Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Hideo Fujimoto (born May 10, 1918 in Busan, Korea and died April 26, 1997) was a Japanese baseball pitcher. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73). At Aomori Stadium, in 1950 he pitched the first perfect game in NPB history. Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yaky meaning Professional Baseball. Outside of Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" in 1934 and the original Japanese Baseball League.