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Eiji Sawamura was born on 1 February, 1917 in Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Japanese Empire, is a Japanese baseball player. Discover Eiji Sawamura's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 27 years old?

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Age 27 years old
Zodiac Sign Aquarius
Born 1 February 1917
Birthday 1 February
Birthplace Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Japanese Empire
Date of death 2 December, 1944
Died Place SS Hawaii Maru, Pacific Ocean, off Yakushima, Japanese Empire
Nationality Japan

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1917

Eiji Sawamura (沢村 栄治; February 1, 1917 – December 2, 1944) was a Japanese professional baseball player.

A right-handed pitcher, he played in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants.

1934

On November 20, 1934, the 17-year-old Sawamura faced a team of visiting all-star players from Major League Baseball, including Babe Ruth, Jimmie Foxx, Lou Gehrig, and Charlie Gehringer.

Entering the game in the fourth inning, the high school pitcher struck out nine batters and held the Americans to a single run over five innings pitched; a home run by Gehrig in the seventh saddled Sawamura with the loss.

However, he did manage to strike out Gehringer, Ruth, Gehrig, and Foxx in succession.

Connie Mack, who was managing the American team, was so impressed by Sawamura's performance that he tried to sign him to a Major League contract; Sawamura refused to go, citing a reluctance to leave home.

Ota told him he was a pitcher in Japan and had struck out Lou Gehrig in three pitches; "three swings and misses (outside-inside-outside)" when the Yankee came to Tokyo, Japan for an All-Star game in 1934.

1936

With the formation of the Japanese Baseball League, Sawamura joined the Yomiuri Giants in 1936 and became one of their aces.

He pitched the first no-hitter in Japanese pro baseball, on September 25, 1936, as well as two others (May 1, 1937 and July 6, 1940).

1937

In 1937, he went 33-10 with a 1.38 earned run average.

From 1937 to 1943, Sawamura accumulated 105 games pitched, a career record of 63-22, 554 strikeouts and a 1.74 ERA.

1943

In 1943, Sawamura was drafted in the Japanese Imperial Army.

He was killed in battle near Yakushima when his ship was torpedoed by USS Sea Devil (SS-400) near the end of World War II.

1947

The Sawamura Award (Japan's equivalent to MLB's Cy Young Award), which is given to the best pitchers in the League since 1947, is named in his honor.

Sawamura's likeness was used in an episode of The Terror: Infamy titled "Shatter Like a Pearl".

A Japanese P.O.W. named Tetsuya Ota (played by Kazuya Tanabe) was being interrogated by an American-Japanese soldier.

1959

Sawamura was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1959.