Reached out to a helpful individual who specializes in Japanese baseball cards. He was not familiar with game used information and didn't know what the 63 on the lower portion of the jersey meant. He mentioned Japanese used another way of writing years based on the year of the Emperor's reign.

However, he did let me know a bench player wore #44 in 1963 with a name he couldn't translate. His initial thought was that it could have been worn by an American player, possibly Kent Hadley. I was hoping it was worn by Masanori "Mashi" Murakami, the first Japanese player to play in the Major Leagues. He was a member of the Hawks team in 1963 before playing with San Francisco Giants in 64. Evidently he wore #10 in 1963.

So now the question is...is this is a game used jersey? If it is, why would it have a manufacturer tag that is in English. Not a huge deal either way, but more curious than anything.

Weird how things end up where they do. If this jersey was game used and was worn by a bench player, how does it end up in Minnesota?