Masanori Murakami shop Giants Bobblehead SGA

Product Name: Masanori Murakami shop Giants Bobblehead SGA
Masanori Murakami shop 2008 San Francisco Giants Japanese Heritage Night Bobblehead SGA. New in Box The first Japanese player to play MLB, this is the man that laid down the groundwork for players like Hideo Nomo, Ichiro Suzuki and Shohei Ohtani to play MLB The first instance of a Japanese player playing in MLB occurred in 1964, when the Nankai Hawks sent three exchange prospects to the United States to gain experience in MLB's minor league system. On September 1, 1964 Murakami was promoted, thus becoming the first Japanese player to play in MLB. Giants executives sought to exercise a clause in their contract with the Hawks that, they claimed, allowed them to buy up an exchange prospect's contract. This led to the 1967 United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement, also known as the "Working Agreement", between MLB and NPB, which was basically a hands-off policy.