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Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - File photo taken Feb. 14, 1959, shows Yomiuri Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine, known in Japan as Kaname Yonamine. (Kyodo)

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Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine

TOKYO, Japan, Sept. 4 Kyodo - Yomiuri Giants outfielder Wally Yonamine, known in Japan as Kaname Yonamine, meets spectators at Korakuen Stadium in Tokyo on Oct. 23, 1957, after being named as the most valuable player of the season. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1974 shows Wally Yonamine (C), then manager of the Chunichi Dragons professional baseball club, being tossed in the air by Dragons players and fans after the club won the Central League championship at the former Chunichi Stadium in Nagoya. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer.

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in an unknown location in February 1959 shows Wally Yonamine, then outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer.

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in an unknown location in February 1959 shows Wally Yonamine, then outfielder for the Yomiuri Giants professional baseball club. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - File photo taken in October 1974 shows Wally Yonamine (C), then manager of the Chunichi Dragons professional baseball club, being tossed in the air by Dragons players and fans after the club won the Central League championship at the former Chunichi Stadium in Nagoya. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer. (Kyodo)

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Ex-Giants star Yonamine dies

TOKYO, Japan - Former Yomiuri Giants and Chunichi Dragons outfielder Wally Yonamine throws the ceremonial first pitch at a game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the New York Mets at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles, California, in April 2004. Yonamine, the first foreigner to play professional baseball in Japan after World War II, died in Honolulu on Feb. 28, 2011, aged 85 after battling prostate cancer. (Kyodo)