Mikio Kudō

{{Infobox baseball biography

| name = Mikio Kudō

| image = Mikio Kudo.jpg

| image_size =

| team =

| number =

| position = Pitcher/Outfielder

| birth_date = {{birth date|1960|9|30}}

| birth_place = Honjō, Akita

| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|5|13|1960|9|30}}

| death_place = Akita, Akita

| bats = Right

| throws = Right

| debutleague = NPB

| debutdate = April 12

| debutyear = 1979

| debutteam = Nippon Ham Fighters

| finaldate = April 12

| finalyear = 1984

| finalteam = Hippon Ham Fighters

| statleague = NPB

| statyear =

| stat1label = Win–loss record

| stat1value = 30–22

| stat2label = Earned run average

| stat2value = 3.74

| stat3label = Strikeouts

| stat3value = 160

| teams =

Nippon Ham Fighters ({{by|1979}}; {{by|1981}}–{{by|1984}})

| highlights = * 20-game winner (1982)

| update =

}}

{{nihongo|Mikio Kudō|工藤幹夫|Kudō Mikio|September 30, 1960 – May 13, 2016}} was a Japanese professional baseball pitcher. He played five seasons in Nippon Professional Baseball, all for the Nippon Ham Fighters.{{Cite news|title=元日本ハム投手、工藤幹夫氏死去最多勝、故障…郷里で社会人野球監督|newspaper=産経新聞|date=2016-05-13|url=http://www.sankei.com/sports/news/160513/spo1605130038-n1.html|accessdate=2017-03-02}}

Career

Kudo was selected out of Akita Prefectural Honjō High School as the second overall pick in the 1978 NPB draft,{{Cite web|url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/professional/draft/history/history1978.html|title=過去のドラフト第14回（1978年) - ドラフト会議 : 日刊スポーツ|website=nikkansports.com}} and made his professional debut that season, becoming the fastest player to ever make his Japanese professional debut. He went 20-4, leading the league in wins in 1982.{{Cite web|url=http://gendai.ismedia.jp/articles/-/41540|title=これが俺のプロ野球人生だから「太く、短く」それでよかった誰に何と言われようと、悔いはない……（週刊現代） @gendai_biz|website=現代ビジネス|date=27 December 2014 }}

File:Mikio Kudo Autographed Ball.jpg

Personal life

He ran a sports goods store named "Kudo Sports"({{coord|39|43|51.9|N|140|08|39.3|E}}) in Tegatayama Nakamachi, Akita City, and after his death, his widow Michiyo{{Cite web | url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/column/bankisha/news/201906120001266.html |title = 吉田輝星、同郷で日本ハムの先輩・工藤幹夫氏との縁 - プロ野球番記者コラム - 野球コラム : 日刊スポーツ}}{{Cite web | url=https://kagerou-kazoku.com/mikio-kudo |title = 工藤幹夫の『家族』〜工藤幹夫杯とは？嫁の年齢？子供の名前は？|date = 13 May 2016}} has taken charge of this shop. Official gym clothes of Hiroomote Elementary School, Sakura Junior High and Joto Junior High are available there.{{Cite web | url=http://kankoshop.com/akita/search.cgi?school_no=47118 |title = 広面小学校の制服・体操服取扱店 | ショップリスト[秋田県] | カンコー学生服取扱販売店}}{{cite web |last=ほっぺちゃんブログ|url=https://blog.goo.ne.jp/hoppechan_blog/e/8553ed262f834d82996f18d65f58afc1|title=野球用品は「クドウスポーツ」さんにおまかせ！|date=7 March 2014 |accessdate=22 April 2020}}

File:Kudo Sports 1.jpg|Kudo Sports

File:Kudo Sports.jpg|Kudo Sports Sign

Death

Kudo died of liver failure in Akita, Akita on May 13, 2016, at the age of 55.{{cite news|title=元日本ハム投手の工藤幹夫さんが死去 |url=http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/baseball/2016/05/13/0009079645.shtml |accessdate=June 10, 2016 |work=Kobe Shimbun |date=May 13, 2016 |language=Japanese |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609211609/http://www.daily.co.jp/newsflash/baseball/2016/05/13/0009079645.shtml |archivedate=June 9, 2016 }}

References

External links

Category:1960 births

Category:2016 deaths

Category:Baseball people from Akita Prefecture

Category:Japanese baseball players

Category:Nippon Ham Fighters players

Category:Nippon Professional Baseball pitchers

Category:People from Yurihonjō