1958 JCM29 'Cartoon Catcher' Baseball MENKO Card~ FUTOSHI NAKANISHI ~Japan HOFer

Description: 1958 JCM 29 (JCM-29) 'Irifunedo Cartoon Catcher Back' Borderless Color Baseball Menko Card Futoshi Nakanishi 中西太 HOFer Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer These Color Baseball Menko Cards were made in 1958. This set is Catalogued as JCM 29 in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog. Examples from this set are Scarce overall. Futoshi Nakanishi 中西 Nakanishi is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame He was a player from 1952-1969. 8 time .300+ hitter, with a career .307 average, and .553 slug % Nakanishi began playing baseball in junior high school. At the time, his team did not have any baseball equipment. The group practiced side by side with the American soldiers stationed in Japan after World War II. Nakanishi and his teammates would pick up and practice with baseballs military personnel had left behind. Nakanishi played in the Japanese High School Baseball Championship three times. He had planned to attend Waseda University, but his parents negotiated Nakanishi's first contract with the Nishitetsu Lions without his consent. He hit 12 home runs in his rookie season and subsequently decided to hone his power stroke. Due to his small build, Nakanishi had to twist and contort his body during at bats to generate power. He came close to the Triple Crown in four seasons, (1953, 1955, 1956, 1958) but never won. Nakanishi was spiked during the 1959 season, and suffered tendonitis in his wrist in 1960. Both injuries sapped his effectiveness as a player and he became the Lions' manager in 1962, playing the field occasionally until 1969. wear with creases collector grade. 1-13/16" by 3" Great for the 'type card collector', or Japanese Card collector.... guaranteed authentic and unaltered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~My BLOCKED BIDDER List...meobsol-3

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