Takeo Daigo (醍醐 猛夫, Daigo Takeo, 15 November 1938 – 11 December 2019) was a Japanese professional baseball catcher. He played in Nippon Professional Baseball for the Orions franchise.

Daigo was born in Kita, Tokyo, on 15 November 1938.[1] As a high school baseball player, he participated in the Kōshien tournaments alongside batterymate Sadaharu Oh in 1956.[2] When Daigo made his Nippon Professional Baseball debut in 1957, his team was called the Mainichi Orions. Upon his retirement as a player in 1975, the team had become known as the Lotte Orions. Daigo was a career .234/.275/.324 hitter,[1] and not known for power.[3] After he retired as a player, Daigo became a coach for the Orions/Marines.[2] He died in Tokyo of acute myeloid leukemia on 11 December 2019, aged 81.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b "Takeo Daigo". Baseball Reference. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  2. ^ a b c "４打席連発の醍醐猛夫さん死去 急性骨髄性白血病" (in Japanese). Nikkan Sports. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
  3. ^ Fitts, Robert K. (2015). Mashi: The Unfulfilled Baseball Dreams of Masanori Murakami, the First Japanese Major Leaguer. University of Nebraska Press. p. 32. ISBN 9780803269835.


Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Takeo_Daigo
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