Gary
Garland /
the
japanese insider
TRIVIA TIME ANSWERS
April
11, 2002 - The most
consecutive hits by a player in a game was seven, by Tokyu Flyers outfielder
Hiroshi Oshita on November 19th, 1949 against the Taiyo Whales. He went on
to slug 38 homers and drive in 102 while batting .305 in 130 games that
season.
He batted .303 lifetime
with 201 homers. Both the homer and RBI totals were career highs. He was
a three time batting crown winner and earned an MVP in 1954 for the Nishitetsu
Lions, the same season he hit for the
cycle.
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