Nobuaki Nidegawa

Nobuaki Nidegawa (二出川 延明)

• School Meiji University
• High School Shinko Tachibana High School

• Born August 31, 1901 in Kobe, Hyogo Japan
• Died October 16, 1989

Biographical Information

Nobuaki Nidegawa played with the Tokyo Giants and Nagoya Kinkos in the pre-league era before becoming a well-respected umpire in 1936. He was head of the Pacific League umpires for his final four seasons before he retired in 1963 and then worked as a baseball commentator for Fuji TV.

Nidegawa was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1970.