The JF 62b Calbee Caramel set has been assigned a scarcity factor of R5 in Japanese Baseball Cards Checklist & Price Guide, Vintage Edition 4.0 by Gary Engel. This means that five or fewer examples of this card are known.

The card fronts of JF 62b contain the same text and images as JF 62a, but the images are cropped slightly differently because JF 62b images are a bit larger in the vertical dimension. There are two types of JF 62b cards. In one type, Baseball Card Awase is printed on the back in Japanese near the top. This card is the other version, in which Calbee Caramel is printed on the back near the top.

Katsumi Shiraishi was a member of the 1936 Tokyo Giants in the inaugural year of Japan Pro Baseball. Subsequently, he played 18 seasons for three different teams. He then became manager of the Hiroshima Carp for 18 years. He was known as an outstanding defensive shortstop.

Size: 1 1/2" x 2 3/8" (Slightly oversized due to especially wide borders.)

Condition: Vg to Vg/Ex