Talk:Adelano Rivera

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Gary Garland sent me a list of about 75 Japanese players to die during World War II. I will work on adding these over time. He is also going to work on a separate list of WWII veterans in general. - --Mischa 12:37, 16 Jun 2006 (EDT)

Mischa, can you compare your list to the one below to see if there are any players missing on either list:

• Adelano Rivera, - (.260 AVG, 6 HR, 4 SB)
• Hajime Kuwashima, 1941-1941 Hankyu 3B (.100 AVG, 0 HR, 1 SB) Imphal, India
• Masaki Yoshihara, 1938-1941 Kyojin C (.237 AVG, 9 HR, 59 SB) Imphal, India
• Chotaro Muramatu, 1939-1942 Taiyo OF (.175 AVG, 0 HR, 15 SB) Guam
• Jinkichi Itoh, 1939-1941 Hankyu 2B (.238 AVG, 19 HR, 18 SB) _Guam
• Masakimi Araki, 1939-1939 Hankyu P (9 W-2 L, 1.72 ERA) Manchuria - Died of Disease
• Fukuyoshi Okada, 1940-1943 Yamato 2B (.223 AVG, 3 HR, 23 SB) New Guinea
• Masami Nakamura, 1943-1944 Kyojin 3B (.196 AVG, 11 HR, 13 SB) Nomonhan
• Uzaburo Shintomi, 1939-1941 Hankyu 1B (.191 AVG, 5 HR, 13 SB) Land Mine - Burma
• Kenichi Ohta, 1937-1940 Kurowashi OF (.209 AVG, 0 HR, 19 SB) Burma
• Shoichi Kunihisa, 1939-1942 Nankai 2B (.226 AVG, 4 HR, 91 SB) Burma
• Masaru Kageura, 1936-1943 Hanshin OF (.271 AVG, 25 HR, 28 SB) _Philippines
• Yonekichi Naya, 1938-1938 Nankai OF (.095 AVG, 0 HR, 0 SB) Bataan, Philippines
• Yukio Nishimura, 1937-1939 Tigers P (55 W-21 L, 2.01 ERA) Matanga, Philippines
• Goro Fushimi, 1938-1939 Eagles C (.183 AVG, 0 HR, 5 SB) Mereyon, Philippines
• Isamu Fukushi, 1938-1942 Asahi P (45 W-77 L, 2.33 ERA) Luzon, Philippines
• Shigeo Murakami, 1940-1941 Asahi OF (.183 AVG, 0 HR, 6 SB) Leyte, Philippines
• Toyoo Sugiyama, 1942-1942 Yamato 1B (.168 AVG, 0 HR, 3 SB) Philippines
• Noboru Noguchi, 1941-1943 Hanshin SS (.181 AVG, 2 HR, 10 SB) Transport - Philippines
• Kazuo Kitoh, 1936-1941 Nankai OF (.277 AVG, 9 HR, 80 SB) Near Mariana Islands
• Kazutaka Terauchi, 1937-1942 Yamato OF (.197 AVG, 13 HR, 28 SB) Rabaul, Papua New Guinea
• Miyoshi Nakagawa, 1937-1941 Kurowashi 1B (.242 AVG, 1 HR, 27 SB) Luzan Sea, Phillipines
• Seizaburo Amakawa, 1939-1940 Nankai P (3 W-8 L, 2.38 ERA) Leyte, Phillipines
• Eiji Sawamura, 1936-1943 Kyojin P (63 W-22 L, 1.74 ERA) Taiwan Sea - On Transport to Leyte Island
• Toshiyasu Ogawa, 1936-1936 Tigers C (.342 AVG, 0 HR, 8 SB) China
• Toshio Ohara, 1937-1938 Hankyu C (.185 AVG, 1 HR, 5 SB) China - Died of Disease
• Hachiro Miwa, 1939-1943 Hanshin P (32 W-31 L, 2.03 ERA) _China
• Hisashi Nakao, - Senators (No games played) Northern China
• Takeo Nagai, - Kyojin (No games played) _Northern China
• Yukio Muramatsu, 1939-1941 Nagoya P (.175 AVG, 0 HR, 15 SB) Tachiarai Airplane School - Died in a Crash
