Considered the greatest second baseman in Japanese baseball before the arrival of American John Sipin, Chiba was a mainstay of the Yomiuri Giants. He managed the Kintetsu Pearls, who were renamed the Buffaloes in his honor.
Considered the greatest second baseman in Japanese baseball before the arrival of American John Sipin, Chiba was a mainstay of the Yomiuri Giants. He managed the Kintetsu Pearls, who were renamed the Buffaloes in his honor.