Hiromichi Ishige is a retired Japanese professional baseball player and manager in Japan's Nippon Professional Baseball. A 7-time Best Nine, 10-time Gold Glove winner, one-time MVP and 14-team All-Star, Ishige left a fabulous track record in 16 years as a shortstop and third baseman in the Pacific League. Ishige was drafted by the Lotte Orions in the third round of the 1974 NPB draft but went to college instead. He won a Tokyo Metropolitan University League batting title and made six Best Nines in college. He was then picked in the first round of the 1980 NPB draft by the Seibu Lions. Ishige made the All-Star team as a rookie with Seibu and would make it all 14 seasons he was with them. He hit .311/.380/.531 that first year with 21 homers and 25 steals. He won a Gold Glove, made his first Best Nine and won Rookie of the Year honors. Ishige's production slipped to a .259/.337/.401 line in 1982 though he stole 22 in 26 tries and won a Gold Glove and Best Nine. He hit .296/.321/.370 in his first Japan Series to help Seibu take the 1982 Series but was thrown out in two of three steal attempts. [More at Wikipedia]

September 22nd, 1956 in Asahi (Age 68)