1958 Jcm33a 'yamakatsu Glove

1958
JCM 33a (JCM-33-A) 'Yamakatsu Upper Left Glove' Baseball Menko Card
without Yamakatsu Symbol on back Tetsuharu Kawakami 川上 哲治 HOFer 'The God of Hitting' 'Brown Background' variation Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer
These color Baseball Menko Cards were made in 1958.
This set is Catalogued as JCM 33 'type A' in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog.
They are called 'Yamakatsu Upper Left Glove' without symbol
on back Menko cards.
There are 2 different Kawakami cards in set, this is the 'Brown Background' variation.
Examples from this set are Scarce overall. Tetsuharu Kawakami 川上 哲治
is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Kawakami was a player from 1938-1958
He was a professional player for 18 years,
winning 5 batting titles
, 2 home run crowns
, 3 RBI titles
and had 6 titles for the most hits in a season
.
He was the first player in Japanese pro baseball to achieve 2,000 hits
and was named the league's MVP 3 times
As Manager
of the Yomiuri Giants
from 1961 to 1974, he led the Giants to nine consecutive championships
.
light to medium wear
fairly nice
collector grade
1-13/16" by 3"
Great for the PreWar 'type card collector', or Japanese Card collector....
guaranteed authentic and unaltered.
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