Teruo Tabe

Teruo Tabe (田部 輝男)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 10", Weight 151 lb.

• School Rikkyo University
• High School Koryo High School

• Born December 19, 1916 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan
• Died September 16, 2000

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Biographical Information

Teruo Tabe played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 5 years. His brother is Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Takeo Tabe.

Tabe signed with the Nishi-Nihon Pirates in 1950, and he hit .273/.374/.465 with 16 homers in his first season. The Pirates then merged with the Nishitetsu Lions, and Tabe had a .241/.391/.340 batting line in 1951. He also set the Pacific League record as he drew a walk in 16 straight games, and he held it until Yuki Yanagita broke it in 2016. Tabe crushed homers with a .261/.333/.432 batting line in 1952, and he slumped to .216/.273/.307 in 1953. He then recorded a .239/.310/.299 batting line in 1954, and he announced his retirement. He later coached Shibaura Institute of Technology.

Overall, Tabe hit .251/.343/.393 with 319 hits and 35 homers in 5 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan