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.

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
Hits1,326
Runs batted in389
Stolen bases381
Win–loss record15–7
Earned run average3.48
Strikeouts66
Teams
As Player
Career highlights and awards
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction1995 (elected by the Special Committee)

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

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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.[1]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Morris, Andrew (2011). Colonial Project, National Game: A History of Baseball in Taiwan. University of California Press.
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Awards
Preceded by Japanese Baseball League MVP
1943
Succeeded by