He is called "Mr Pro Baseball" and was during his career one of Japan's most well-known persons. Now Shigeo Nagashima has passed away, 89 years old.
Japanese newspapers printed extra editions after the news of Nagashima's death.
Nagashima became big before Japanese like Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani became superstars in North American MLB.
Ohtani posted pictures of himself and Nagashima - two of them taken when Los Angeles Dodgers visited Tokyo in March last year.
Nagashima led Yomiuri Giants to nine straight league titles in Japan from 1965 to 1973.
