is a former

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player who retired after the 2013 season. Maeda's career spanned 24 seasons, all spent with the

Hiroshima Toyo Carp The is a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. They compete in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball. The team is primarily owned by the Matsuda family, led by , who is a descendant of Mazda founder Jujiro Matsuda ...

in Japan's

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. He played in one

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, batting .158 with a triple and two stolen bases in a 7-game loss against the

Seibu Lions The are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based north of Tokyo in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. Before 1979, they were based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture in Kyushu. The team is owned by a subsidiary of Seibu Railway, wh ...

1991 File:1991 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Boris Yeltsin, elected as Russia's first president, waves the new flag of Russia after the 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt, orchestrated by Soviet hardliners; Mount Pinatubo erupts in the Phil ...

. Some of his career accomplishments include: *200 home runs (295) *2000 games played (2188) *7000 at bats (7008) *2000 hits (2119) *900 runs (929) *1100 runs batted in (1112) *300 doubles (353) *3000 total bases (3391) *500 walks (586) *.300 batting average (.302)

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Carp veteran Maeda to retire
1971 births Living people Baseball people from Kumamoto Prefecture Japanese baseball players Nippon Professional Baseball outfielders Hiroshima Toyo Carp players {{japan-baseball-outfielder-stub

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