Description: 1958 JBR 98 (JBR-98) 'Hinomaru Yomiuri Giants' Japanese Baseball Bromide Card Andrew Toshio Miyamoto 宮本 敏雄 outfielder born and raised at Pu'unene on Maui, Territory of Hawaii These B&W Real Photograph Baseball Bromide Cards were made in 1958. They are Catalogued as JBR 98 Hinomaru Yomiuri Giants in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog. There are 32 known cards in set, all players with the Yomiuri Giants.These are Scarce overall. They are ranked R3, meaning est. between 11-99 of ea. card known. Andrew Toshio Miyamoto 宮本 敏雄 Miyamoto Toshio, born April 26, 1933 - passed away December 17, 2017) Andy Miyamoto was an American former professional baseball outfielder. He was born on Maui, Hawaii Territory in 1933. He went to Baldwin High School in Wailuku Maui. He played in Japan's Nippon Professional League for the Yomiuri Giants and Kokutetsu Swallows from 1955-1964. Maui born Outfielder Andy Miyamoto was a three-time All-Star, a two-time RBI leader and one-time Japan Series MVP. He married the sister of teammate Hirofumi Naito, and was perhaps second to Wally Yonamine in establishing a long, productive career by a Hawaiian in 1950s Japanese baseball. Miyamoto debuted with the Giants in 1955 hitting .262/.320/.388. Andy played regularly in 1956 and batted .263/.324/.464 with 19 home runs and a league leading 69 RBI. He was 8th in the CL in average and 2nd in HRs. He made his first All-Star team. In 1957, Toshio hit .259/.334/.466 and again had the most RBI (78) in the league. He finished 9th in the league in average and his 21 homers were third in the league, one behind co-leaders, and he made his second All-Star team. He hit .353/.476/.765 in the 1957 Japan Series and was one of two players to blast two home runs that Series as the top hitter for the Giants. He won the Fighting Spirit Award as the MVP of the losing club. He played in the Japanese Nippon League until 1964, then moved back to Hawaii and played one year in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) with the Hawaii Islanders in 1965. After retiring, Miyamoto worked at the US Air Force's Hickam Field near Pearl Harbor. corner edge wear some light creases collector grade 1-13/16" by 3" Great for the 'type card collector', Hawaii Collector, or Japanese Card collector.... guaranteed authentic and unaltered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My BLOCKED BIDDER List...meobsol-3
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Set: 1958 JBR98 'Hinomaru Yomiuri Giants' Baseball Bromide Card
Manufacturer: 1958 JBR98 'Hinomaru Yomiuri Giants' Baseball Bromide Card
Player/Athlete: Andy Miyamoto
Season: 1958
