Former NPB Home Run Hitter Hiromitsu Kadota Dies at 74
20:43 JST, January 24, 2023
Hiromitsu Kadota, a former baseball player who hit 567 home runs during his career and ranks third in home runs hit in Japanese professional baseball, died on Tuesday. He was 74 years old.
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