Motoshi Fujita

Motoshi Fujita 藤田 元司
Pitcher, Manager
Born: August 7, 1931(1931-08-07) Niihama, Ehime
Died: February 9, 2006(2006-02-09) (aged 74)
Batted: Right	Threw: Right
Professional debut
NPB: 1957 for the Yomiuri Giants
Last professional appearance
1964 for the Yomiuri Giants
NPB statistics
Win–loss	119–88
ERA	2.20
Strikeouts	924
Teams
As player Yomiuri Giants (1957–1964) As manager Yomiuri Giants (1981–1983, 1989–1992)
Career highlights and awards
1957 Central League Rookie of the Year 2× Central League MVP (1958–1959)
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted	1996

Motoshi Fujita (藤田 元司, Fujita Motoshi^?, (August 7, 1931 - February 9 , 2006), born in Niihama, Ehime) was a former Japanese professional baseball player and manager.

External links

• Nippon Professional Baseball career statistics from Japanesebaseball.com

Awards
Preceded by Noboru Akiyama	Central League Rookie of the Year 1957	Succeeded by Shigeo Nagashima
Preceded by Wally Yonamine	Central League MVP 1958–1959	Succeeded by Noboru Akiyama
Sporting positions
Preceded by Shigeo Nagashima Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants manager 1981–1983 1989–1992	Succeeded by Sadaharu Oh Shigeo Nagashima

Persondata
Name	Fujita, Motoshi
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 7, 1931
Place of birth	Niihama, Ehime
Date of death	February 9, 2006
Place of death