Lot # 42: 1950 JCM 5 Kagome Flying Bat Masaichi Kaneda (HOF) Rookie Card

Category: Baseball Cards

Starting Bid: $50.00

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Item was in Auction "Auction 53 Ended 3/29/2018",
which ran from 3/15/2018 2:00 PM to
3/29/2018 11:00 PM



This is one of the few rookie cards produced of the lefthander who would become Japan's most impressive pitcher ever. In a career that stretched from 1950 to 1969, Kaneda appeared in 944 games, mostly as a starter, and won 400 of them. He also managed to strike out a near Ryanesque 4,490 batters, while achieving a lifetime ERA of 2.34. These are the most impressive statistics ever recorded by any pitcher in the world. Kaneda's prime was in the mid-1950s when he won three consecutive Sawamura (Japan Cy Young) awards.

Size: 1 3/8" X 2 3/4"

Condition: Ex/Mt to Nm

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