Here's a fantastic piece of baseball memorabilia. It's a figural bank of the all-time professional home run king- Sadaharu Oh of the Japanese League. It's a plastic ball with the likeness of Oh batting on the top. It's almost 6" tall and is in near mint condition. The original label (in Japanese) is still present, but loose from the bank.

ABOUT OH

Oh led his league in home runs fifteen times (and for thirteen consecutive seasons) and also drove in the most runs for thirteen seasons. More than just a power hitter, Oh was a five-time batting champion, and won the Japanese Central League's batting triple crown twice. With Sadaharu Oh at first base, the Yomiuri Giants won eleven championships, and Oh was named the Central League's Most Valuable Player nine times and to the All-Star team eighteen times.

Sadaharu Oh retired in 1980 at age 40, having amassed 2,786 hits (third after Isao Harimoto (Jang Hoon) and Katsuya Nomura), 2,170 RBIs, a lifetime batting average of .301, and 868 home runs.

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