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Sachio Kinugasa Cards

Carp 1965-87

HOF 1996; Meikyukai Member

Sachio Kinugasa is known to American baseball fans as the holder of the World Record for consecutive games played before Cal Ripken Jr. broke it in 1996. But like Ripken, Kinugasa was also an all-around great player. Although he never led the league in batting or homeruns, he consistently hit between .270 and .290 with 20-30 homeruns for most of his 23 year career. He led the league in stolen bases in 1976 and RBI in 1984. A strong fielder, he won Gold Gloves at Thirdbase in 1980, 1984 and 1986. The son of a Japanese woman and an African-American GI, Kinugasa was named to three Best Nine teams and was the Central League MVP in 1984. During his career with the Carp, he led Hiroshima to five Central League pennants and three Japan Series titles. He finished his career in the all-time top ten in five major categories: 7th in HRs, 9th in RBI, 5th in R, 6th in H, and less impressively first in strikeouts.

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A detailed biography of Kinugasa and a selected checklist of his cards is available in Japanese Baseball SuperStars by Robert Fitts and Gary Engel which can be purchased below

	"Kinugasa, Sachio 1978 Yamakatsu NM" Code: 1brkinugasa78y Price: $25.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	"Kinugasa, Sachio 1979 TCMA #9 NM" Code: 1brkinugasatcma Price: $5.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	"Kinugasa, Sachio 1984 Calbee #710 NM" Code: 1brkinugasa84c710 Price: $20.00 Quantity in Basket: none
	"Kinugasa, Sachio 1984 Calbee #572 NM" Code: 1brkinugasa84c572 Price: $20.00 Quantity in Basket: none

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