Eiji Sawamura

Eiji Sawamura
Eiji Sawamura
Pitcher
Born: (1917-02-01)February 1, 1917 Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Japanese Empire
Died: December 2, 1944(1944-12-02) (aged 27) SS Hawaii Maru, Pacific Ocean, off Yakushima, Japanese Empire
Japanese Baseball League debut
July 1, 1936, for the Tokyo Kyojin
Last appearance
October 24, 1943, for the Tokyo Kyojin
NPB statistics
Win–loss	63-22
ERA	1.74
Strikeouts	554
Teams
As Player Tokyo Kyojin (1936–1937, 1940–1941, 1943)
Career highlights and awards
4× Japanese Baseball League Champion (1936 Fall), (1940), (1941), (1943) Japanese Triple Crown (1937 Spring) Japanese Baseball League MVP (1937 Spring) Pitched three no-hitters Yomiuri Giants #14 retired
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Induction	1959

Eiji Sawamura (沢村 栄治; February 1, 1917 – December 2, 1944) was a Japanese professional baseball player. A right-handed pitcher, he played in Japan for the Yomiuri Giants.