Kiyoshi Maeda
| Date and Place of Birth: | April 20, 1912, Fukui Prefecture, Japan. |
| Date and Place of Death: | 1938 China |
| Baseball Experience: | Japanese Professional League |
| Position: | Outfield |
| Rank: | Unknown |
| Military Unit: | Unknown |
| Area Served: | China |
Kiyoshi Maeda was born on April 20, 1912 in Fukui Prefecture, Japan.
He attended Takefu Chugakkou high school and was the baseball team's
starting centerfielder, clean-up hitter and captain. He later attended
Keio University but dropped out due to illness.
In 1936, the first year of the Japanese Professional Baseball League,
Maeda signed with Nagoya and batted .284 during the spring campaign,
although his average dropped to just .123 in the fall season. Maeda
played 47 games and batted .213 during the Spring 1937 season before
being drafted for military service.
Since the summer of 1937, Japan had been at war with China - a conflict
known as the Second Sino-Japanese War. The war was the result of
Japanese desire to dominate China politically and militarily and to
secure its vast raw material reserves and economic resources.
Kiyoshi Maeda died in combat in China in 1938.
Date Added: February 11, 2013
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