finalyear death_date debutyear statvalue finalteam birth_date hofmethod hofdate hoftype image_size finalleague statlabel debutteam name throws debutleague birth_place bats statleague hoflink position article_title
1960 24 june 1999 1942 310 -- 178 2.18 1,934 yomiuri giants 1 october 1922 selection committee for players 1979 japanese 150px npb win -- loss record era strikeouts nankai takehiko bessho 別所 毅彦 right jbl kobe , hyōgo right jbl/npb japanese baseball hall of fame pitcher takehiko bessho

takehiko bessho

takehiko bessho -lrb- `` bessho takehiko '' , october 1 , 1922 - june 24 , 1999 -rrb- , born akira bessho -lrb- , `` bessho akira '' -rrb- , was a japanese baseball player whose professional career as a player lasted from 1942 until 1960 .
bessho first achieved fame as a pitcher in japanese professional baseball ; later , he served as a nippon professional baseball -lrb- npb -rrb- manager .
bessho spent his first five seasons in the japanese baseball league -lrb- the predecessor of npb -rrb- with the nankai franchise -lrb- 1942 -- 43 , 1946 -- 48 -rrb- and his final 12 seasons with the yomiuri giants -lrb- 1949 -- 1960 -rrb- .
he quickly established himself as a top pitcher and went on to earn two sawamura awards , the japanese equivalent of the cy young award , and six best nine awards .
in 1947 , bessho set the npb record for most complete games in a single season -lrb- 47 -rrb- .
in addition , bessho earned the npb most valuable player award in 1952 and 1956 .
bessho retired after the 1960 season with 310 wins , a 2.18 earned run average , and 1,932 strikeouts .
after he retired from the sport as a player and a manager , bessho became a sports broadcaster .
in recognition of his accomplishments , the japanese baseball hall of fame elected bessho in 1979 .
