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	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Victor Starffin
		He was signed by the Tōkyō Kyojingun (now the Yomiuri Giants), outside the draft, in 1936, and played for them until 1944.
		Starffin was one of the premier pitchers in the Japanese baseball "dead-ball era" (pre-1945).
		Starffin was elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1960.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Victor_Starffin (293 words)

	japanese player profiles
		The first gaijin elected to the Hall of Fame, Russian-born Starffin was one of the league's early star pitchers.
		In his best season, Starffin won 42 games (a Japan record) with an ERA of 1.73 in 458 1/3 innings.
		Starffin was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1964.
	ochiai.home.mindspring.com /players.htm (2188 words)

	The Base Ball Life of Patrick O'Farrell - Page 50 - OOTP Developments Forums
		Starffin is a wonderful prospect, but he is still barely eighteen years old.
		Starffin has pitched two good games out of the six he has started, but the team has yet to win for him, and his ERA is close to nine runs a game.
		Starffin learned baseball while living in Japan, and he is talented enough to make the major leagues at age 19.
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?p=1752209 (7272 words)

	Prestige Collectibles
		In 1933, Victor's father was convicted of murdering a young Russian woman who worked in his teashop.
		After Victor signed with the Yomiuri Giants in 1934, the Giants' parent company used their influence to reduce his father's sentence.
		This card depicts Starffin much later in his career as a member of the Stars.
	www.prestigecollectiblesauction.com /site/bid/bidplace.asp?itemid=981 (136 words)

	Amazon.com: "Victor Starffin": Key Phrase page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
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		The third day, 17-year-old Russian Victor Starffin won a pitcher's duel with "Sailor Tex" Reichert and the Tokyo Giants shut out the USS Dobbins, 2-0.
		Indeed, the best east European-born ballplayer may well have been Victor Starffin, who departed Russia as a child after World War I and became a renowned pitcher for the Yomiuri Giants of...
	www.amazon.com /phrase/Victor-Starffin (405 words)

	#52 Ken Williams, Leftfield, 28 yrs, Baltimore Orioles - Out of the Park Baseball Report
		Hit first career homerun on 4/5/2008, off Victor Starffin (TOK)...
		Had first career hit on 4/1/2008, off Victor Starffin (TOK)...
		Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/2008, off Victor Starffin (TOK)...
	www.baseballmaelstrom.com /grand/p622.html (504 words)

	Victor Starfin - BR Bullpen
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		Victor Starfin was Nippon Pro Baseball's first 300 game winner.
		He ended his career with a 303-177 record.
	www.baseball-reference.com /bullpen/Victor_Starfin (76 words)

	They were 'baseball crazy' / A little-known chapter of the 'National Pastime' is unveiled in an exhibition on Japanese ...
		Buying the boy his first pack of baseball cards, Pearce spied a pack of cards for the Tokyo Giants, Japan's first pro baseball team, with its star pitcher, Russian- born Victor Starffin.
		Pearce was intrigued, and when his wife, Emelie, a library assistant at Santa Clara City Library, brought home books on the team, he became a student of Japanese baseball.
		Peace was passing out the newsletter at a San Diego baseball fair when one of his takers mentioned his grandfather got a hit off of Starffin, not in Japan, but in San Jose, in 1935.
	sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/07/22/PNGB4DO2A91.DTL&type=printable (1686 words)

	Yukiko Koshiro \| Eurasian Eclipse: Japan's End Game in World War II \| The American Historical Review, 109.2 \| The ...
		Russian émigré musicians, ballet dancers, and actors living in Japan helped connect the Japanese public with Western culture, high and low.
		Among Japan's early baseball heroes was Viktor Starffin (1918–1957), the son of Russian refugees, who grew up to be in every aspect Japanese, culturally and linguistically, and pitched for the Tokyo Giants until 1944.
		Some Russian youths, thoroughly assimilated into Japanese culture, went on to study law and medical science at top Japanese universities.
	www.historycooperative.org /journals/ahr/109.2/koshiro.html (11836 words)

	#97 Johnny Oulliber, Leftfield, 29 yrs, Pittsburgh Pirates - Out of the Park Baseball Report
		Signed as a free agent by Pittsburgh on 8/7/1937 to a minor league contract...
		Had first career hit on 9/8/1937, off Victor Starffin (SFN)...
		Hit first career homerun on 8/18/1939, off Victor Starffin (SFN)...
	www.mlbscoop.com /hbl/p451.html (137 words)

	Alltime Allstar League begins operation - Page 20 - OOTP Developments Forums
		Pitcher: Masaichi Kaneda, Victor Starffin, Kazahisa Inao, Akiro Bessho, Jiro Noguchi
		Hardhitting catcher Victor Martinez will take over that position and immediately improve it offensively.
		Victor Martinez will also add much better hitting at the catcher spot, too.
	www.ootpdevelopments.com /board/showthread.php?t=86350&page=20 (11572 words)

