Shigeo Nagashima, one of the greatest Japanese baseball players of all time, has died at the age of 89. The Yomiuri Giants, the Nippon Professional Baseball league team he played for and managed ...

Former Yomiuri Giants player and manager Shigeo Nagashima, one of the biggest stars of Nippon Professional Baseball, died early Tuesday morning of pneumonia at a Tokyo hospital, his former team said ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shigeo Nagashima, who was known in Japan as “Mr. Pro Baseball” and was one of the most famous people in the country during his playing days, has died. He was 89. His death was confirmed ...

Shohei Ohtani honored the late Shigeo Nagashima, a legendary figure in Japanese baseball, with a heartfelt tribute on Instagram during the Tokyo Series. Ohtani's post, featuring photos of himself with ...

Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani paid a heartfelt tribute after the demise of one of Japan's most celebrated baseball players, Shigeo Nagashima. Japanese team Yomiuri Giants shared the news of ...

June 3 (UPI) --Japanese sports icon Shigeo Nagashima, known as the country's "Mr. Pro Baseball," died from pneumonia Tuesday, Tokyo's Yomiuri Giants announced. He was 89. The Giants said Nagashima ...

Former baseball player Shigeo Nagashima, who was once one of Japan's most famous sports stars, has died aged 89. He died of pneumonia at a hospital in Tokyo, according to a statement released by his ...

Shigeo Nagashima, a Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer who spent more than three decades as a player and manager for the Yomiuri Giants, died Tuesday. He was 89. The Giants said Nagashima died of ...