Former Tokyo Giant Hachiro Maekawa passes away at 97
by Gen on Mar.16, 2010 @ 2:59 pm, under NPB
Hachiro Maekawa passed away at 5:40am on Tuesday due to respiratory failure. He was 97 years old.
Maekawa played for the Giants between 1936 and 1938. He followed that up with a year on Hankyu. He later managed high school baseball and worked with the Giants as a scout.
In July 2009, Maekawa threw out the ceremonial first pitch.
Career Stats
| G | GS | CG | ShO | W | L | WPCT | BF | IP | H | HR | BB | HBP | SO | WP | BLK | R | ER | ERA | WHIP |
| 81 | 55 | 16 | 4 | 21 | 23 | .477 | 1732 | 401.2 | 369 | 15 | 168 | 15 | 143 | 1 | 0 | 186 | 149 | 3.34 | 1.34 |
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