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MATSUKATA, Masao

The first president of the Hanshin Tigers

Inducted	1986
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Kagoshima
Born	May 7,1868
Died	March 25,1942
Alma Mater	University of Pennsylvania

In 1935, he became the first president of the Hanshin Tigers, making the Hanshin-Hankyu rivalry a big drawing card in Kansai district. In 1936,the Pennsy led the new-born JPBL as its vice president.

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