# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kaoru-betto
# Generated: 2026-08-14T09:31:54.381Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kaoru-betto"
name: "Kaoru Betto"
slug: "kaoru-betto"
description: "Kaoru Betto  was a Nippon Professional Baseball player and manager. He made his professional debut as a 28-year old for the Ōsaka Tigers in 1948. He played for the team for two seasons. Betto achieved his most noted success for the Mainichi Orions from 1950 to 1957. In his first season with the Orions, Betto won the first Pacific League MVP Award and helped lead the team to victory in the first Japan Series; he batted .500 and had twelve hits with 3 RBIs during the Series to win the very first Japan Series MVP Award. As an outfielder, Betto was named to the Best Nine six straight times from 1948 to 1953. After his playing days ended, he became a manager for four different teams, where he had a managerial record of 1,237–1,156."
tagline: "Baseball player (1920-1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kaoru_Betto2.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1920-08-23"
deathDate: "1999-04-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           49.75
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.861370666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%A5%E5%BD%93%E8%96%AB"
    title: "別当薫"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D9%88%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%AA%D9%88"
    title: "كاورو بيتو"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Betto"
    title: "Kaoru Betto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%88%A5%E7%95%B6%E8%96%B0"
    title: "別當薰"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%B2%B3%ED%86%A0_%EA%B0%80%EC%98%A4%EB%A3%A8"
    title: "벳토 가오루"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaoru_Betto"
    title: "Kaoru Betto"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q484721"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump