One card is the JCM 32c Scoreboard Back Menko--Pose 3. This is one of only a few cards that depicts Oh as a pitcher. Oh was both a pitcher and 1st baseman in high school. During 1959 spring training, the Giants abandoned the thought of Oh as a pitcher. He never pitched in a Japan Pro Baseball game, so this card must have been printed early in 1959. The other card is a 1959 Marukami JCM 31c Cartoon Back Menko. This is a waist up portrait of Oh in his early (pre-flamingo style) batting stance.
Size: Each card is 1 13/16" x 3".
Condition: The pitching pose card would be G/Vg, except that the upper left corner is missing. The card has no creases. The batting pose card has surface paper loss at upper right and creasing in the upper left corner. A previous Japanese owner has stamped his name on the back.
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