Sachio Kinugasa was known to be a professional baseball player who passed away some years ago on April 23, 2018, in Tokyo, Japan. Sachio Kinugasa was known to have been a third baseman who played for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp who are of the Nippon Professional Baseball league from the year 1965 to the year…
In Japan’s Higashiyama Ward, Kinugasa was born in 1947. From 1965 to 1987, Sachio Kinugasa, a former baseball player from Japan, competed for the Hiroshima Carp. His 2,215 consecutive games played between 1970 and 1987, the longest streak in professional baseball history until Cal Ripken Jr. surpassed it in 1995, earned him the nickname Tetsujin,…
Sachio Kinugasa is a former Japanese professional baseball player, who played as a third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Nippon Professional Baseball league. He played for the team from 1965 to 1987 and he is considered one of the best players in the team’s history. Kinugasa holds the world record for consecutive…
Sachio Kinugasa, a Japanese professional baseball player born on January 18, 1947, played third base for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp in the Nippon Professional Baseball league from 1965 to 1987. Kinugasa’s mother raised the Japanese-born boy by herself. Kinugasa’s father was an African American military serviceman stationed in Japan after World War II. He said…
Sachio Kinugasa was born on January 18, 1947, in Japan to a Japanese mother and an African-American father. Kinugasa stood at a height of about 5 feet 9 inches or 175 centimeters tall and weighed about 160 lbs. Kinugasa was also nicknamed Tetsujin, which is interpreted in English as Iron Man. Sachio Kinugasa was a…
Third baseman for the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball league and a widely renowned Japanese professional is Sachio Kinugasa. From 1965 to 1987, Sachio Kinugasa was open for business. Tetsujin, which translates to “Iron Man,” was the common moniker used to refer to Sachio Kinugasa. By 1987, Sachio Kinugasa had broken Lou…
Sachio Kinugasa represented the Hiroshima Toyo Carp of the Nippon Professional Baseball league in Japan from 1965 to 1987 as a third baseman. Kinugasa was one of the most consistent hitters in Japanese baseball, ranking sixth in Nippon Professional Baseball in career home runs (504), hits (2543), and RBIs (1448). However, he is best known…
