Nishitetsu Baseball Club

This article is about the Japanese baseball franchise founded in 1936. For the franchise founded in 1946 that was also known as the Tokyo Senators, see Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Nishitetsu Baseball Club
League Japanese Baseball League
Ballpark Korakuen Stadium
Year established 1936; 1943 as Nishitetsu
Former name(s) Tokyo Senators (1936–1939)
Tsubasa Baseball Club (1940)
Taiyō Baseball Club (1941–1942)
Ownership Yoriyasu Arima (1941–1942)
Nishitetsu (1943)
Manager Saburo Yokozawa (1936–1937)
Shuichi Ishimoto (1942–1943)

The Nishitetsu Baseball Club was a team in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Senators, the team went through a number of name changes and mergers before being dissolved before the 1944 season.

Franchise history

The Senators were founded by a group that included politician Yoriyasu Arima.

For the 1940 season, the team was renamed the Tsubasa Baseball Club (Tsubasa meaning "wing."). (In October 1940, responding to rising hostility toward the West due to World War II, the league outlawed the use of English in Japanese baseball.)[1]

After they merged with Nagoya Kinko following the 1940 season, the team was wholly acquired by Yoriyasu Arima. Renamed the Taiyō Baseball Club, the franchise had its best season in 1942, finishing with a winning percentage of .606, in second place in the league.

Financial instability led to the team being acquired in 1943 by Nishi-Nippon Railroad, and it being renamed the Nishitetsu Baseball Club. Despite finishing with a .513 winning percentage that year, Nishitetsu was dissolved before the 1944 season.

Nishitetsu Clippers

Nishitetsu gained a new baseball team in 1950 as the Nishitetsu Clippers joined Nippon Professional Baseball; the franchise is now known as the Saitama Seibu Lions.

Team season-by-season records

Year Team name Wins Losses Ties Win/Loss Percentage Standings Games behind
1936 (fall) Senators 12 16 0 .429 5 11
1937 (spring) Senators 30 26 0 .536 3 12
1937 (fall) Senators 20 27 1 .426 5 18.5
1938 (spring) Senators 13 21 1 .545 4 10
1938 (fall) Senators 19 20 1 .487 4 11
1939 Senators 49 38 9 .563 4 14.5
1940 Tsubasa 56 39 10 .589 4 15.5
1941 Taiyo 47 37 3 .560 3 15
1942 Taiyo 60 39 6 .606 2 12.5
1943 Nishitetsu 39 37 8 .513 5 12.5

References

  1. "Kurowashi," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed Mar. 7, 2015.
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