Harimoto sumó 3,085 hits, récord en el beisbol profesional japonés; a los cinco años sobrevivió la bomba atómica, ocurrida en agosto de 1945.

Tokyo, Sept. 10 (Jiji Press)--Isao Harimoto, the first and only player in the history of Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball Organization, or NPB, to achieve more than 3,000…

Harimoto, whose record 3,085 career hits still stands, was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990.