Jungo Watanabe

Jungo Watanabe (渡辺 絢吾)

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• High School Matsuyama Commercial High School

• Born November 15, 1922 in Ehime Prefecture Japan
• Died unknown

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Biographical Information

Jungo Watanabe signed with the Kurowashi club in 1941, and he went 5-for-23 in his first season. He played 82 games with a .177/.257/.188 batting line in 1942, and he hit .206 .305/.265 in 1943. Watanabe also hit the first walk-off inside-the-park homer in NPB history on July 1, and he announced his retirement after that season.

Overall, Watanabe hit .189/.274/.216 with 84 hits in 3 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan