Eiichiro Yamamoto

Note: This page discusses 1930s outfielder Eiichiro Yamamoto. For the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame executive of the same name, click here.

Eiichiro Yamamoto (山本 栄一郎)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 2", Weight 157 lb.

• High School Matsue Commercial High School

• Born March 8, 1902 in Matsue, Shimane Japan
• Died December 15, 1979

BR register page

Biographical Information

Eiichiro Yamamoto signed with the Tokyo Giants when the Japanese Professional Baseball League was founded in 1936, and he was 3-for-12 in the spring season. He went 7-for-35 in the fall season, and he had a 4-for-24 record in the 1937 spring season. Yamamoto hit .241/.293/.352 in the fall season, but he only got 9 more at-bats before he announced his retirement in 1942.

Overall, Yamamoto hit .209/.284/.284 with 28 hits in 10 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan