Kenichi Aoshiba

Kenichi Aoshiba (青柴 憲一)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 140 lb.
• School Ritsumeikan University
• High School Otani High School

• Born September 1, 1912 in Sonobe-machi, Kyoto Japan
• Died November 1, 1945 in Pyongyang, Korea

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Biographical Information

Pitcher Kenichi Aoshiba joined the Yomiuri Giants in 1934. When the Japan Baseball League began in 1936, he was 0-2, 6.75 in two games in the first spring season and 1-1, 1.29 in the fall. After three scoreless innings in the spring of 1937, Aoshiba was 2-1, 2.67 in 13 outings in the fall campaign. He pitched 3 2/3 innings in the spring of 1938, completing his career with a 3-4, 2.33 mark as a professional baseball player.

In the fall of '38, Aoshiba was drafted into the Japanese military, he died of disease in a military hospital in Pyongyang seven years later.

Source: Japanbaseballdaily.com by Gary Garland