Andy Miyamoto
Andy Miyamoto | |
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Outfielder | |
Born: Maui, Hawaii Territory | April 26, 1933|
Batted: Right Threw: Right | |
NPB debut | |
1955, for the Yomiuri Giants | |
Last appearance | |
1964, for the Kokutetsu Swallows | |
Career statistics | |
Batting average | .249 |
Home runs | 90 |
Runs batted in | 359 |
Teams | |
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Career highlights and awards | |
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Andrew Toshio Miyamoto (宮本 敏雄, Miyamoto Toshio, born April 26, 1933) is an American former professional baseball outfielder. A Nisei,[1] he was born in Maui, Hawaii Territory, and played in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball for the Yomiuri Giants and Kokutetsu Swallows. Miyamoto played one season of minor league baseball with the Hawaii Islanders of the Pacific Coast League in 1965, after he had retired from NPB.
He is married to the sister of former teammate ,[2] the actress Kimiko Naito.
References[]
Bibliography[]
- Fitts, Robert (2005). Remembering Japanese Baseball. SIU Press. ISBN 9780809389735.
External links[]
- Career statistics and player information from Baseball-Reference (Minors)
- BR Bullpen
Categories:
- 1933 births
- American baseball players of Japanese descent
- American expatriate baseball players in Japan
- Hawaii Islanders players
- Kokutetsu Swallows players
- Living people
- Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders
- People from Maui
- Yomiuri Giants players