	Russia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Does it seem obvious that we had a beautiful Russian waitress serving the group?
		The two 1948 Japanese baseball cards shown here are of Russian player Victor Starffin.
		A member of the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame, Starrfin's 303-175 record with a 2.03 ERA made him Japan's first 300 game winner.
	www.baseballinternational.com /russiapix.htm (696 words)

	Breaking News - Out of the Park Baseball Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		His 1st shot, off Victor Starffin in the 2nd inning, was a solo homerun and cleared the fence in right-center.
		A pitch from Victor Starffin in the 4th inning left his bat for a solo homerun, landing 395 feet from home plate in right field.
		His 3rd shot, a solo homerun off Jared Blasdell in the 10th inning, cleared the fence in right-center.
	fszcentral.com /athfbl/news.html (7755 words)

	My September 2005 player ballot - Baseball Fever
		Japanese pitcher: Masaichi Kaneda, Kazuhisa Inao, Victor Starffin
		He won 2 MVPs and 5 pitching Best Nines, was second in career winning percentage and third in career ERA.
		He led his league in wins four times, including tying Starffin for the Japanese record at 42.
	www.baseball-fever.com /showthread.php?t=33077 (4737 words)

	Round #13 - Fantasy Baseball Cafe 2007
		I guess Warrick95's selection of Victor Starffin sets precedent that we are able to draft over 5 starting pitchers.
		I'm really not sure where I want Starffin pitching, actually.
		The last scenarios are using Starffin as a swingman or a set-up man. I wouldn't mind that, either.
	www.fantasybaseballcafe.com /forums/viewtopic.php?t=101761 (789 words)

	Summarized Cases for Cooperstown of Six Great NPB Pitchers by Jim Albright
		Personally, I find him most comparable to major league deadball pitcher and HOFer Joe McGinnity.
		This man holds many Japanese baseball records, including the most ERA titles (5), wins in a season (42, with Starffin), the highest career winning percentage with over 2000 IP (.668), the greatest number of consecutive wins (20, in 1957).
		In the Pacific League, he holds many other records, such as most seasons leading in wins (4), most best nines for a pitcher (5), lowest ERA when qualifying for an ERA title (1.06), most strikeouts in a season (353), most innings pitched in a season (404).
	baseballguru.com /jalbright/analysisjalbright37.html (1621 words)

	#93 Victor Starffin, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Tokyo Giants - Out of the Park Baseball Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		#93 Victor Starffin, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Tokyo Giants - Out of the Park Baseball Report
		#93 Victor Starffin, Starting Pitcher, 28 yrs, Tokyo Giants
		Out of the Park Baseball Homepage - The home of the Out of the Park Baseball Series
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	Prestige Collectibles-Japanese Baseball Cards (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		Every statistic for every player who played in Japan Pro Baseball within the last several years can be found here.
		If you're a Victor Starffin fan, you have to check out this site!
		Frequently, we're asked where to buy replica Japan Pro Baseball jerseys and caps.
	members.aol.com /japanbb/links.htm (114 words)

	Japanese American Museum of San Jose (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-12)
		As I sat in the stands watching the day¹s activities, I passed out copies of my newsletter to others sitting in my section.
		One fellow who sat quietly next to me reading the newsletter, eventually turned to me and said, ³You know, my grandfather once got a hit off of Victor Starffin of the Tokyo Giants.² I was rather surprised and asked when his grandfather had gone to Japan.
		He said that his grandfather hadn¹t gone to Japan, but had played against the Tokyo Giants in San Jose in 1935 and 1936.
	www.jamsj.org /calendar.html (2256 words)

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	Forums - Daisuke Matsuzaka: Best Japanese Picther of All Time?
		Posted: Nov 16, 2006 11:00 AM by: Guest
		If you leave out Russian Victor Starffin, there's still a fair number I'd put in front of Matsuzaka at this point of his career.
		Kaneda, Inao, and Bessho would head that list.
	japanesebaseball.com /forum/thread.jsp?forum=17&thread=28284 (652 words)

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	Prestige Collectibles
		LOT#1 1934 Tour of Japan Program Signed by Babe Ruth, Lou Gehrig, Victor Starffin, Eiji Sawamura 47 Sigs.
		LOT#18 1948 Uncatalogued Victor Starffin & Harayasu Nakajima East vs West All-Star Game Bromide
		LOT#19 1948 Uncatalogued East vs West All-Star Game Bromide Featuring East Team w/ Victor Starffin (HOF)
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