Takashi Eda

Takashi Eda (江田 孝)
known as Koichi Eda from 1948 to 1955

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 5' 8", Weight 140 lbs.

• High School Itami High School

• Born March 18, 1923 in Kuga-gun, Yamaguchi Japan
• Died February 11, 1978 in Shimabara, Nagasaki Japan

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Biographical Information

Takashi Eda pitched in Nippon Pro Baseball for 15 years.

Eda was signed by the Hankyu club in 1941, and he was 3-3 with a 1.88 ERA in his rookie year. He completed a combined no-hitter with Kotaro Mori on August 2 against the Nagoya club. Eda only pitched one game in 1942, and he had a 4-5 record with a 2.06 ERA in 1943. He was then enlisted into the military, and he missed the next two years. He returned in 1946, and he signed with the Goldstar club. Eda was 9-16 with a 4.44 ERA in 1946, and he tied Mitsuhiko Ishida and Kozo Matsuo for 6th in losses in the JPBL. He improved to 11-23 with a 2.69 ERA in 1947, and he was 2nd in losses (2 behind Giichiro Shiraki).

The Yamaguchi native jumped to the Taiyo Robins in 1948, but he only pitched 7 games with a 9.24 ERA. Eda then went 9-16 with a 4.81 ERA in 1949, and he was 7th in losses (3 behind Rentaro Imanishi, Shigeaki Kuroo and Nobuo Nakatani). He had his career year in 1950, and he went 23-8 with a 2.83 ERA. He was 5th in wins in the Central League (between Hiroyoshi Takano and Takehiko Bessho) and 4th in ERA (between Bessho and Mototoshi Tahara). He started in the 1950 Nippon Series Game 2, but he allowed 4 runs in 3 innings included a solo shot to Shosei Go (the first homer in Nippon Series history); Takeshi Nomura got the win over him. Eda then started in Game 6, but he surrendered 6 runs in 2 2/3 innings, so the Mainichi Orions beat the Robins.

Eda was 4-8 with a 3.38 ERA in 1951, and he went to the Taiyo Whales after this season. He had a 10-11 record with a 4.14 ERA in 1952, then he went 7-15 with a 4.05 ERA in 1953. Eda was 3rd in losses, 11 behind Yoshiaki Inoue. His ERA was 3.40 in 31 games in 1954, but he still got 17 losses and tied Ryohei Hasegawa for 3rd in losses. He improved to 10-14 with a 2.98 ERA in 1955, and he tied Tsuneo Kobayashi for 8th in losses. Eda was 2-7 with a 3.55 ERA in 1956, then he announced his retirement in 1957. After retiring, he scouted for the Kintetsu Buffaloes from 1958 to 1964 and coached them from 1965 to 1971. He then managed the minor league team of the Nishitetsu Lions from 1972 to 1973, and he worked as their pitching coach from 1974 to 1977. Eda passed away in Shimabara stadium due to a stroke in 1977.

Overall, Eda was 97-147 with a 3.61 ERA, struck out 447 and pitched 2,165 innings in 15 years in NPB. As of 2023, he tied Minoru Murayama for 31th in losses and ranked 71st in innings (between Akio Saito and Hisao Niura) and 64th in walks (between Yoshiro Sotokoba and Tadao Wako).

Sources

• Wiki Japan
• NPB.com Bio