1971 and the Taiyo Whales from 1972 to 1974. He was the player-manager of the Taiheiyo Club Lions in 1975. He returned to the Lotte Orions for his final season in 1976.
Eto died in 2008 of liver cancer at the age of 70. He was posthumously inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2010.
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Who was Shinichi Eto?
Japanese professional baseball player
When was Shinichi Eto born?
Shinichi Eto was born on 6 October 1937 in Yamaga.
When did Shinichi Eto die?
Shinichi Eto died on 28 February 2008 in Tokyo.
What was Shinichi Eto's occupation?
Shinichi Eto was a baseball player.
What nationality was Shinichi Eto?
Shinichi Eto was Japanese.
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