Joe Pepitone played one year (14 games) in Japan, not three years. This can be verified at http://www.japanbaseballdaily.com/foreignbattingN-Q.html
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"Pepitone played baseball in Japan for three years, but the regimented Japanese didn't know what to make of the free-spirited Pepitone, who was unhappy away from home. He jumped the Yakult Sparrows in 1973 while hitting .163, becoming a one-man international incident."
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"Pepitone briefly played baseball in Japan in 1973, but the regimented Japanese didn't know what to make of the free-spirited Pepitone, who was unhappy away from home. He jumped the Yakult Sparrows in 1973 while hitting .163 in only 14 games, becoming a one-man international incident."