Kenjiro Tamiya

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Kenjiro Tamiya (田宮 健次郎, Tamiya Kenjiro; February 11, 1928 – May 5, 2010) was a Japanese Nippon Professional Baseball player and manager. In his early years as a professional player, Tamiya was utilized as a pitcher and first baseman, but during the prime of his career, he transitioned to playing as an outfielder. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2002. Tamiya was born in Shimodate, Ibaraki and attended Shimodate Shogyo High School. He later attended Nihon University, where he won a Tokyo Metropolitan University League batting title in 1947, before dropping out. Tamiya first played for the Osaka Tigers of the Japanese Baseball League, initially as a pitcher and occasionally as a first baseman. On March 16, 1950, he came within one out of throwing the first perfect game in Nippon Professional Baseball history, before Sakae Nakamura got a hit that ended the bid. A shoulder injury in 1952 forced him to move to the outfield, where he spent the remainder of his career. As a Tiger, Tamiya won the Best Nine Award three times, in 1956, 1957, and 1958. He also led the league in slugging percentage and triples in 1957, as well as batting average and triples in 1958.