Hisanori Karita

Hisanori Karita is one of those figures who quietly holds up the whole structure of a sport — born in Yokohama in 1910, he ground through the prewar and postwar eras as both a player and an umpire, which is a rare double life that tells you everything about how deeply baseball was wired into him. Most people pick a lane; Karita played the field and then turned around and stood behind home plate calling the game for others. That kind of devotion doesn't come from ambition — it comes from love. His Baseball Hall of Fame induction in 1969 wasn't a lifetime achievement nod handed out politely; it was recognition that the game itself was shaped in part by the people who show up day after day without a spotlight. He passed in 2001 at age 91, which means he lived long enough to watch the sport he gave his life to transform completely, and I'd like to think he approved.

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Hisanori Karita (January 19, 1910 – August 3, 2001) was a Japanese baseball player and umpire born in Yokohama, Kanagawa. He attended Hosei University before building a career that spanned both the playing field and the umpiring booth. In 1969 he was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in recognition of his long contributions to the sport.

Name (English)

Hisanori Karita

Name (Japanese)

苅田久徳

Reading

かりた ひさのり

Born

January 19, 1910 – August 3, 2001

Origin

Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Height

170 cm

Occupation

Baseball Player / Baseball Umpire

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Capricorn / Dog

University

Hosei University

Awards & achievements

• 1969 – Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%8B%85%E7%94%B0%E4%B9%85%E5%BE%B3
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11616076

Tags

• From Kanagawa Prefecture
• Baseball Player
• Baseball Umpire

Last updated

September 23, 2026

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