Yukio Nishimura

Yukio Nishimura (西村 幸生)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 6", Weight 140 lbs.
• School Kansai University
• High School Ujiyamada High School

• Born November 10, 1910 in Ise, Mie Japan
• Died April 3, 1945 in Province of Batangas Philippines

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Biographical Information

Yukio Nishimura pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball for 3 years.

Nishimura was the ace pitcher for Kansai University and was notable for defeating the best teams from the Tokyo Big6 Baseball League in 1932. The Osaka Tigers signed him in 1937, and he was 9-3 with a 2.24 ERA in the spring season. He tied Minoru Tanaka for 7th in wins in the Japanese Professional Baseball League, and he was 7th in strikeouts (79, between Hisashi Kondo and Minoru Kasamatsu). Nishimura improved to 15-3 with a 1.48 ERA in the fall season, and he led the league in wins and ERA. Nishimura was 11-4 with a 1.53 ERA in 1938 spring season, and he again led the league in ERA. He was the first pitcher to win back-to-back ERA titles in NPB history; he was 3rd in wins (between Tadashi Kameda and Takao Misono) and 4th in strikeouts (65, between Victor Starffin and Kozo Matsuo. He had a 9-2 record with a 2.48 ERA in the fall season, and he ranked 4th in wins (tied with Hiroshi Kaneko and Yoshio Kikuya), 8th in ERA (between Kikuya and Kameda) and 9th in Ks (58, between Misono and Mitsuhiko Ishida). He was 11-9 with a 2.42 ERA in 1939, and he ranked 10th in ERA, between Sakae Shigesato and Kuranosuke Furuya. Nishimura then enlisted into the military, and he died in 1945. Nishimura was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1977.

Overall, Nishimura was 55-21 with a 2.01 ERA, struck out 394 and pitched 733 1/3 innings in 5 seasons in NPB.

Sources

• Wiki Japan