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SUZUKA, Sakae

His invention of rubber baseballs helps popularize baseball

Inducted	2003
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Kyoto
Born	October 17,1888
Died	September 1,1957
Alma Mater	Kyoto Commercial School

The inventor of rubber baseballs. They began to be used in Kyoto around 1916 and became the official balls of All-Japan Boys' Tournament in 1920,which helped greatly to popularize rubber baseball throughout the country.

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