Rikuo Nemoto (根本 陸夫, Nemoto Rikuo, November 20, 1926 – April 30, 1999) was a Japanese professional baseball catcher and manager in the Nippon Professional Baseball. He was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 2001.[1]

Rikuo Nemoto
根本 陸夫
Catcher / Coach / Manager
Born: (1926-11-20)November 20, 1926
Naka District, Ibaraki, Japan
Died: April 30, 1999(1999-04-30) (aged 72)
Japan
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
NPB debut
1952, for the Kintetsu Pearls
Last appearance
1957, for the Kintetsu Pearls
NPB statistics
Batting average.189
Home runs2
Hits70
RBIs23
Stolen bases4
Teams
As player

As manager

As coach

  • Kintetsu Pearls (1962–1966)
  • Hiroshima Carp (1967)
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction2001
Election methodSelection Committee for the Players

References edit

  1. ^ "Hall of Famers List | The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum". english.baseball-museum.or.jp. Retrieved 2020-04-14.

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