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HIRAOKA, HiroshiI

Founder of the first baseball club

Inducted	1959
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Tokyo
Born	August 5,1856
Died	May 6,1934
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Returning from his study in the U.S in 1877, the railway engineer brought back baseball equipment and guidebooks and formed the Shimbashi Athletic Club, the first baseball team in Japan. Thus he is called "father of baseball in Japan.

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