Noboru Kitahara

Noboru Kitahara (北原 昇)

• Bats Right, Throws Right

• School Rikkyo University
• High School Matsumoto Shogyo High School

• Born 1917 in Nagano Prefecture Japan
• Died 1945

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Biographical Information

Noboru Kitahara was a second baseman and shortstop for Nankai. He hit .333/.404/.451 in 14 games in 1941 but fell to .249/.342/.295 as a regular the next year. Overall, he had a .264/.352/.322 batting line in his career. He drafted into the Japanese military in 1943 and died of tuberculosis while serving during World War II.

Source: Japanbaseballdaily.com by Gary Garland