As a softball pitcher, he played from the 1940s to the 1960s.
And now its most noted softball pitcher has joined him.
The Washington Post described him as "the greatest softball pitcher who ever lived."
Okamoto, the daughter of a successful farmer, first made a name in athletics as a softball pitcher.
The softball pitcher makes a windmill motion while throwing under hand.
He also was a professional fast-pitch softball pitcher and led his team to 10 world titles over 26 seasons.
Shepherd had always been a nobody at the Meadows, whose chief fame was as a pretty fair softball pitcher.
She is a strong swimmer and a good softball pitcher.
Coben has been considered by researchers as the greatest softball pitcher of her era in Saskatchewan history.
Finch was the most dominant and recognizable softball pitcher of her era.