Kaoru Betto

His reign was short, but he was an exceptionally good ball player.

Graduate of the prestiguous Keio University Betto was a gentleman ball player. He tore up the league in 1950, earning an MVP award by helping the Mainichi Orions win the Nippon Series. He was a very respected baseball mind both as a manager and commentator after he retired.

Kaoru Bettou

Years:        10 seasons
Position:     CF, RF
Games: 891
AB:   3191
R:     607
BH:    965
2B:    170
3B:     38
HR:    155
TR:   1676
RBI:   549
SB:    186
BB:    318
SO:    254
AVE: 0.302
OBP: 0.366  
SLP: 0.525

Year   Team      G     AB   BH   HR   TB  RBI   SB   BB  SO  AVE   SLG
1948   Osaka     89   348  114   13  180   57   16   29  17 .328  0.517
1949   Osaka    137   572  184   39  341  126   13   48  44 .322  0.596
1950   Mainichi 120   477  160   43  320  105   34   49  36 .335  0.671
1951   Mainichi 108   398  123   16  208   67   22   44  38 .309  0.523
1952   Mainichi 120   456  127   18  227   67   40   56  30 .279  0.498
1953   Mainichi  82   279   85   11  142   48   14   33  18 .305  0.509
1954   Mainichi 108   339   84   11  136   45   34   27  40 .248  0.401
1955   Mainichi  73   239   66    4   95   24    9   23  15 .276  0.397
1956   Mainichi  50    80   22    0   27   10    4    9  15 .275  0.338
1957   Mainichi   4     3    0    0    0    0    0    0   1 .000  0.000

Uniform #
1948-1956:[25], 1957:[50]
Titles
HR        (1950:43)
RBI       (1950:105)
MVP       (1950)
Best Nine (1948-1953)

[Titles corrected by: Garland-san on Mar 4, 2003 10:54 PM JST]

Just a note about those stats: Where it lists Runs, it should actually read, "Total Bases" and where is gives the abbreviation "SLA" it should be "SLG."

Thank you very much for your help. I looked and looked for the information you provided. Thanks again.

Wow, the guy seems really interesting. Thanks to Seiyu-san for the info. Purely out of interest Matt, why do you want to know about this guy?

A friend of mine was his catcher in High School.