• Kenichi Aoshiba, 1936-1938 Kyojin P (3 W-4 L, 2.33 ERA) First Army Hospital in Pyongyang, Korea - Natural Death
• Shigezo Ishihara, - (31 W-42 L, 2.40 ERA)
• Muneyoshi Okada, 1936-1940 Hanshin SS (.230 AVG, 1 HR, 35 SB) Died of Disease
• Nobuo Kura, 1936-1939 Kyojin C (.160 AVG, 0 HR, 1 SB) Okinawa
• Takeo Tanabe, - Kyojin (No games played) Okinawa
• Tadashi Goto, 1936-1936 Nagoya 1B (.203 AVG, 0 HR, 6 SB) _Manchuria
• Iwao Masano, 1938-1944 KinkiNippon P (37 W-63 L, 2.29 ERA) Sunken Ship en route to Iwo Jima
• Shinichi Ishimaru, 1941-1943 Nagoya P (37 W-31 L, 1.45 ERA) "Kamikaze" Suicide Squad Pilot
• Noboru Kitahara, 1941-1942 Nankai 2B (.264 AVG, 2 HR, 14 SB) Died of Tuberculosis
• Shizuka Watanabe, 1943-1943 Asahi (.000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 SB) Special Forces, Okinawa
• Eiji Hirabayashi, 1941-1943 Hanshin 2B (.180 AVG, 0 HR, 5 SB)
• Yoshifumi Shimamoto, 1936-1938 Hankyu C (.175 AVG, 0 HR, 3 SB)
• Ichizo Murase, 1938-1941 Hanshin SS (.190 AVG, 7 HR, 61 SB)
• Masao Santa, 1938-1939 Kyojin OF (.149 AVG, 0 HR, 1 SB)
• Shuichi Hirose, 1941-1942 Kyojin P (29 W-19 L, 1.32 ERA)
• Chuujiro Endo, 1936-1939 Senators P (.221 AVG, 5 HR, 5 SB)
• Tadashi Ueda, 1937-1942 Hanshin OF (.122 AVG, 0 HR, 5 SB)
• Genbei Tsuji, 1944-1944 Hanshin OF (.241 AVG, 0 HR, 3 SB)
• Tsutomu Aoki, - Hankyu (No games played)
• Susumu Yagi, 1942-1944 KinkiNippon C (.161 AVG, 1 HR, 3 SB)
• Yasuo Hayashi, 1942-1943 Asahi P (52 W-33 L, 0.97 ERA)
• Kazuji Shiraki, 1937-1938 Nagoya OF (.247 AVG, 2 HR, 8 SB)
• Ichiro Hara, 1937-1938 Lion C (.230 AVG, 1 HR, 2 SB)
• Momosuke Takano, 1938-1938 Nankai OF (.214 AVG, 1 HR, 8 SB)
• Kunigoro Mori, 1939-1941 Hanshin OF (.205 AVG, 0 HR, 8 SB)
• Yoshikichi Miyaguchi, 1938-1942 Nankai P (16 W-24 L, 2.78 ERA)
• Kiyoshi Maeda, 1936-1937 Nagoya OF (.205 AVG, 3 HR, 4 SB)
• Minoru Morita, 1939-1941 Taiyo OF (.218 AVG, 2 HR, 30 SB)
• Riichi Matsumoto, 1940-1943 Hankyu 1B (.175 AVG, 0 HR, 2 SB)
• Toshi Masuda, 1942-1943 Nankai 2B (.156 AVG, 1 HR, 4 SB)
• Masayoshi Maekawa, 1942-1942 Hanshin 2B (.000 AVG, 0 HR, 0 SB)
• Shigeji Matushita, 1941-1941 Hanshin OF (.167 AVG, 0 HR, 1 SB)
• Hisayuki Ikeda, 1939-1943 Hankyu C (.193 AVG, 0 HR, 4 SB)
• Yutaka Ishii, 1940-1942 Taiyo 1B (.183 AVG, 3 HR, 9 SB)
• Kentaro Ito, 1936-1943 Kyojin OF (.184 AVG, 0 HR, 16 SB)
• Yoshizou Oribe, 1939-1942 Taiyo OF (.170 AVG, 4 HR, 39 SB)
• Hiroshi Onodera, 1940-1940 Kurowashi P (0 W-0 L, 12.00 ERA)
• Saburo Nakamura, 1937-1940 Nagoya 2B (.207 AVG, 1 HR, 2 SB)
• Tokuhisa Kawamura, 1936-1937 Hankyu 3B (.142 AVG, 0 HR, 8 SB)
• Daichi Kaino, 1938-1939 Nagoya 2B (.187 AVG, 0 HR, 6 SB)
• Nobuo Kato, 1936-1937 Tigers 2B (.250 AVG, 0 HR, 0 SB)

