Kozo Naito

Kozo Naito
Born: March 25, 1916
, Hokkaido JP
Deceased: January 30, 2002
Primary Position: Pitcher
All Position(s) Played: 1B, OF
Bats: Right
Throws: Left
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 143
Career: 1936-1951

Kozo Naito compiled a career record of 92 wins and 141 losses and a 3.27 ERA in his 368-game pitching career with the Nagoya, Nagoya Golden Dolphins, Nagoya Kinko, Asahi, Gold Star, Kinsei Stars, Hankyu Braves and Hiroshima Carp. He began playing during the 1936 season and last took the field during the 1951 campaign.

Hankyu Braves

Hiroshima Carp

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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
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1	1	.500	3.64	7	2	2	1	0		29.7	28	18	12	2	22		20	2	0	0	141
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Golden Dolphins	6	8	.429	3.64	24	10	12	7	0		133.7	100	88	54	4	103		139	8	0	7	602
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	0	1	.000	4.45	9	2	6	1	0		32.3	23	23	16	3	30		14	2	0	2	152
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	4	10	.286	3.71	41	30	7	7	0		182.0	135	95	75	3	160		96	6	1	1	843
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	0	1	.000	8.44	6	4	0	0	0		10.7	18	10	10	1	15		6	2	0	0	64
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	5	10	.333	1.53	24	19	3	12	2		153.3	80	36	26	1	112		86	3	0	1	633
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	8	12	.400	2.25	29	24	3	16	4		199.7	135	66	50	0	105		97	1	0	0	824
1944	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	11	11	.500	2.10	29	24	5	21	4		222.3	183	78	52	0	136		109	1	0	2	980
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Gold Star	19	25	.432	2.90	57	48	6	38	4		416.0	380	175	134	12	162		192	4	0	2	1776
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	12	14	.462	2.86	38	28	9	16	6		254.7	224	103	81	6	101		96	2	0	1	1077
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	7	11	.389	2.69	21	19	2	14	2		160.7	145	62	48	10	37		30	1	0	0	651
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Hankyu Braves	7	14	.333	4.85	37	26	6	8	1		189.3	220	117	102	23	35		65	1	0	0	807
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	11	19	.367	5.53	41	36	1	12	0		216.3	276	166	133	23	79		78	4	0	3	997
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	1	4	.200	6.30	5	5	0	1	0		20.0	27	17	14	1	11		3	1	1	1	99
Totals				92	141	.395	3.27	368	277	62	154	23	0	2220.7	1974	1054	807	89	1108	0	1031	38	2	20	9646

Batting:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	GP	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	DP	SH	SF	IBB
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Golden Dolphins	27	69	58	7	15	2	0	1	6	1		8	15	.259	.348	.345	.693	20		3
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	10	27	24	3	5	3	0	0	4	1		3	4	.208	.296	.333	.630	8		0
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	9	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	2	.200	.273	.200	.473	2		0	0
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	43	75	63	6	14	1	0	1	4	0		10	15	.222	.329	.286	.614	18		2	0
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	29	31	28	0	5	1	1	0	3	1		3	4	.179	.258	.286	.544	8		0
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	80	195	172	6	37	8	0	0	15	5	2	21	35	.215	.301	.262	.562	45		2
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	43	98	93	8	18	1	2	1	5	4	0	5	20	.194	.235	.280	.514	26		0
1944	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	32	117	109	4	19	4	1	0	4	1	0	7	15	.174	.224	.229	.453	25		1
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Gold Star	72	203	194	7	49	1	2	0	19	2	0	9	17	.253	.286	.278	.564	54		0
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	66	141	125	6	39	6	1	0	9	0	1	12	12	.312	.372	.376	.748	47		4
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	22	65	62	5	14	2	0	0	7	1	0	3	5	.226	.262	.258	.520	16		0
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Hankyu Braves	37	76	73	3	10	2	0	1	2	0	0	2	13	.137	.160	.205	.365	15		1
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	41	84	79	4	14	1	0	0	1	0	1	4	14	.177	.217	.190	.407	15	2	1
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	5	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0
Totals				516	1199	1097	59	242	32	7	4	79	16	4	88	172	.221	.278	.273	.552	300	2	14	0	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	P	7					.000
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	5					.000
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Golden Dolphins	1B	3					.000
1936	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Golden Dolphins	P	24					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	P	9					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	P	41					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya Kinko	OF	2					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	1B	6					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	P	6					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	OF	3					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	OF	37					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	P	24					.000
1942	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	1B	1					.000
1943	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	P	29					.000
1944	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	1B	7					.000
1944	Foreign Major	JPBL	Asahi	P	29					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Gold Star	P	57					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Gold Star	1B	4					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Gold Star	OF	2					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	P	38					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	OF	2					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	1B	1					.000
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Kinsei Stars	P	21					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Hankyu Braves	P	37					.000
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	P	41					.000
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	P	5					.000
Totals					441	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1936	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Nagoya Golden Dolphins
1936	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Spring)	Nagoya
1939	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nagoya Kinko
1940	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nagoya Kinko
1941	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Asahi
1942	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Asahi
1943	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Asahi
1944	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Asahi
1946	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Gold Star
1947	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Kinsei Stars
1948	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Kinsei Stars
1949	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Hankyu Braves
1950	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Carp
1951	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Carp

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