1951 JGA11 'Osato Gangu' Baseball MENKO Card~ KAZUTO TSURUOKA ~Japanese HOFer

Description: 1951 JGA 11 (JGA-11) 'Osato Gangu Game Set' Japanese Baseball Menko Card Kazuto Tsuruoka (Yamamoto) 鶴岡一人 HOFer Nankai Hawks Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer These Attractive B&W Japanese Menko Game Cards were made in 1951. This set is Catalogued as JGA 11 in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog. They came in a brightly colored box with instruction sheet. 3 players (Fujimura, Kawakami, Nishizawa) have 2 variations, with a position in the circle on front, or with the circle blank. Some cards have been found with blank backs. These cards are fairly Scarce overall. Kazuto Tsuruoka (Yamamoto) 鶴岡一人 is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame also known as Kazuto Yamamoto, was a former professional baseball infielder and manager in the Japan Baseball League (JBL) and Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). Tsuroka played for the same franchise in 1939, and from 1946 to 1952, which during his career changed names from the Nankai Club to Kinki Great Ring, and ultimately to the Nankai Hawks. (Tsuroka did not play professional baseball from 1940 to 1945.) In 1939 he won the JBL home run title with 10. Returning to the JBL after World War II, in 1946 he won the JBL Most Valuable Player Award, repeating the feat in 1948. His team won the JBL championship both those years. In 1949, he was named player-manager of the Hawks. His playing career ended after the 1952 season, but he stayed on as the team's manager through the 1968 season, guiding the team to Japan Series championships in 1959 and 1964. His managerial record overall was 1773–1140, for a winning percentage of .609. very nicelight wearcollector grade 1-5/8" by 2-9/16" Great for the 'type card collector', or Japanese Card collector.... guaranteed authentic and unaltered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My BLOCKED BIDDER List...meobsol-3

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