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AKIYAMA, Noboru

The submarine leads the Taiyo Whales to their first Japan Series victory

Inducted	2004
Category	Elected by the Special Committee
From	Okayama
Born	February 3,1934
Died	August 12,2000
Alma Mater	Meiji University

Throughout his career he was the batterymate of Kiyoshi Doi. In 1960 the underhand pitcher led the Taiyo Whales to the firstpennant in the CL and also to 4 straight wins in the Japan Series appearing in all of the games, winning 2.

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