Takuzo Miyake

Takuzo Miyake (三宅 宅三)

• Bats Right, Throws Right
• Height 6' 0", Weight 165 lb.

• School Meiji University
• High School Tamashima High School

• Born February 22, 1921 in Kurashiki, Okayama Japan
• Died April 16, 2006 in Setagaya, Tokyo Japan

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Biographical Information

Takuzo Miyake played in Nippon Pro Baseball for 8 years. His son was NPB pitcher Sogen Miyake.

Miyake was signed by the Mainichi Orions when they were founded in 1950, and he hit .231/.268/.333 in 37 games in his rookie year. He was 0-for-2 in the 1950 Nippon Series, and he won his only Nippon Series title as the Orions beat the Shochiku Robins in 6 games. Miyake then had a .281/.333/.421 batting line in 1951, and he improved to .294/.350/.497 with a career-high 18 homers in 1952. He tied Tokuji Iida and Kaoru Betto for 3rd in the Pacific League in homers, ranking 5th in RBI (between Takeshi Doigaki and Betto), 9th in steals (tied with Katsuki Tokura) and 7th in runs (between Kazuo Horii and Yasuhiro Fukami). He was also selected into the 1952 NPB All-Star Games, and he was 2-for-3.

The Okayama native hit .273/.341/.435 with 14 homers and a career-high 32 steals in 1953, ranking 6th in RBI (between Hiroshi Oshita and Seiji Sekiguchi), 5th in homers (tied with Sekiguchi) and 8th in steals (tied with Kozo Kawai). He then slumped to .199/.262/.314 in 1954, but he bounced back in 1955. His batting line was .276/.339/.510 with 15 homers, and he tied Akira Ogi and Hiroshi Minohara for 8th in homers. Miyake hit .274/.343/.464 in 1956, but he only played 33 games in 1957 then he announced his retirement in 1957. He coached the Orions from 1958 to 1959 and from 1963 to 1965.

Overall, Miyake hit .262/.323/.431 with 547 hits, 125 steals and 73 homers in 8 seasons in the NPB.

Sources

• NPB site
• Wiki Japan
• 1952 NPB All Star Game