Ex-Carp ace pitcher Kitabeppu dies at 65

Ex-Carp ace pitcher Kitabeppu dies at 65

Hiroshima Carp players offer a silent prayer ahead of an interleague baseball game against the Seibu Lions at Mazda Stadium in Hiroshima, western Japan, on June 16, 2023, after Manabu Kitabeppu, a Hall of Fame pitcher who won 213 career games and was a mainstay of the Carp's Central League dynasty of the 1970s and 1980s, died earlier in the day at the age of 65 after battling cancer.

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