1958 JCM31b-1 'Cartoon' Japanese MENKO Card~ ANDY TOSHIO MIYAMOTO ~ Maui, HAWAII

Description: 1958 JCM 31b type 1 (JCM-31-B-1) 'Color Cartoon Back' Japanese Menko Card Andrew Toshio Miyamoto 宮本敏雄 outfielder born and raised at Pu'unene on Maui, Territory of Hawaii These Baseball Menko Cards were made in 1958. This set is Cataloged as JCM 31b type 1 in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog. These cards are Scarce overall. Andrew Toshio Miyamoto 宮本敏雄 Miyamoto Toshio, born April 26, 1933 - passed away December 17, 2017) Andy Miyamoto was an American former professional baseball outfielder. He was born on Maui, Hawaii Territory in 1933. He went to Baldwin High School in Wailuku Maui. He played in Japan's Nippon Professional League for the Yomiuri Giants and Kokutetsu Swallows from 1955-1964. Maui born Outfielder Andy Miyamoto was a three-time All-Star, a two-time RBI leader and one-time Japan Series MVP. He married the sister of teammate Hirofumi Naito, and was perhaps second to Wally Yonamine in establishing a long, productive career by a Hawaiian in 1950s Japanese baseball. Miyamoto debuted with the Giants in 1955 hitting .262/.320/.388. Andy played regularly in 1956 and batted .263/.324/.464 with 19 home runs and a league leading 69 RBI. He was 8th in the CL in average and 2nd in HRs. He made his first All-Star team. In 1957, Toshio hit .259/.334/.466 and again had the most RBI (78) in the league. He finished 9th in the league in average and his 21 homers were third in the league, one behind co-leaders, and he made his second All-Star team. He hit .353/.476/.765 in the 1957 Japan Series and was one of two players to blast two home runs that Series as the top hitter for the Giants. He won the Fighting Spirit Award as the MVP of the losing club. He played in the Japanese Nippon League until 1964, then moved back to Hawaii and played one year in the Pacific Coast League (PCL) with the Hawaii Islanders in 1965. After retiring, Miyamoto worked at the US Air Force's Hickam Field near Pearl Harbor. very nice light wear corner creases 1-13/16" by 3" Great for the 'type card collector', Hawaii Collector, or Japanese Card collector.... guaranteed authentic and unaltered. ~SHIPPING~  I have to start charging for shipping on items over $20.  On $20+, It cost me $4.36 to send a small 3oz USPS tracked envelope.  On mid-range items in the $20-$50 range  I need to charge for a part of this fee  so have a new $2 Shipping Charge on some items.   Mahalo

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