1980 Calbee Large Archive
This page serves as the master archive of all the 1980 Calbee Large cards I have collected and translated. Cards are presented here in numerical order and without the occasional extra commentary provided in the original posts in which they appear. Note: For this series I have not translated the routine stats and information on the card backs, only write-ups on players if they appear. The introduction to this set can be found here.
#2 Hisashi Yamada - Pitcher (Hankyu)
No. 2
#3 Tomio Tashiro - Infielder (Taiyo)
No. 3
#4 Osamu Higashio - Pitcher (Seibu)
No. 4
#5 Shigeru Takada - Infielder (Yomiuri)
No. 5
#6 Hideji Kato - First Baseman (Hankyu)
No. 6
#7 Shigeru Kobayashi - Pitcher (Hanshin)
No. 7
#8 Koji Yamamoto - Outfielder (Hiroshima)
No. 8#11 Yujiro Miyako - Pitcher (Chunichi)
No. 11
#12 Keishi Suzuki - Pitcher (Kintetsu)
No. 12
#13 Koichi Tabuchi - Catcher (Seibu)
No. 13
#14 Yasunori Oshima - Infielder (Chunichi)
No. 15
#16 Hirohisa Matsunuma - Pitcher (Seibu)
No. 16
#17 Hiromu Matsuoka - Pitcher (Yakult)
No. 17
#19 Masaji Hiramatsu - Pitcher (Taiyo)
No. 19
#20 Yutaka Fukumoto - Outfielder (Hankyu)
#37 Tatsuo Komatsu - Pitcher (Chunichi)
#46 Kazuhiko Natori - Pitcher (Nankai)
#52 Makoto Matsubara - Infielder (Taiyo)
No. 20
#21 Kojiro Ikegaya - Pitcher (Hiroshima)
No. 21
#22 John Sipin - Infielder (Yomiuri)
No. 22
#23 Tatsuhiko Kimata - Catcher (Chunichi)
No. 23#24 Philip James - Outfielder (Taiyo)
No. 24
Nicknamed “Skip,” James is pegged as an outfielder for Taiyo but his defense at first is also first rate.
#25 Yoshihiko Takahashi - Infielder (Hiroshima)
No. 25
#26 Mike Reinbach - Outfielder (Hanshin)
No. 26
#27 Tsutomu Wakamatsu - Outfielder (Yakult)
No. 27
#28 Kenichi Yazawa - Infielder (Chunichi)
No. 28
#29 Charlie Manuel - Outfielder (Kintetsu)
No. 29 #31 Masataka Nashida - Catcher (Kintetsu)
No. 31
#32 Kazuhiko Endo - Pitcher (Taiyo)
No. 32 #33 Akio Saito - Pitcher (Taiyo)
No. 33
#36 Roy White - Outfielder (Yomiuri)
No. 36
In
1971, White appeared in 147 games and recorded a fielding percentage of
1.000. He is the only outfielder in Yankees history to go a full season
without an error.
#37 Tatsuo Komatsu - Pitcher (Chunichi)
No. 37
#40 Tetsuji Yamaguchi - Pitcher (Kintetsu)
No. 40#41 Kimiya Fujisawa - Pitcher (Chunichi)
No. 41
#42 Makoto Shimada - Outfielder (Nippon Ham)
No. 42
#43 Nobuyuki Kagawa - Catcher (Nankai)
No. 43
Known by the nickname “Dokaben,” Kagawa is an idol among young fans. Last
year at the Spring National High School Baseball Tournament he hit 2
homers. At the summer tourney he became the first ever to hit a homer in
3 consecutive games. His 5 homers on the year is a Koshien record.
No. 46
In his 4th year of college Natori won back-to-back Tokyo Big 6 League titles in spring and fall as “Meiji University’s ace.” This
season is his first as a pro and he has suddenly inserted himself into
not just the first team, but perhaps the fight for Rookie of the Year
with Nippon Ham pitcher Kida as well.
#47 Takao Obana - Pitcher (Yakult)
No. 47
#48 Koji Minoda - Outfielder (Hankyu)
No. 48
#50 Hirohisa Matsunuma - Pitcher (Seibu)
No. 50
Against Kintetsu on the 11th, Matsunuma achieved the season’s first complete game victory. Except for a hit from Manuel and a lone walk, it was a nearly flawless pitching performance.
#52 Makoto Matsubara - Infielder (Taiyo)
No. 52
Against Hanshin on the 23rd, Matsubara’s first home run of the season became his 2,000th career hit. That’s good for 12th all-time. He is the first to achieve that milestone by way of the long ball.
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