Bucky began his baseball career with the Sacramento Senators (1928-9), then moved to the Wichita Aviators (1930) and the Los Angeles Nippons (1931-5).
Early in 1936, Bucky and fellow Nippon teammate, shortstop Yoshio "Sam" Takahashi, signed with Nagoya in Japan's new professional baseball league. With them was Buster North, a pitcher from the Paramount Cubs. A few months later they were joined by Nippon pitcher George Matsuura.
Bucky and Sam continued playing in 1937 with the Tokyo Eagles. Bucky returned to the Eagles for his final season in 1938. Bucky returned home to Los Angeles in December of 1938, to care for his wife and newly born daughter. His wife, Collece, had left Japan earlier in the year in anticipation of the birth of their child.
"Bucky" served in the U.S. Army M.I.S. as an interpreter, eventually being promoted to rank of Captain. After the war, Bucky returned to Los Angeles and his work as a brick mason. He died in 1978 following a brief illness.
Ralph M. Pearce
Early in 1936, Bucky and fellow Nippon teammate, shortstop Yoshio "Sam" Takahashi, signed with Nagoya in Japan's new professional baseball league. With them was Buster North, a pitcher from the Paramount Cubs. A few months later they were joined by Nippon pitcher George Matsuura.
Bucky and Sam continued playing in 1937 with the Tokyo Eagles. Bucky returned to the Eagles for his final season in 1938. Bucky returned home to Los Angeles in December of 1938, to care for his wife and newly born daughter. His wife, Collece, had left Japan earlier in the year in anticipation of the birth of their child.
"Bucky" served in the U.S. Army M.I.S. as an interpreter, eventually being promoted to rank of Captain. After the war, Bucky returned to Los Angeles and his work as a brick mason. He died in 1978 following a brief illness.
Ralph M. Pearce
Bucky began his baseball career with the Sacramento Senators (1928-9), then moved to the Wichita Aviators (1930) and the Los Angeles Nippons (1931-5).
Early in 1936, Bucky and fellow Nippon teammate, shortstop Yoshio "Sam" Takahashi, signed with Nagoya in Japan's new professional baseball league. With them was Buster North, a pitcher from the Paramount Cubs. A few months later they were joined by Nippon pitcher George Matsuura.
Bucky and Sam continued playing in 1937 with the Tokyo Eagles. Bucky returned to the Eagles for his final season in 1938. Bucky returned home to Los Angeles in December of 1938, to care for his wife and newly born daughter. His wife, Collece, had left Japan earlier in the year in anticipation of the birth of their child.
"Bucky" served in the U.S. Army M.I.S. as an interpreter, eventually being promoted to rank of Captain. After the war, Bucky returned to Los Angeles and his work as a brick mason. He died in 1978 following a brief illness.
Ralph M. Pearce
Early in 1936, Bucky and fellow Nippon teammate, shortstop Yoshio "Sam" Takahashi, signed with Nagoya in Japan's new professional baseball league. With them was Buster North, a pitcher from the Paramount Cubs. A few months later they were joined by Nippon pitcher George Matsuura.
Bucky and Sam continued playing in 1937 with the Tokyo Eagles. Bucky returned to the Eagles for his final season in 1938. Bucky returned home to Los Angeles in December of 1938, to care for his wife and newly born daughter. His wife, Collece, had left Japan earlier in the year in anticipation of the birth of their child.
"Bucky" served in the U.S. Army M.I.S. as an interpreter, eventually being promoted to rank of Captain. After the war, Bucky returned to Los Angeles and his work as a brick mason. He died in 1978 following a brief illness.
Ralph M. Pearce
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