1970s Sadaharu Oh – The All-Time Home Run Leader in Baseball History TYPE 1 Original Snapshot Photo PSA/DNA
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Sadaharu Oh, also known as Wang Chen-chih, is a retired Japanese–Taiwanese baseball player and manager who holds the world lifetime home run record, having hit 868 home runs during his professional career.
Oh played his entire 22-year professional career in Japan with the Yomiuri Giants and was their manager from 1984 to 1988. Oh holds the world career home run record with 868 home runs, and held Japan's single-season home run record with 55 until Wladimir Balentien broke the record in 2013. He also managed the Fukuoka Daiei/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks from 1995 to 2008 and he was the manager of the Japanese national team in the inaugural World Baseball Classic. The Japanese team defeated the Cuban national team for the championship. He is currently the chairman of the Hawks.
Offered is an original circa 1970’s TYPE 1 original snapshot photo of Oh in his Tokyo Giants uniform looking exhausted with sweat pouring down his face. Several players and fans/reporters are seen in the background. Brilliant colors of this legend who rarely found in original photography. Period Kodak markings on the back of the photo.
Encapsulated Authentic as a TYPE 1 photo by PSA/DNA
Item: 13344
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| Price: $299.00 | | |
