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Victor Starffin (Виктор Константинович/Фëдорович Старухин, May 1, 1916 - January 12, 1957) was a Japanese baseball player. Born in Russia, he moved to Asahikawa, Hokkaido at a young age, and was picked as part of the national baseball team for an exhibition game against the United States in 1934. During World War II, he played for the Giants (now Yomiuri Giants) club, winning 42 games in 1939. He became the first career 300-game winner in Japanese professional baseball in 1955, the year he retired. In 1960 he entered the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame.

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