Photo: ベースボール・マガジン社 (Baseball Magazine Co., Ltd.) / Public domain (source: Wikimedia Commons)
Public records list Minoru Murayama as a baseball player. Minoru Murayama was born on December 10, 1936 in Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. Death is recorded on August 22, 1998, at the age of 61. Education on record includes Amagasaki City Amagasaki Industrial Senior High School and Kansai University. The listed height was 175 cm.
My Take
A career earned run average of 2.09, two hundred and twenty-two wins, one hundred and ninety-two complete games. Read those numbers next to a modern pitcher's line and they barely look like the same sport. Minoru Murayama pitched for the Osaka Tigers, later the Hanshin Tigers, from 1959 to 1972, and the club retired his number 11. He was born in Amagasaki, went to Kansai University, and spent his entire professional life with the regional team, which is the sort of biography that would feel invented if it were not documented. He entered the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1993 and died in 1998. What those complete-game totals really record is an era with no pitch counts and no expectation that a starter should be protected from himself. I am not nostalgic for that; arms paid for it. But it does mean the number represents something no current pitcher will ever be asked to do.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Minoru Murayama
- Name (Japanese)
- 村山実
- Reading
- むらやま みのる
- Born
- December 10, 1936 – August 22, 1998
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Sagittarius / Rat
- Origin
- Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
- Height
- 175 cm
- Occupation
- baseball player
2. Background
- High school
- Amagasaki City Amagasaki Industrial Senior High School
- University
- Kansai University
3. Links
- Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minoru%20Murayama
- Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%91%E5%B1%B1%E5%AE%9F
- Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q868234
4. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-08-07
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.
Frequently asked questions
When was Minoru Murayama born?
Born December 10, 1936.
When did Minoru Murayama die?
Died August 22, 1998, aged 61.
Where was Minoru Murayama from?
Minoru Murayama was from Amagasaki, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan.
What did Minoru Murayama do?
Minoru Murayama worked as baseball player.
How tall was Minoru Murayama?
Minoru Murayama was 175 cm.