Kazuo Sayama

Kazuo Sayama (佐山 和夫)

• School Keio University

• Born August 18, 1936 in Wakayama Prefecture Japan

Biographical Information

Kazuo Sayama is a member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

Sayama is a noted historian and researcher of Japanese-American baseball connections. He is the author of a book on the Negro League tours of Japan and biographies on the first Japanese-American baseball player and Satchel Paige. A member of the Society for American Baseball Research, he was elected in the 2021 Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Election.

Sources: Japanese Wikipedia, Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame