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style="display:none"> (<span class="bday">1940-05-20</span>) </span>May 20, 1940<span class="noprint ForceAgeToShow"> (age 84)</span><br /><a href="/wiki/Sumida,_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida, Tokyo</a>, Japan</td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><div class="ib-baseball-bio-batsthrows"><div><b>Batted:</b> Left</div><div><b>Threw:</b> Left</div></div></td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">NPB debut</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">April 11, 1959, for the Yomiuri Giants</td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Last appearance</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">October 12, 1980, for the Yomiuri Giants</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">NPB statistics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">Batting average</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">.301</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">Hits</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">2,786</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">868</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">Runs batted in</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">2,170</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:right; width:50%; padding-right:0.5em;"><a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">Stolen bases</a></th><td class="infobox-data" style="width:50%; padding-left:0.5em;">84</td></tr><tr style="display:none"><th colspan="2"> </th></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Teams</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-teams"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1959</a>–<a href="/wiki/1980_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1980</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As manager</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> (<a href="/wiki/1984_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1984 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1984</a>–<a href="/wiki/1988_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1988</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks • Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> (<a href="/wiki/1995_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1995</a>–<a href="/wiki/2008_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2008</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>As executive</b> </p> <ul><li>Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (<a href="/wiki/2009_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2009</a>-present)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr style="background-color:#DCDCDC;color:#000000;"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Career highlights and awards</th></tr><tr class="ib-baseball-bio-highlights"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><b>As player</b> <ul><li>11× <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1961_Japan_Series" title="1961 Japan Series">1961</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Japan_Series" title="1963 Japan Series">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965_Japan_Series" title="1965 Japan Series">1965</a>–<a href="/wiki/1973_Japan_Series" title="1973 Japan Series">1973</a>)</li> <li>9× <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Central League MVP</a> (<a href="/wiki/1964_in_baseball" title="1964 in baseball">1964</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965_in_baseball" title="1965 in baseball">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_in_baseball" title="1967 in baseball">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_in_baseball" title="1969 in baseball">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_in_baseball" title="1970 in baseball">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_in_baseball" title="1973 in baseball">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1974_in_baseball" title="1974 in baseball">1974</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_in_baseball" title="1976 in baseball">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_in_baseball" title="1977 in baseball">1977</a>)</li> <li>2× <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Japanese</a> <a href="/wiki/Triple_crown_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple crown (baseball)">Triple Crown</a> (1973, 1974)</li> <li>3× <a href="/wiki/Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize" title="Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize">Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize</a> (1974, 1976, 1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hit_for_the_cycle" class="mw-redirect" title="Hit for the cycle">Hit for the cycle</a> on April 25, 1963</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants#Retired_numbers" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants #1</a> retired</li></ul> <p><b>As manager</b> </p> <ul><li>2× <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_Series" title="1999 Japan Series">1999</a>, <a href="/wiki/2003_Japan_Series" title="2003 Japan Series">2003</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks#Honored_numbers" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei/SoftBank Hawks #89</a> honored</li></ul> <p><b>As executive</b> </p> <ul><li>7× <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> champion (<a href="/wiki/2011_Japan_Series" title="2011 Japan Series">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_Series" title="2014 Japan Series">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a>–<a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a>)</li></ul> <p><b>NPB/World records</b> </p> <ul><li>868 Career <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">Home runs</a> (World record)</li> <li>1.079 Career <a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a> (Japanese record)</li> <li>2,170 Career <a 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href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Chinese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Traditional Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hant" style="font-size: 1rem;">王貞治</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Simplified_Chinese_characters" title="Simplified Chinese characters">Simplified Chinese</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language text"><span lang="zh-Hans" style="font-size: 1rem;">王贞治</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #dcffc9;"><a href="/wiki/Standard_Chinese" title="Standard Chinese">Standard Mandarin</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanyu_Pinyin" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanyu Pinyin">Hanyu Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Wáng Zhēnzhì</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Bopomofo" title="Bopomofo">Bopomofo</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">ㄨㄤˊ ㄓㄣㄓˋ</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Spelling_in_Gwoyeu_Romatzyh" title="Spelling in Gwoyeu Romatzyh">Gwoyeu Romatzyh</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Wang Jenjyh</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tongyong_Pinyin" title="Tongyong Pinyin">Tongyong Pinyin</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Chinese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="zh-Latn">Wang<sup>2</sup> Chên<sup>1</sup>-chih<sup>4</sup></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Japanese name</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kanji" title="Kanji">Kanji</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">王貞治</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Kana" title="Kana">Kana</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">おうさだはる</span></span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox mw-collapsible mw-collapsed" style="display:inline-table; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size: 100%; text-align: left;color: #202122; background-color: #f9ffbc;">Transcriptions</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Romanization_of_Japanese" title="Romanization of Japanese">Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Japanese-language romanization"><span style="font-style: normal" lang="ja-Latn">Ō Sadaharu</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Sadaharu Oh</b> (<a href="/wiki/Japanese_language" title="Japanese language">Japanese</a>: <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">王貞治</span></span>, <i>Ō Sadaharu</i>; born May 20, 1940), also known as <b>Wang Chen-chih</b> (<a href="/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_characters" title="Traditional Chinese characters">Chinese</a>: <span lang="zh-Hant">王貞治</span>; <a href="/wiki/Pinyin" title="Pinyin">pinyin</a>: <i><span lang="zh-Latn">Wáng Zhēnzhì</span></i>), is a Japanese-born Chinese former <a href="/wiki/Professional_baseball" title="Professional baseball">professional baseball</a> player and manager who is currently the <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a> (NPB). Oh's playing career spanned across four decades, during which he played for only the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>. He holds the world career <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> record at 868, over 100 more than <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_home_run_leaders" title="List of Major League Baseball career home run leaders">record holder</a> <a href="/wiki/Barry_Bonds" title="Barry Bonds">Barry Bonds</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Oh batted and threw left-handed and primarily played <a href="/wiki/First_base" class="mw-redirect" title="First base">first base</a>. Originally signed with the powerhouse Giants in 1959 as a <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>, Oh was soon converted to a full-time hitter. Under the tutelage of coach <a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Arakawa" title="Hiroshi Arakawa">Hiroshi Arakawa</a>, Oh developed his distinctive "<a href="/wiki/Flamingo" title="Flamingo">flamingo</a>" leg kick. It took Oh three years to blossom, but he went on to dominate Nippon Professional Baseball. He was a 15-time home run champion and was named to the <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_All-Star_Series" title="Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series">Central League All-Star</a> team 18 times. More than just a power hitter, Oh was a five-time <a href="/wiki/Batting_title" class="mw-redirect" title="Batting title">batting champion</a> and won the Japanese <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>'s batting <a href="/wiki/Triple_crown_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="Triple crown (baseball)">triple crown</a> twice. With Oh at first base, the Yomiuri Giants won 11 <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships, including 9 in a row from <a href="/wiki/1965_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1965</a> to <a href="/wiki/1973_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1973</a>. Oh was named the Central League's <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Most Valuable Player</a> nine times. </p><p>In addition to the world career home run record, Oh set many other NPB batting records, including <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">runs batted in</a> (RBI) (2,170), <a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">slugging percentage</a> (.634), <a href="/wiki/Bases_on_balls" class="mw-redirect" title="Bases on balls">bases on balls</a> (2,390), and <a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging_percentage" class="mw-redirect" title="On-base