Takehiko Bessho

Takehiko Bessho
Born: October 1, 1922
Kobe, Hyogo JP
Deceased: June 24, 1999
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'11"
Weight: 187
Career: 1942-1960

Takehiko Bessho compiled a career record of 310 wins and 178 losses and a 2.18 ERA in his 662-game pitching career with the Nakai, Kinki Great Ring, Nankai Hawks and Yomiuri Giants. He began playing during the 1942 season and last took the field during the 1960 campaign.

Nankai Hawks

Yomiuri Giants

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Pitching:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	W	L	W%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	0	1	.000	2.08	2	1	1	1	0		13.0	11	7	3	0	6		8	0	0	0	59
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	14	23	.378	2.25	45	37	7	28	8		319.3	210	106	80	0	193		128	3	1	3	1333
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinki Great Ring	19	13	.594	2.46	42	35	4	28	5		325.0	292	127	89	4	136		115	5	2	3	1381
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	30	19	.612	1.87	55	50	3	47	7		448.3	376	125	93	6	135		191	5	0	1	1791
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	26	10	.722	2.06	42	37	4	31	3		319.3	270	93	73	10	76		120	6	0	2	1272
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	14	9	.609	2.35	25	21	4	14	2		180.0	144	58	47	11	50		91	2	0	1	720
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	22	11	.667	2.55	43	32	11	27	8		314.0	273	114	89	24	93		157	4	1	1	1287
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	21	9	.700	2.45	47	30	15	25	4		301.3	252	112	82	15	88		131	1	0	3	1222
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	33	13	.717	1.94	52	41	10	28	7		371.3	299	107	80	13	93		153	6	1	5	1473
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	16	8	.667	2.63	32	23	8	16	4		191.3	179	70	56	10	43		75	5	0	3	781
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	26	12	.684	1.80	50	34	14	23	6		330.0	269	84	66	13	50		158	6	0	0	1279
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	23	8	.742	1.33	50	27	23	17	7		312.0	241	65	46	12	45	1	152	2	0	1	1197
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	27	15	.643	1.93	54	35	18	26	5		340.3	282	90	73	11	60	2	185	5	0	0	1327
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	14	11	.560	2.50	40	31	5	13	4		219.7	205	81	61	9	45	0	100	8	0	5	885
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	9	5	.643	2.56	26	20	3	5	1		126.3	111	47	36	8	33	2	42	1	0	0	508
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	7	7	.500	2.86	22	13	6	3	0		110.0	98	41	35	8	23	0	56	3	0	1	449
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	9	4	.692	3.06	35	16	10	3	1		129.3	117	52	44	11	37	0	72	7	0	1	536
Totals				310	178	.635	2.18	662	483	146	335	72	0	4350.7	3629	1379	1053	165	1206	5	1934	69	5	30	17500

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	11	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	2		0	0
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	69	201	183	13	45	9	1	0	15	1	0	16	10	.246	.307	.306	.613	56		0	2
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinki Great Ring	77	262	245	24	62	15	6	4	44	1	2	16	16	.253	.299	.412	.711	101		0	1
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	78	241	232	13	55	12	1	1	26	2	0	9	9	.237	.266	.310	.576	72		0	0
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	58	156	150	9	51	10	0	4	27	0	0	5	7	.340	.365	.487	.852	73		1	0
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	43	99	96	13	25	8	1	3	17	0	0	2	6	.260	.283	.458	.741	44		1	0
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	67	161	151	25	52	12	2	4	28	0	1	10	6	.344	.385	.530	.915	80	3	0	0
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	54	134	127	18	31	2	1	6	12	1	0	6	11	.244	.278	.417	.696	53	4	0	1
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	58	163	147	15	40	5	0	5	26	1	0	12	13	.272	.327	.408	.735	60	3	0	4
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	33	78	75	6	18	4	1	1	7	0	0	2	10	.240	.260	.360	.620	27	1	0	1
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	50	129	123	11	28	3	0	3	10	0	0	3	10	.228	.246	.325	.571	40	4	0	3	0
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	50	122	113	8	25	4	0	1	11	0	0	2	16	.221	.233	.283	.516	32	3	0	6	1	0
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	54	124	115	12	28	3	0	1	10	0	0	2	20	.243	.252	.296	.548	34	3	0	5	2	0
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	41	85	77	9	17	4	0	1	5	0	0	3	20	.221	.250	.312	.562	24	1	0	5	0	0
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	26	46	41	1	11	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	8	.268	.268	.341	.610	14	1	0	5	0	0
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	22	44	40	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	10	.075	.073	.075	.148	3	2	0	3	1	0
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	37	45	39	4	7	2	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.179	.200	.308	.508	12	0	0	5	0	0
Totals				828	2110	1972	182	500	96	13	35	248	6	3	91	180	.254	.287	.369	.655	727	25	2	41	4	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	OF	5					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	P	2					.000
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	P	45					.000
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	1B	2					.000
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nakai	OF	13					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinki Great Ring	OF	5					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinki Great Ring	P	42					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinki Great Ring	1B	22					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	P	55					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	1B	12					.000
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nankai Hawks	P	42					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	P	25					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	2					.000
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	43					.000
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	1					.000
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	47					.000
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	52					.000
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	32					.000
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	50					.000
1955	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	50					.000
1956	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	54					.000
1957	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	40					.000
1958	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	26					.000
1959	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	22					.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	P	35					.000
1960	Foreign Major	JPCL	Yomiuri Giants	OF	1					.000
Totals					725	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1942	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nakai
1943	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nakai
1946	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Kinki Great Ring
1947	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nankai Hawks
1948	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nankai Hawks
1949	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Yomiuri Giants
1950	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1951	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1952	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1953	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1954	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1955	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1956	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1957	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1958	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1959	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants
1960	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Yomiuri Giants

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