Kinichi Nakata

Kinichi Nakata (中田 金一)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 147 lb.

• High School Nisshin Commercial High School

• Born February 11, 1921 in Osaka Prefecture Japan
• Died December 13, 2008

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Biographical Information

Kinichi Nakata signed with the Osaka Tigers in 1939, and he was 1-for-9 in his first season. He played 64 games with a .223/.299/.293 batting line in 1940, and he was 7-for-40 in 1941. Nakata then enlisted into the military, and he missed the next six seasons. He returned in 1948, but he only got 5 more at-bats before he announced his retirement in 1950. He was an umpire for the Central League from 1956 to 1960.

Sources

• Wiki Japan