Masakazu Kato

Masakazu Kato (加藤 政一)

• Bats Left, Throws Left
• Height 5' 7", Weight 156 lb.

• School Meiji University
• High School Gifu Commercial & Business High School

• Born September 3, 1922 in Gifu, Gifu Japan
• Died unknown

BR register page

Biographical Information

Masakazu Kato signed with the Kintetsu Pearls in 1950, and he crushed 11 homers with a .239/.312/.374 batting line in his first season. He and his brother Haruo Kato became the first pair of brothers in NPB history to hit a homer in the same game on July 27 against the Tokyu Flyers. Kato slumped to .179/.281/.179 in 1951, and he announced his retirement.

Sources

• Wiki Japan