Takeo Tabe

Takeo Tabe (田部 武雄‎)

• Height 5' 0", Weight 114 lb.

• School Meiji University
• High School Koryo High School

• Born March 28, 1906 in Hiroshima, Hiroshima Japan
• Died June 1945 in Mabuni, Okinawa Japan

Biographical Information

Takeo Tabe is a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. He played every position except catcher. After college, Tabe played on the Dai Nippon Tokyo Baseball Club team that toured the USA in 1934, stealing 109 bases in 105 tries as a leadoff hitter; he played the middle infield primarily. He served in the Japanese military during World War II and died in the fighting in Mabuni, Okinawa; details are sketchy. In 1969, he was inducted into the Japanese Hall of Fame. Previous inductees who died in the War were Masaru Kageura and Eiji Sawamura; at least three others would follow.

Sources

• Japanese Hall of Fame
• Baseball's Greatest Sacrifice
• Japanese Wikipedia