1961 JGA13 Doyusha MENKO Baseball Playing Card~ ANDY MIYAMOTO ~Giants ~ Hawaiian

Description: 1961 JGA 13 (JGA-13) Doyusha' Menko Baseball Playing Cards Smaller Size 1-1/4" X 2" Andrew Toshio Miyamoto (Queen of Clubs) 宮本敏雄 outfielder born and raised at Pu'unene on Maui, Territory of Hawaii These Small Baseball Playing Cards were made in 1961. They are Catalogued as JGA 13 in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog. The cards come in a multi- colored box with a small heart cut out of the box, so part of the top card can be seen. The back shows a cowboy on a horse in purple ink These are Scarce overall. 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. nice collector grade smaller size at 1-1/4" by 2" Great for the PreWar 'type card collector', or Japanese Card collector.... guaranteed authentic and unaltered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My BLOCKED BIDDER List...meobsol-3

Price: 16 USD

Location: Keaau, Hawaii

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