Tokuji Iida, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Japanese baseball player
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Place of Birth: Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
About Tokuji Iida
- Tokuji Iida (?? ??, Iida Tokuji, April 6, 1924-June 19, 2000) was a Japanese former Nippon Professional Baseball first baseman.
- He both batted and threw right-handed. Iida spent most of his 16-year career with the Nankai Hawks, where he won 5 Best Nine Awards, 4 Pacific League pennants, and a Pacific League MVP Award in 1955.
- He spent the remainder of his career with the Kokutestu Swallows, with his final season in 1963.
- He played 1,246 consecutive games until finally taking a rest day on May 24, 1958.
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