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NISHIMURA, Yukio

Mainstay pitcher of the pre-war Tigers

Inducted	1977
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Mie
Born	November 10,1910
Died	April 3,1945
Alma Mater	Kansai University

The ace of Kansai University when they defeated the leading teams of the TBSL (1932). In his brief career at the Tigers (1937-39), he "out-Sawamuraed" the legendary Sawamura and Starffin at the decisive games in the fall of 1937.

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