15-8 afterwards and had a 2.44 ERA in a fine resurgent year. He was an All-Star for the 10th time and reached 200 career victories. At age 32, he was 7th in the league in ERA. Making it to the Japan Series for the first time, he was toasted, going 0-2 with a 6.43 ERA and losing games three and six when Hankyu split the other four. Kajimoto had a 12-8, 2.97 ERA year for the 1968 Braves as they won another pennant. He had a 6.35 ERA in the 1968 Japan Series as Hankyu again fell to the Sadaharu Oh-Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Giants dynasty, but Kajimoto did win his only decision in that Series. He also was an All-Star pick that year. The 34-year-old left-hander won his most games since age 25 in 1969 when he had an 18-10, 2.97 record. Kajimoto led the league with five wild pitches but made his 12th and last All-Star team. He was 0-1 with a 10.12 ERA in the 1969 Japan Series as Hankyu again fell to Yomiuri. The '71 season saw Kajimoto post a 6-8 record and a 3.44 ERA. He pitched one scoreless inning in another loss to the Oh-Nagashima attack in the 1971 Japan Series. For 1972, the veteran was 2-5 with a 3.65 ERA. In a game against Toei, he was called for a ball on the 20 second rule, the only known instance both before and after that anyone has ever been penalized with it. Kajimoto went 3-0 and a 6.30 ERA the next year to finish his pitching career at 254-255 and a 2.98 ERA, with 2,945 K in 4,208 IP. Through 2005, Kajimoto was 9th all-time in NPB in wins, 3rd in losses, 14th in complete games (202), tied at 14th with Kazuhisa Inao in shutouts (43), tied for 22nd in walk-less complete games (25), third in games pitched (867), 6th in innings (4,208), 6th in strikeouts, 6th in hits allowed (3,849) and 13th in homers allowed (321). After retirement Kajimoto worked as a coach for Hankyu in 1974 and 1978, when he is credited with helping Yutaro Imai develop by having him drink before pitching. (Kajimoto also had been known as a drinker.) He became the Braves manager in '79 and they went 75-44-11, posting the best record. That year, the Pacific League experimented with playoffs and Hankyu lost to the second-half champion Kintetsu