# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shigeru-chiba
# Generated: 2026-08-13T23:51:06.493Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shigeru-chiba"
name: "Shigeru Chiba"
slug: "shigeru-chiba"
description: "Shigeru Chiba  was a Japanese baseball second baseman who played with the Tokyo Kyojin/Yomiuri Giants from 1938 to 1941, and again from 1946 to 1956. He later managed the Kintetsu Buffalo from 1959 to 1961, and was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1980."
tagline: "Japanese baseball player (1919–2002)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shigeru_Chiba.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
birthDate: "1919-05-10"
deathDate: "2002-12-09"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.16
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.776970666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(baseball)"
    title: "Shigeru Chiba (baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%BA%D9%87-%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "شيغه-رو شيبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%AC%D9%87_%D8%B1%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%A8%D8%A7"
    title: "شيجه رو شيبا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%A7%80%EB%B0%94_%EC%8B%9C%EA%B2%8C%EB%A3%A8_(%EC%95%BC%EA%B5%AC%EC%9D%B8)"
    title: "지바 시게루 (야구인)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(giocatore_di_baseball)"
    title: "Shigeru Chiba (giocatore di baseball)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8D%83%E8%91%89%E8%8C%82_(%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83)"
    title: "千葉茂 (野球)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q601234"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

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