Uzaburo Shintomi
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Uzaburo Shintomi
- Bats Right, Throws Right
- High School Kokura Kogyo High School
- Industrial League Moji Tetsudo Kanrikyoku
- Born February 13, 1915 in Fukuoka Prefecture Japan
- Died August 1945 in Burma
Uzaburo Shintomi was on a Japanese team that toured the USA in 1935. Four years later, he joined Hankyu as a 1B-OF and went 0 for 6 at the plate. In 1940, he batted .153/.228/.203, then improved to .232/.316/.356 as Hankyu's cleanup hitter in '41. That December, he was drafted into the Japanese military and he died four years later in combat in Burma.
