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
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
No. 10#11 Yujiro Miyako - Pitcher (Chunichi)
#10 Masayuki Kakefu - Infielder (Hanshin)
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)
#46 Kazuhiko Natori - Pitcher (Nankai)
#47 Takao Obana - Pitcher (Yakult)
#52 Makoto Matsubara - Infielder (Taiyo)
#54 Hisashi Yamada - Pitcher (Hankyu)
#57 Koichi Tabuchi - Infielder (Seibu)
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No. 71 
No. 72 
No. 73 
No. 74
No. 81 
No. 82 
No. 83 
No. 86 
No. 86
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
No. 30#31 Masataka Nashida - Catcher (Kintetsu)
#30 Masashi Takenouchi - Outfielder (Hanshin)
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.
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.
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.
No. 55
In the game against Nippon Ham on the 10th, The Ace got his team their first win. The Fighters’ bats were quiet against his all-in performance, being held to just two hits.
#55 Tatsuhiko Kimata - Catcher (Chunichi)
No. 55
In
terms of sheer ability, Kimata is number one among Central League
catchers. An iron wall defensively and possessing solid hitting, he’s duking it out in average with Hanshin catcher Wakana.
#56 Takenori Emoto - Pitcher (Hanshin)
No. 56
During
the classic with the Giants on the 19th, Emoto was in a pinch facing Oh
with two outs and the bases loaded in the 10th inning. Reaching back to
unleash one powerful pitch for the strikeout, he displayed the inner
strength of an ace.
No. 57
Against Lotte on the 29th, Tabuchi recorded his 350th home run. He did it in just 1268 games, besting Oh’s mark of 1273 by 5 games— a new record.
#59 Koji Minoda - Outfielder (Hankyu)
No. 59
In the 8th inning against Nankai on the 28th, Minoda hit his second grand slam this year. He has now hit safely in every game since the second of the season. With 18 hits and 21 RBI, he’s already working on a “double crown.”
#62 Koji Yamamoto - Outfielder (Hiroshima)
No. 62
In the 1st inning of the game against Taiyo on the 8th, Yamamoto hit his first home run of the season. It was his 300th overall— good for 12th all-time. His first home run came on May 14th, 1969 against the Giants.
#65 Hiromu Matsuoka - Pitcher (Yakult)
No. 65
Now a 13-year veteran, it’s
only fitting Matsuoka should mark his 500th trip to the mound with a
win. In the 6th inning against Hanshin on the 27th, he picked up his 3rd
of the season in relief of Aida and now sits 42nd all-time.
#68 Jun Misawa - Pitcher (Chunichi)
On
the 17th against the Giants Misawa went all-out, striking out 11 in a
dazzling complete game performance for his first win of the season.
Going back to last year, it was his 7th consecutive victory over the Giants.
#70 Kenichi Yazawa - Infielder (Chunichi)
No. 70
Yazawa was named Central League MVP for April— one year on from his Achilles injury. Like a phoenix rising from the ashes, he’s been hustling since Opening Day to see his average rise, too.
#71 Tsutomu Wakamatsu - Outfielder (Yakult)
As
of the 30th, Wakamatsu is second in batting average. Through 16 games
he has 24 hits in 64 at-bats with 10 RBI. He is tied with last year’s stolen base leader, Takahashi of Hiroshima, with 4 swiped bags.
#72 Tomio Tashiro - Infiedler (Taiyo)
On
the 20th against Chunichi, Tashiro sent one out to left in the 4th
inning for his 3rd home run of the season. Getting a shot off a tricky
shootball on the inside corner from Donoue is a particular skill of his.
#73 Yoshihiko Takahashi - Infielder (Hiroshima)
Takahashi has kept up his good hitting since the start of the season and is maintaining an average in the .300’s. If he gets on base you know he’ll be jetting to second too. He’s got what it takes to surpass the 55 bases he stole last year.
#74 Takashi Imoto - Pitcher (Kintetsu)
Imoto
is number one in shutouts in both the Central and Pacific Leagues. On
the 7th against Nankai he gave up no walks and just 5 sporadic hits—a clinic that saw not one batter reach third. It was his tenth consecutive win against Nankai.
#75 John Scott - Outfielder (Yakult)
No. 75
Scott
hit a home run in three consecutive games against the Giants. In the
top of the 5th inning on the 24th, #3 was a two-run home run with
Perlozzo on second, marking his second such homer since last year’s game against the Tigers.
#81 Masataka Nashida - Catcher (Kintetsu)
This season the number of games Nashida is donning the catcher’s
mask over even his powerful teammate Arita is rising. You can add sound
defense to that strong arm. He especially shines covering home—an iron wall letting barely a run through.
#82 Shigeru Kobayashi - Pitcher (Hanshin)
Kobayashi got his first win of the season with an overpowering performance in the rain that dispelled that “elbow pain.” On the 12th against Taiyo he threw 88 pitches until the 7th and held the lineup to just 4 hits.
#83 Masaji Hiramatsu - Pitcher (Taiyo)
On
the 19th against Chunichi, Hiramatsu gave a must-see complete game
performance for his second win. With this W, the Ace also gave his team a
much needed stop to their losing streak.
#85 Mike Reinbach - Outfielder (Outfielder)
Reinbach’s
dynamic batting has a lot of impact. When Kakefu is out with an injury,
his adherence to hustling out every play guides the team along, too.
#86 Makoto Shimada - Outfielder (Nippon Ham)
The contest on the 8th looked like a victory for Seibu, but thanks to a game tying triple, they had to settle for a draw. That’s Shimada, Nippon Ham’s squad leader, who’s been putting the team on his back with his insistent batting since Opening Day.
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