# Fumio Fujimura > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fumio_Fujimura > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Fumio_Fujimura.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumio_Fujimura > Source revision: 1348361146 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Japanese baseball player (1916–1992)}} {{Infobox baseball biography | name = Fumio Fujimura
藤村 富美男 | image = Fumio Fujimura 1948.jpg | image_size = | caption = Fujimura in 1948 | team = [Osaka Tigers](/source/Osaka_Tigers) | number = 10 | position = [Infielder](/source/Infielder), [Pitcher](/source/Pitcher), [Manager](/source/Manager_(baseball)) | birth_date = {{birth date|1916|8|14}} | birth_place = [Kure, Hiroshima](/source/Kure%2C_Hiroshima), Japan | death_date = {{death date and age|1992|5|28|1916|8|14}} | bats = Right | throws = Right | debutleague = [Japanese Baseball League](/source/Japanese_Baseball_League) | debutdate = | debutyear = 1936 | debutteam = [Osaka Tigers](/source/Osaka_Tigers) | finalleague = [Nippon Professional Baseball](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball) | finalyear = 1958 | finalteam = [Osaka Tigers](/source/Osaka_Tigers) | statyear = | statleague = Career hitting | stat1label = [Batting average](/source/Batting_average_(baseball)) | stat1value = .300 | stat2label = [Hits](/source/Hit_(baseball)) | stat2value = 1,694 | stat3label = [Home runs](/source/Home_runs) | stat3value = 224 | stat4label = [Runs batted in](/source/Run_batted_in) | stat4value = 1,126 | stat2league = Career pitching | stat21label = [Win–loss record](/source/Win%E2%80%93loss_record_(pitching)) | stat21value = 34-11 | stat22label = [ERA](/source/Earned_run_average) | stat22value = 2.43 | stat23label = [Strikeouts](/source/Strikeouts) | stat23value = 183 | teams = '''As player''' *[Hanshin/Osaka Tigers](/source/Hanshin_Tigers) ({{Baseball year|1936}}–{{Baseball year|1938}}, {{Baseball year|1943}}–{{Baseball year|1956}}, {{baseball year|1958}}) '''As manager''' *[Osaka Tigers](/source/Osaka_Tigers) ({{baseball year|1946}}, {{Baseball year|1955}}–{{Baseball year|1957}}) | highlights = * [Japanese Baseball League MVP](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award) (1949) * 3x [Best Nine Award](/source/Best_Nine_Award) * 2x [Hit for the cycle](/source/Hit_for_the_cycle) (October 2, 1948), (May 25, 1950) * [Hanshin Tigers #10](/source/Hanshin_Tigers) retired | hoflink = Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame | hoftype = Japanese | hofdate = 1974 }} {{nihongo|'''Fumio Fujimura'''|藤村 富美男|''Fujimura Fumio''|extra=August 14, 1916 – May 28, 1992}} was a Japanese baseball infielder and pitcher who played 22 seasons in [Nippon Professional Baseball](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball) (NPB) from 1936 to 1958. He began his career as a stellar right-handed pitcher for the [Osaka Tigers](/source/Osaka_Tigers), but achieved his greatest fame as a hitter. A superstitious player, Fujimura never hurt insects or shaved before games. He was also hot-tempered, as he was once suspended for physically abusing an umpire.Albright, Jim. [http://baseballguru.com/jalbright/analysisjalbright01.html#Fumio_Fujimura "Japan's Top Players,"] BabseballGuru.com. Accessed March 31, 2015. In 1950, Fujimura set the single-season record with 191 [base hits](/source/base_hits). This record remained unbroken for 44 years, until [Ichiro Suzuki](/source/Ichiro_Suzuki) surpassed it in 1994. Fujimura was inducted into the [Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame) in 1974. His number "10" has been [retired](/source/Retired_number) by the [Hanshin Tigers](/source/Hanshin_Tigers). == Biography == === High school === In the 1933 [National High School Baseball Championship](/source/National_High_School_Baseball_Championship), Fujimura's team Taishō reached the quarterfinals, but [Masao Yoshida](/source/Masao_Yoshida_(baseball)) of Chukyo Shogyo pitched a shutout in the game. In the finale of the 1934 National High School Baseball Championship, Fujimura faced [Tetsuharu Kawakami](/source/Tetsuharu_Kawakami) and struck him out three times in three at-bats. Fujimura's team won the championship. === Osaka/Hanshin Tigers === Fujimura debuted with the [Osaka Tigers](/source/Osaka_Tigers) in 1936, the inaugural season of the [Japanese Baseball League](/source/Japanese_Baseball_League). He split his time between pitcher and second base. After initially being a starting pitcher, he generally pitched in