Lot # 29: 1949 JGA 16 Rare Color Kagome Game Card of Umpire Saburo Yokozawa (HOF)

Category: Baseball Cards

Starting Bid: $100.00

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Item was in Auction "Auction 49 Ended 5/27/2016",
which ran from 5/8/2016 4:30 PM to
5/26/2016 11:00 PM



As with the previous lot, this is the only known card of this HOFer.  Yokozawa attended Meiji University and later became an umpire in both the Big Six University League as well as the Japan Professional League.  Yokozawa also managed the Tokyo Senators for a total of three seasons before World War II.  He was inducted into the Japan Pro Baseball Hall of Fame in 1988.  According to the Japanese Baseball Checklist and Price Guide, Vintage Edition, this card has a scarcity factor of R4 meaning that fewer than 10 copies are known.

Size: 2 3/8" x 3"

Condition: Nr/Mt

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