Hiroshi Hagiwara

Hiroshi Hagiwara (萩原 寛) known as Shinkyo Go‎ before 1946

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 7", Weight 140 lbs.

• High School Kagi Norin High School

• Born January 8, 1924 in Puzi, Chiayi Taiwan
• Born September 26, 1997

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Biographical Information

Hiroshi Hagiwara played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 9 years and once led the league in steals.

Hagiwara was signed by the Yamato club in 1943 and hit .148/.216/.177. However, Yamato was expelled after this season and he jumped to the Tokyo Giants. Hagiwara improved to .326/.370/.395 in 1944 and led the league in steals with 19, tied with his compatriot Shosei Go. After the War, he extended his solid batting and hit .285/.345/.366 with 19 steals in 1946.

The Chiayi native slumped to .224/.279/.307 in 1947, and only batted .220/.241/.280 in 1948. He bounced back soon with a .276/.310/.382 batting line in 1949, and collected 25 steals. The 1950 season was his last productive season. Hagiwara recorded a .275/.342/.387 batting line, led the Central League in sacrifice bunts with 15 and ranked 12th in doubles (18 behind Nobuo Osawa). He only played 56 games combined in the next two seasons, and announced his retirement after the 1952 season. After retiring, he became an umpire for NPB from 1955 to 1980. He worked the 1965 NPB All-Star Game.

Overall, Hagiwara had hit .255/.306/.340 with 125 steals and 568 hits in 9 seasons in NPB.

Related Sites

• NPB site
• Wiki Japan
• Taiwan Baseball Wiki