Nobuo Osawa

Nobuo Osawa
Born: December 1, 1916
Fujisawa, Kanagawa JP
Deceased: July 15, 2005
Primary Position: First base
All Position(s) Played: 2B, 3B, OF, P
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 154
Career: 1937-1954

Nobuo Osawa compiled a career batting average of .271 with 46 home runs and 669 RBI in his 1498-game career with the Nagoya, Chubu Nippon, Chunichi Dragons, Tokyu Flyers, Taiyo Whales and Hiroshima Carp. He began playing during the 1937 season and last took the field during the 1954 campaign.

Chunichi Dragons

Taiyo Whales

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	WP	BF
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1	4	.200	6.25	7	3	4	1	0		31.7	36	25	22	0	20		5	0	1	147
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3	6	.333	3.11	17	8	8	5	1		101.3	89	47	35	4	58		23	4	0	440
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1	1	.500	3.60	9	1	5	0	0		35.0	32	18	14	0	20		15	1	0	161
Totals				5	11	.312	3.80	33	12	17	6	1	0	168.0	157	90	71	4	98	0	43	5	1	748

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
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	49	179	148	15	38	8	1	0	17	3		28	15	.257	.375	.324	.699	48		0	3
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	47	205	177	14	48	11	2	0	23	2		26	12	.271	.365	.356	.720	63		0	2
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	40	174	147	17	40	4	1	0	24	7		26	12	.272	.382	.313	.694	46		0	1
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	34	146	118	15	27	4	2	1	19	1		27	6	.229	.372	.322	.694	38		0	1
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	93	398	345	33	107	12	3	2	46	13		51	24	.310	.397	.380	.777	131		0	0	2
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	103	436	348	39	79	9	5	2	39	18		82	25	.227	.372	.299	.670	104		1	0	5
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	68	299	241	16	55	4	0	0	13	8		54	16	.228	.372	.245	.616	59		1	3
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chubu Nippon	57	152	136	12	31	5	2	0	23	4	4	16	8	.228	.309	.294	.603	40		0	0
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chunichi Dragons	101	368	330	31	85	18	4	0	47	3	3	38	17	.258	.334	.336	.671	111		0	0
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chunichi Dragons	127	523	483	38	132	24	2	3	53	6	8	38	17	.273	.329	.350	.679	169		2	0
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyu Flyers	134	561	493	57	140	19	3	5	70	10	5	66	39	.284	.370	.365	.735	180		1	1
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	139	625	578	97	189	45	1	10	93	7	5	46	25	.327	.377	.460	.837	266	16	0	1
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	108	471	418	57	120	13	1	9	60	6	5	49	21	.287	.367	.388	.755	162	15	4	0
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	120	507	441	38	123	18	2	2	43	4	4	63	22	.279	.373	.342	.715	151	13	3	0
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	130	563	505	48	120	14	0	6	52	11	4	55	29	.238	.316	.301	.617	152	11	3	0
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	111	465	408	39	105	19	2	6	47	8	3	48	40	.257	.333	.358	.691	146	13	0	6	3
Totals				1461	6072	5316	566	1439	227	31	46	669	111	41	713	328	.271	.358	.351	.709	1866	68	15	18	10	0

Fielding:

Year	Level	Lg	Team	Pos	GP	PO	A	E	DP	RF/G
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	P	7					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3B	38					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3B	27					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	19					.000
1937	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	2B	12					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3B	8					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	40					.000
1938	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	26					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	58					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3B	31					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	P	17					.000
1939	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	OF	1					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	94					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	P	9					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3B	5					.000
1940	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	OF	10					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	1B	64					.000
1941	Foreign Major	JPBL	Nagoya	3B	11					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chubu Nippon	1B	32					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chubu Nippon	3B	1					.000
1946	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chubu Nippon	OF	1					.000
1947	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chunichi Dragons	1B	94					.000
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chunichi Dragons	3B	14					.000
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chunichi Dragons	1B	115					.000
1948	Foreign Major	JPBL	Chunichi Dragons	2B	1					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyu Flyers	1B	87					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyu Flyers	3B	63					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyu Flyers	2B	3					.000
1949	Foreign Major	JPBL	Tokyu Flyers	OF	1					.000
1950	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	139					.000
1951	Foreign Major	JPCL	Taiyo Whales	1B	108					.000
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	2B	2					.000
1952	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	1B	119					.000
1953	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	1B	130					.000
1954	Foreign Major	JPCL	Hiroshima Carp	1B	111					.000
Totals					1498	0	0	0	0	.000

Minor League Service:

Year	Level	League	Team
1937	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Nagoya
1938	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League (Fall)	Nagoya
1939	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nagoya
1940	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nagoya
1941	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Nagoya
1946	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Chubu Nippon
1947	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Chunichi Dragons
1948	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Chunichi Dragons
1949	Foreign Major	Japanese Baseball League	Tokyu Flyers
1950	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1951	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Taiyo Whales
1952	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Carp
1953	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Carp
1954	Foreign Major	Japan Central League	Hiroshima Carp

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