This gorgeous, large size, color premium card features Russian emigre and 300 game winner Victor Starffin (right) shaking hands with San Francisco Seals ace, Cliff Melton during the Seals' 1949 Tour of Japan. Melton, at age 37, was nearing the end of a solid career. He was a 20 game winner as a rookie for the New York Giants in 1937, and had gone on to win 86 major league games before moving West where he won 17 and 16 games for the Seals in 1947 and 1948. Starffin had just finished an outstanding 1949 season in which he won 27 games while pitching 376 innings. The Japanese inscription printed across the bottom reads, "Seals Melton pitcher, Stars team Starffin pitcher". Blank back.

Size: 7 1/2" x 6"

Condition: Good, due to minor creasing and two pinholes at the top. Also extra paper and glue on the blank back. The card may have been previously glued into a scrapbook. Despite these flaws, the card presents well.