Shosei Go

Shosei Go
Outfielder, Pitcher
Born: Chinese and Japanese: 吳波; pinyin: Wu Bo; rōmaji: Go Ha (1916-06-28)June 28, 1916 Taiwan
Died: June 7, 1987(1987-06-07) (aged 70)
Batted: Left Threw: Left
Japanese Baseball League debut
1937, for the Tokyo Kyojin
Last JBL/NPB appearance
1957, for the Mainichi Orions
Career hitting statistics
Batting average	.272
Hits	1,326
Runs batted in	389
Stolen bases	381
Win–loss record	15–7
Earned run average	3.48
Strikeouts	66
Teams
As Player Tokyo Kyojin (1937–1943) Hanshin/Osaka Tigers (1944–1949) Mainichi Orions (1950–1957)
Career highlights and awards
Japanese Baseball League MVP (1943) Pitched a no-hitter on June 16, 1946
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1995 (elected by the Special Committee)

Shosei Go (Chinese: 吳昌征; pinyin: Wú Chāngzhēng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Gô͘ Chhiong-cheng; Japanese: Go Shōsei; June 28, 1916 – June 7, 1987) was a Taiwanese two-way baseball player who played for the Tokyo Giants (1937–1943, now the Yomiuri Giants), Hanshin Tigers (1944–1949) and Mainichi Orions (1950–1957, now the Chiba Lotte Marines). Only 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, he was nicknamed "The Human Locomotive" due to his speed. As a left-handed outfielder, he won two batting titles and a stolen base title.

As a pitcher, the bulk of his appearances were in 1946, when he went 14-6 with a 3.03 ERA and 16 complete games. Go also threw the first postwar no-hitter, against the Tokyo Senators in 1946.

Early life

Go, born Wu Bo (Chinese: 吳波, played on the Kano baseball team and participated in the National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in 1935 and 1936. After graduating from Kagi, he signed with the Tokyo Giants.

See also

• Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
• Sports in Taiwan

External links

• Career statistics and player information from Baseball Reference (Minors)
• Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum