Masaichi Kaneda (金田正一; Kaneda Masaichi, August 1, 1933-) is a Japanese former professional baseball pitcher from Nagoya. He is the 400-game winner. He entered Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988. August 1st is the 213th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (214th in leap years), with 152 days remaining. ... 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Part of the History of baseball series. ... Nagoya Castle in June of 2004. ... The Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum (野球体育博物館; Yakyû Taiiku Hakubutsukan) first opened in 1959 next door to Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo, Japan. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
McNeil also gives all-world non major league teams and all-time all world teams, and Kaneda makes both on the second team.
Usually, projected MLB win loss records are close to but a little below actual Japanese records, as the projection assumes the player goes to an average MLB team.
Kaneda benefits more than usual, since he pitched for many pathetic Swallow teams in Japan, and thus gains even more by being projected onto an average MLB team.
From the Land of the Rising Sun comes MasaichiKaneda (1950-69), widely considered the greatest pitcher in the history of Japanese baseball, and one of the greatest ever to pitch in any league.
Kaneda holds the all-time record for wins (400), strikeouts (4,490), complete games (365), and innings pitched (5,526 2/3).
Kaneda's 400 wins are the third highest in the history of the sport, trailing only Cy Young's 511 and Walter Johnson's 417.
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