plus slugging percentage">on-base plus slugging percentage</a> (OPS) (1.080). He held Japan's single-season home run record with 55, until <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Wladimir Balentien</a> broke the record in 2013. In 1977, Oh became the first recipient of the <a href="/wiki/People%27s_Honour_Award" title="People's Honour Award">People's Honour Award</a>. He was inducted into the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame">Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame</a> in 1994. </p><p>After retiring as a player, Oh served as the Giants' manager from 1984 to 1988. He also managed the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei/Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a> from 1995 to 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-nussbaum_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nussbaum-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was the manager of the <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japanese national team</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2006_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2006 World Baseball Classic">inaugural</a> <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a>, which defeated <a href="/wiki/Cuba_national_baseball_team" title="Cuba national baseball team">Cuba</a> for the championship. He is currently the chairman of the Hawks. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oh was born in <a href="/wiki/Sumida,_Tokyo" title="Sumida, Tokyo">Sumida, Tokyo</a>, as the fifth of six children (four daughters and two sons) of a Japanese mother Tomi Oh <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">王登美</span></span> (née Tozumi <span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">當住</span></span>) and a Chinese father <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shifuku_Oh&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shifuku Oh (page does not exist)">Shifuku Oh</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%8E%8B%E4%BB%95%E7%A6%8F" class="extiw" title="zh:王仕福">zh</a>]</span> (王仕福 <i>Wáng Shìfú</i> from <a href="/wiki/Qingtian_County" title="Qingtian County">Qingtian County</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zhejiang" title="Zhejiang">Zhejiang</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> His older twin sister died when they were 15 months old, and his younger sister died shortly after she was born, He was eventually raised as the youngest of four remaining children. Although born in Japan, Oh is a citizen of the <a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Republic of China</a> (ROC), as his father had left for Japan when the ROC still governed mainland China and chose to retain his ROC citizenship. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Playing_career">Playing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Playing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Prep_career">Prep career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Prep career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oh managed to make his high school team, and, in 1957, <a href="/w/index.php?title=Waseda_Jitsugyo_High_School&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Waseda Jitsugyo High School (page does not exist)">Waseda Jitsugyo High School</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A9%E7%A8%B2%E7%94%B0%E5%A4%A7%E5%AD%A6%E7%B3%BB%E5%B1%9E%E6%97%A9%E7%A8%B2%E7%94%B0%E5%AE%9F%E6%A5%AD%E5%AD%A6%E6%A0%A1%E5%88%9D%E7%AD%89%E9%83%A8%E3%83%BB%E4%B8%AD%E7%AD%89%E9%83%A8%E3%83%BB%E9%AB%98%E7%AD%89%E9%83%A8" class="extiw" title="ja:早稲田大学系属早稲田実業学校初等部・中等部・高等部">ja</a>]</span> made it to the <a href="/wiki/National_High_School_Baseball_Invitational_Tournament" class="mw-redirect" title="National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament">Spring Koshien Tournament</a> with the second-year Oh as its ace <a href="/wiki/Pitcher" title="Pitcher">pitcher</a>. Before the tournament started, Oh suffered serious blisters on two fingers of his pitching hand. Oh pitched the entire first game at Koshien and his team won. The next day, Oh pitched another complete game and earned the victory, but the blisters worsened. Oh faced the prospect of pitching two more games on consecutive days for the championship with injuries. Oh pitched and won another complete game, enduring the pain. </p><p>Oh was able to just make it through his fourth complete game in four days, squeaking out a one-run victory. Oh won the championship, though was not allowed to play in the Kokutai due to being Chinese.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Professional_career">Professional career</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Professional career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1959, he signed his first professional contract as a pitcher for the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a>. However, Oh was not a strong enough pitcher to succeed professionally, and soon switched to <a href="/wiki/First_baseman" title="First baseman">first base</a>, working diligently with coach Hiroshi Arakawa to improve his hitting skills. This led to the development of Oh's distinctive "flamingo" leg kick. His <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> jumped from .161 in his rookie season to .270 in 1960, and his <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> more than doubled. His performance dipped slightly in both statistical categories in 1961, but Oh truly blossomed in 1962, when he hit 38 home runs. </p><p>In 1964, Oh hit 55 home runs, a single-season record he owned for 37 years until it was tied by <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Tuffy Rhodes</a> in 2001. Oh surpassed 50 home runs in a season two other times, in 1973 and 1977. </p><p>Oh became friends with <a href="/wiki/Hank_Aaron" title="Hank Aaron">Hank Aaron</a>, his contemporary in <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>. The two squared off in a <a href="/wiki/Home_run_derby" class="mw-redirect" title="Home run derby">home run derby</a> before an exhibition game at <a href="/wiki/Korakuen_Stadium" title="Korakuen Stadium">Korakuen Stadium</a> on 2 November 1974, after Aaron eclipsed <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>'s home run record. By that time, Oh was running away with the Japanese home run record, having become the first Japanese baseball player to hit 600 career home runs that year. Aaron won, 10–9.