These Round Baseball Menko Cards were made in c1948 Era,
when Betto played with the Osaka Tigers.
This set/card is Uncatalogued in the Japanese Baseball Card Catalog.
These are fairly Rare overall, and would probably rank as R4,
meaning est. less than 10 of ea. card known.
*There are similar variations of this card with 'Tigers' or 'Mainichi' across uniform.
Kaoru Betto 別当 薫
is in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame
Betto was a player from 1948-1957, 1950 MVP
He was also a manager from 1952-1973
'The DUDE' in the movie 'The Big Lebowski' wore a Kaoru Betto shirt in movie.
average wear
dirty
collector grade.
2" wide
*There are similar variations of this card with 'Tigers' or 'Mainichi' across uniform.
Great for the 'type card collector', or Japanese Card collector....
guaranteed authentic and unaltered.
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