Shigeru Sugishita, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Shigeru Sugishita

Japanese baseball player

Date of Birth: 17-Sep-1925

Place of Birth: Tokyo, Japan

Profession: baseball player

Nationality: Japan

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Shigeru Sugishita (?? ?, born September 17, 1925, Tokyo Prefecture) is a former Japanese professional baseball pitcher and coach.
Renowned for his forkball, Sugishita dominated the Central League from 1950–1955, winning more than 30 games twice (winning at least 23 games each season), and garnering three Eiji Sawamura Awards.
Sugishita usually split his time between starting games and pitching in relief.
He played 11 seasons, ten of them for the Chunichi/Nagoya Dragons.