Masaichi Kaneda

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Masaichi Kaneda (金田正一; Kaneda Masaichi, August 1, 1933-) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher from Nagoya. He is a 400-game winner.

On August 21, 1957 he pitched the fourth perfect game in Japanese professional baseball history, and is one of 15 pitchers ever to accomplish such feat. He entered the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.

Preceded by
Yoshitomo Miyaji
Perfect game pitcher
August 21, 1957
Succeeded by
Sadao Nishimura


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