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>His hitting exploits benefited from the fact that for most of his career he batted third in the Giants' lineup, with another very dangerous hitter, <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a>, batting fourth; the two players forming the feared "O-N Cannon". In his autobiography, <i>Sadaharu Oh: A Zen Way of Baseball</i> (<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0812911091" title="Special:BookSources/978-0812911091">978-0812911091</a>), Oh said he and Nagashima were not close, rarely spending time together off the field. </p><p>Sadaharu Oh retired in 1980 at age 40, having amassed 2,786 hits (third after <a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> (Jang Hoon) and <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a>), 2,170 <a href="/wiki/Runs_batted_in" class="mw-redirect" title="Runs batted in">RBIs</a>, a lifetime <a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">batting average</a> of .301, and 868 home runs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managing_career">Managing career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Managing career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Sadaharu Oh was the assistant manager of the <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a> between 1981 and 1983. He became the <a href="/wiki/Manager_(baseball)" title="Manager (baseball)">manager</a> of the Yomiuri Giants between 1984 and 1988. He led the Giants to one Central League pennant in 1987. He was asked to retire as Giants manager after the 1988 season.<sup id="cite_ref-WhitingWa_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WhitingWa-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, he returned to baseball as the manager of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (later the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks). Oh led the Hawks to three <a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League">Pacific League</a> pennants in 1999, 2000 and 2003, and two <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> titles in 1999 and 2003. </p><p>In 2006, Oh managed the <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan national baseball team</a>, winning the championship in the inaugural <a href="/wiki/2006_World_Baseball_Classic" title="2006 World Baseball Classic">2006 World Baseball Classic</a> over <a href="/wiki/Cuba" title="Cuba">Cuba</a>. </p><p>On July 5, Oh announced that he was taking an indefinite leave of absence from the Hawks to combat a stomach tumor.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 17, 2006, Oh underwent <a href="/wiki/Laparoscopic_surgery" class="mw-redirect" title="Laparoscopic surgery">laparoscopic surgery</a> to remove his stomach and its surrounding <a href="/wiki/Lymph_node" title="Lymph node">lymph nodes</a>. The surgery was considered to be a success.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although the tumor was confirmed to be cancerous, it was caught in early stages. He returned to coaching the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, although he announced he would retire at the end of the 2008 season as manager, stepping into a front office role for the Hawks, which he has held ever since. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Home_run_record_controversy">Home run record controversy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Home run record controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On three occasions, foreign-born players challenged Oh's single-season home run record of 55 and faced Oh-managed teams late in the season. On each occasion, Oh's pitchers refused to throw strikes to them. </p><p>In 1985, American <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Randy Bass</a>, playing for the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>, came into the last game of the season against the Oh-managed Giants with 54 home runs. Bass was intentionally walked four times on four straight pitches each time. Bass reached over the plate on the fifth occasion and batted the ball into the outfield for a single. After the game, Oh denied ordering his pitchers to walk Bass, but <a href="/wiki/Keith_Comstock" title="Keith Comstock">Keith Comstock</a>, an American pitcher for the Giants, later stated that Giants coach and former Giant Tsuneo Horiuchi had threatened a fine of $1,000 for every strike that any Giants pitcher threw to Bass. The magazine Takarajima investigated the incident and reported that the Giants front office had likely ordered the team not to allow Bass an opportunity to tie or break Oh's record, likely because ace <a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Suguru Egawa</a> went against this and pitched strikes to Bass anyway. For the most part, the Japanese media remained silent on the incident, as did league commissioner Takeso Shimoda.