王貞治
His hitting exploits benefited from the fact that for most of his career he batted third in the Giants' lineup, with another very dangerous hitter, Shigeo Nagashima, batting fourth; the two players forming the feared "O-N Cannon". In his autobiography, "Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way Of Baseball" (), Oh said he and Nagashima were not close, rarely spending time together off the field.