This is a list of drafted players/players who fought in a war/or somehow involved in the military from text-searching JapanBaseballDaily: Kazuto Tsuruoka,Kazuo Kito,Osamu Tsutsui,Taju Hitokoto,Masaaki Noguchi,Riichi Matsumoto,Yutaka Ishii,Noboru Kitahara,Eikichi Nagamochi,Victor Starfin,Noboru Noguchi,Tetsuharu Kawakami,Tadashi Ueda,Masakazu (Seiichi?) Kito,Hiroshi Oshita,Shojiro Namba,Kaoru Betto,Teiichi Kinoshita,Yonekichi Naya,Kano Omoda,Keiichiro Masuyama,Torao Hiruki,Toichiro Sobue,Isamu Fujii,Kenjiro Matsuki,Shuichi Hirose,Taju Hitokoto,Shinichi Ishimaru,Hiroshi Kuroiwa,Isao Odate,Noboru Aota,Tamotsu Uchibori,Makoto Kozuru,Rikuo Nemoto,Phillips Steere Paine,Shoichi Aoki,Kichiharu Tosauchi,Marion O'Neil,Charlie Hood,Fumio Fujimura,Kenichi Aoshiba,Al Long,Leo Patrick Kiely,Satoshi Hirayama --MichaelEng 18:58, 16 Jun 2006 (EDT)

The list Gary sent me includes Yukio Eguchi, the spring 1938 SB leader. I've checked 21 names so far and will try to get to the rest later today. - --Mischa 07:47, 18 Jun 2006 (EDT)

Hmm, thats odd. Eguchi (江口 行雄) isn't listed on the Hall of Fame's cenotaph Japanese/English nor at this page which lists player stats. At this page he is listed as "戦争で身体を壊し、戦後病死。" which I have translated as "suffered injuries during the war and died after the war due to illness." --MichaelEng 10:22, 18 Jun 2006 (EDT)

Sounds like he meets the criteria for players who died as a result of the war. Three other players Gary has who aren't on the list are Shoichi Kikuya, Masao Mita, Takeo Tabe and Hatsuichi Kajiue, but his list includes some pre-league-era players and I can't find either of them at JBD. Through #50 on the list. - --Mischa 10:44, 18 Jun 2006 (EDT)

Some info on them:

• Shoichi Kikuya or Shouichi Kikuya (菊谷 正一) - played at Rikkyo; apparently one of the school's all-time pitching greats, top batter in the 1932 Fall season; never on a league team
• Takeo Tabe (田部 武雄) - Hall of Famer, played for Giants on 1935 tour of America; never on a league team
• Masao Mita - same as Masao Santa (三田 政夫)
• Hatsuichi Kajiue (梶上^かじうえ 初一) - Keio's captain in 1931; never on a league team

How should they be categorized? College Stars for Kikuya and Kajiue or should a new category ([[:Category:Amateur Player]], [[:Category:Japanese Pre-League Player]] or something else) be added? Another possible duplicate is Masao Nakamoto who is the same as Iwao Masano (政野 岩夫). --MichaelEng 08:06, 20 June 2006 (EDT)

College star works for Kikuya. If Kajiue is not a college star, he can at least go under the veterans categories. Tabe can get the JHoF and veteran categories. - --Mischa 12:46, 22 June 2006 (EDT)

The only other player on Gary's list not on yours was a Kumiy??snipped the end here accidentally? Yajima. - --Mischa 17:49, 28 June 2006 (EDT)

Kumeyasu Yajima (矢島 粂安) - played for the Giants in 1935 on their tour, was #2, an infielder, later changed his last name to Shigehara, went to Matsumoto Shogyo then Waseda then Tokyo Club and All-Nippon (1934 MLB Tour), played at Koshien (1926) - hit a goodbye grand slam (a Koshein first) at Spring Koshien to beat Takamatsu Shogyo 5-2, nicknamed the "Babe Ruth of Shinshuu" did not play in the league, death from disease contracted at the front. --MichaelEng 19:30, 29 June 2006 (EDT)

Japanbaseballdaily.com lists Yukio Muramatsu as dying in combat in Guam. Here it says an airplane accident in training. Which is correct? - --Mischa 12:35, 7 August 2006 (EDT)

Japanbaseballdaily.com lists Norihisa Kawamura, not Tokuhisa. Same guy? Which name is more "correct"? - --Mischa 12:31, 30 August 2006 (EDT)

Same guy, according to the HoF list his given name's furigana wasとくひさ (Tokuhisa). His given name's kanji (徳久) could also be read as Norihisa. --MichaelEng 01:05, 6 September 2006 (EDT)