Kentaro Yasui

Kentaro Yasui (安井 鍵太郎)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 7", Weight 123 lb.

• School Nihon University
• High School Toho High School

• Born April 10, 1918 in Nagoya, Aichi Japan
• Died November 10, 2015 in Osaka, Osaka Japan

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Biographical Information

Kentaro Yasui signed with the Nankai club in 1941, and he hit .201/.329/.243 in 82 games in his first season. He missed the next four seasons, probably because of military service, and he went 3-for-18 in 1946. Yasui then jumped to the Hankyu Braves, and he had a .206/.264/.230 batting line in 1947. He batted .265/.310/.331 in 47 games in 1948, and he announced his retirement.

Overall, Yasui hit .215/.307/.257 with 134 hits in 4 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan