Kaoru Betto

Kaoru Betto
別当薫
Kaoru Betto; 別当薫
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	Outfielder
	Born: August 23, 1920; Nishinomiya, Hyōgo
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Batted: Right	Threw: Right
NPB debut
	1948, for the Ōsaka Tigers
Last NPB appearance
	1957, for the Mainichi Orions
NPB statistics
Batting average	.302
Hits	965
RBIs	549
Teams
	As a player Ōsaka Tigers (1948–1949); Mainichi Orions (1950–1957); As a manager Mainichi Orions/Mainichi Daimai Orions (1952, 1954–1959); Kintetsu Buffaloes (1962–1964); Taiyō Whales/Yokohama Taiyō Whales (1968–1972, 1977–1979); Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1973);
Career highlights and awards
	1950 Pacific League MVP; 1950 Japan Series champion; 1950 Japan Series MVP;
Member of the Japanese
Baseball Hall of Fame
Inducted	1988
Election Method	Selection Committee for Players
	Last update: November 24, 2009

Kaoru Betto (別当薫, Bettō Kaoru^?, born August 23, 1920 in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo) was a Nippon Professional Baseball player. After playing for the Ōsaka Tigers for two years, Betto played for the Mainichi Orions from 1950 to 1957. In his first season with the Orions, Betto won the NPB's first Pacific League MVP Award and helped lead the team to victory in the first Japan Series.

A T-shirt featuring a cartoon image of Kaoru Betto was worn by Jeff Bridges' characters in four films, The Fisher King,^[1] Cold Feet, Tron: Legacy^{[citation needed]} and The Big Lebowski.^[2]

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