Tadashi Sugiura

I have such a soft spot for Tadashi Sugiura. Picture a kid out of Toyota, Aichi, sharpening his game at Rikkyo University, then turning into one of the most beloved submarine pitchers the Nankai Hawks ever fielded. That low, sweeping underarm delivery is the kind of thing I'd pay just to watch in person, all wrist and deception, batters flailing at a ball that seems to climb out of the dirt. And the man was an absolute workhorse in big-stakes series, the sort of arm a team leans its whole season on. Later he came back to lead his old club, so it was baseball start to finish for him. Hall of Fame? Obviously. He passed in 2001, but that funky underhand arc still lives rent-free in fans' memories, and rightly so.

Tadashi Sugiura (September 17, 1935 – November 11, 2001) was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher born in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture. He attended Rikkyo University before embarking on his professional career, becoming known for his distinctive underhand delivery. He was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame (Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame) and is remembered as one of the standout pitchers of his era.

Name (English)

Tadashi Sugiura

Name (Japanese)

杉浦忠

Reading

すぎうら ただし

Born

September 17, 1935 – November 11, 2001

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Virgo / Boar (亥)

Origin

Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, Japan

Height

176 cm

Occupation

Baseball player

University

Rikkyo University

Awards & achievements

• Baseball Hall of Fame (year unknown)

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%89%E6%B5%A6%E5%BF%A0

Tags

• From Aichi Prefecture
• Baseball player

Last updated

2026-06-02

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