a relief role thereafter. Fujimura missed five seasons in the JBL because of military service during World War II. Fujimura acted as the Tigers' [player-manager](/source/player-manager) in 1946, leading them to a 59–46 record. That was also the last year he spent significant time pitching, going 13–2 with a 2.44 ERA. With a stat line of 46 home runs, 142 RBI, and a .332 average, Fujimura was the Most Valuable Player in 1949, the last season before the JBL reorganized into [Nippon Professional Baseball](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball). In 1950 Fujimura led the [Central League](/source/Central_League) with a .362 [batting average](/source/batting_average_(baseball)) (and setting the single-season hits record), and was a [Best Nine Award](/source/Best_Nine_Award)-winner at third base. In 1953 Fujimura led the Central League in home runs and RBI, with 27 and 98 respectively. As a pitcher, Fujimura compiled an astounding winning percentage of .756. He [hit for the cycle](/source/hit_for_the_cycle) twice, once during the [single-league era](/source/Japanese_Baseball_League) (in 1948) and once in the current dual-league era, the only player to do that.{{cite web|url=http://www2u.biglobe.ne.jp/~akichan/cyecle.htm |script-title=ja:サイクルヒット達成者 |trans-title=|accessdate=September 26, 2011 |language=Japanese}} As a hitter, Fujimura finished his career with 1,694 hits, 224 home runs, and 1,126 RBI, with a lifetime .300 batting average. He was selected a [Best Nine Award](/source/Best_Nine_Award)-winner three times at third base. After his playing career, Fujimura returned to manage the Tigers in 1955–1957. Fujimura was inducted into the [Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame) in 1974. Jim Albright, an expert on Japanese professional baseball, ranks Fujimura as among the top players in NPB history and possibly worthy of induction to the American [Baseball Hall of Fame](/source/National_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame_and_Museum).Albright, Jim. [http://baseballguru.com/jalbright/analysisjalbright25.html#Fumio_Fujimura "Who Else From NPB Might Be Worthy of Cooperstown?,"] BaseballGuru.com. Accessed March 31, 2015. ==Outside baseball== Fujimura appeared as an actor in the ''[jidaigeki](/source/jidaigeki)'' drama [''Shin Hissatsu Shiokinin''](/source/Shin_Hissatsu_Shiokinin) in 1977{{cite web|url=https://kotobank.jp/word/%E6%96%B0%E3%83%BB%E5%BF%85%E6%AE%BA%E4%BB%95%E7%BD%AE%E4%BA%BA-2102317 |work=kotobank |title=新必殺仕置人とは |accessdate=July 26, 2021}} and Eiichi Kudo's film [''Aftermath of Battles Without Honor and Humanity''](/source/Aftermath_of_Battles_Without_Honor_and_Humanity) in 1979. ==See also== * [List of Nippon Professional Baseball players with 1,000 runs batted in](/source/List_of_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_players_with_1%2C000_runs_batted_in) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{baseballstats |mlb= |espn= |br= |fangraphs= |cube= |brm=fujimu000fum}} *[http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_049.html Fumio Fujimura (Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303230905/http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_049.html |date=2016-03-03 }} {{s-start}} {{s-ach|aw}} {{succession box | before = [Kazuto Yamamoto](/source/Kazuto_Yamamoto) | title = [Japanese Baseball League MVP](/source/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player)| years = {{Baseball year|1949}} | after = [Makoto Kozuru](/source/Makoto_Kozuru)
and [Kaoru Betto](/source/Kaoru_Betto)}} {{s-end}} {{Hanshin Tigers}} {{Hanshin Tigers managers}} {{Japanese Baseball League MVPs}} {{Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Fujimura, Fumio}} Category:1916 births Category:1992 deaths Category:Baseball people from Hiroshima Prefecture Category:Baseball pitchers Category:Hanshin Tigers players Category:Japanese baseball players Category:Managers of baseball teams in Japan Category:Sportspeople from Kure, Hiroshima Category:Hanshin Tigers managers Category:Player-coaches Category:Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame inductees Category:Nippon Professional Baseball players with retired numbers Category:20th-century Japanese sportsmen --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Fumio Fujimura](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumio_Fujimura) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fumio_Fujimura?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.