Every JCM 44 card contains a blue
ink Ted Williams back. The backs can
have any number from 1 to 10 at lower right.
Any front can be paired with any back.
Interestingly, there are only eight different fronts. One of the eight Japanese players who has a
card in the set is Isamu Fujii, and his image adorns the front of this
card.
Isamu Fujii is probably best known
for hitting the first home run in the history of Japan Pro Baseball in 1936. A
second claim to fame is that he was the star of his high school team that beat
Kyoto Commercial High School with Eiji Sawamura on the mound at Koshien in
1934. Fujii played in Japan Pro Baseball from 1936 to 1958. He spent most of
1939 to 1945 in the Japanese army.
After spending his prewar career with the
Osaka Tigers, Fujii joined the Pacific team in 1946. The remainder of his
playing career was spent with the Robins and the Whales, where the left handed
first sacker became a feared slugger. His 122 RBIs in 1950 stood as a Whales
team record for half a century. Fujii later had a nearly 25 year managing and
coaching career with the Robins, Whales, Orions and Tigers.
Size: 1 3/8” x 2 3/4"
Condition: Good