Sakai Gum cards are so rare that of the 120 cards that we expect to comprise a complete set, only 58 have been discovered to date! In our 35 years we have never before have we been able to offer a single Sakai Gum card at auction. It is our good fortune to present two cards at this time.

Minoru Murayama, the "Man of Flames", had a spectacular rookie season in 1959, winning the Sawamura (Japan Cy Young) Award and was named Central League Rookie of the Year over Sadaharu Oh. His ERA was under 1.20 in three different seasons, including an astounding 0.98 in 1970!

Hiromitsu Negoro was a light hitting catcher who spent the first eight of his 12 years in Japan Pro Baseball as the starting catcher with the Kokutetsu Swallows. As a result, he was the catcher in nearly all games pitched by Masaichi Kaneda from 1957 to 1964.

This is an opportunity for you to be one of very few owners of Sakai Gum baseball cards.

Size: Each card is 1 5/16" x 2 1/16".

Condition: Fair. There are gum stains on the backs and creases on the fronts.