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes12_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, American <a href="/wiki/Tuffy_Rhodes" title="Tuffy Rhodes">Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes</a>, playing for the <a href="/wiki/Osaka_Kintetsu_Buffaloes" title="Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes">Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes</a>, hit 55 home runs with several games left. The Buffaloes played the Oh-managed <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</a> on a late weekend series in <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka">Fukuoka</a>. Rhodes was intentionally walked during each at-bat. Hawks catcher <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Johjima" title="Kenji Johjima">Kenji Johjima</a> could be seen grinning as he caught the intentional balls.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Again, Oh denied any involvement and Hawks pitching coach Yoshiharu Wakana stated that the pitchers acted on his orders, saying, "I just didn't want a <a href="/wiki/Gaijin" title="Gaijin">foreign player</a> to break Oh's record." Rhodes completed the season with 55 home runs. Hawks pitcher <a href="/wiki/Keisaburo_Tanoue" title="Keisaburo Tanoue">Keisaburo Tanoue</a> went on record saying that he wanted to throw strikes to Rhodes and felt bad about the situation.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes12_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2002, Venezuelan <a href="/wiki/Alex_Cabrera" title="Alex Cabrera">Alex Cabrera</a> hit 55 home runs with five games left in the season and his team played Oh's Hawks. Oh told his pitchers to throw strikes to Cabrera<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (June 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup>, but most of them ignored his order and threw balls well away from the plate. This was also due to the fact Cabrera was walked by other teams in 2002, as he was likely on steroids after he was caught with <a href="/wiki/Stanozolol" title="Stanozolol">Winstrol</a> pills prior to signing with the Lions and was eventually named on the <a href="/wiki/Mitchell_Report" title="Mitchell Report">Mitchell Report</a> in 2007. After the game, Oh stated, "If you're going to break the record, you should do it by more than one. Do it by a lot."<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes12_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes12-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In the wake of the most recent incident involving Cabrera, <a href="/wiki/ESPN" title="ESPN">ESPN</a> listed Oh's single-season home run record on its list of "The Phoniest Records in Sports". Cabrera called the whole thing "racist".<sup id="cite_ref-Coskrey_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Coskrey-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Wladimir Balentien</a>, a <a href="/wiki/Cura%C3%A7ao" title="Curaçao">Curaçaoan</a> born player, broke Oh's single-season home run record on September 15, 2013, by hitting his 56th and 57th home runs of the season in a game against the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Balentien ended that season with 60 home runs. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personal_life">Personal life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personal life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Oh was married to Kyoko Oh<span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">王恭子</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Ō Kyōko</i></span>)</span>, and had three daughters with her. She died of <a href="/wiki/Stomach_cancer" title="Stomach cancer">stomach cancer</a>, the same disease he had in 2006, in December 2001 at age 57.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Their second daughter, <a href="/wiki/Rie_Oh" title="Rie Oh">Rie</a> (born in 1970), is a sportscaster and presenter on the <a href="/wiki/J-Wave" title="J-Wave">J-Wave</a> radio network. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="In_popular_culture">In popular culture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: In popular culture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>Oh is mentioned in the <a href="/wiki/Beastie_Boys" title="Beastie Boys">Beastie Boys</a> song "<a href="/wiki/Hey_Ladies" title="Hey Ladies">Hey Ladies</a>": "I got more hits than Sadaharu Oh."</li> <li>Oh is Mentioned in <i><a href="/wiki/A_Different_World" title="A Different World">A Different World</a></i> season 2 episode 20, "No means No".</li> <li>A character in the manga series <i><a href="/wiki/Kinnikuman" title="Kinnikuman">Kinnikuman</a></i> is named after Sadaharu Oh.</li> <li>Oh is mentioned in the manga series <i><a href="/wiki/Hajime_no_Ippo" title="Hajime no Ippo">Hajime no Ippo</a></i>.</li> <li>Oh is mentioned in the 1979 movie <i><a href="/wiki/The_Bad_News_Bears_Go_to_Japan" title="The Bad News Bears Go to Japan">The Bad News Bears Go to Japan</a></i>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Miscellaneous"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>In 1988, Oh and Hank Aaron created the World Children's Baseball Fair (WCBF), to increase the popularity of baseball by working with youngsters.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>On December 4, 2007, Oh said in <a href="/wiki/Chiyoda,_Tokyo" title="Chiyoda, Tokyo">Chiyoda, Tokyo</a> that it is just a matter of time before his career record of 868 home runs will be broken: "I think the 868 record will be broken. There's nobody near that mark in Japan, but I think <a href="/wiki/Alex_Rodriguez" title="Alex Rodriguez">Alex Rodriguez</a> can do it", he added. "He has the ability to hit 1,000."<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (Rodriguez retired seven years later, at the age of 41, with 696 home runs.)</li> <li>In 2002 and 2005, he was named by President <a href="/wiki/Chen_Shui-bian" title="Chen Shui-bian">Chen Shui-bian</a> of Taiwan as <a href="/wiki/Ambassador-at-Large" class="mw-redirect" title="Ambassador-at-Large">Ambassador-at-Large</a> of the Republic of China.</li> <li>President <a href="/wiki/Ma_Ying-Jeou" class="mw-redirect" title="Ma Ying-Jeou">Ma Ying-Jeou</a> honored Sadaharu Oh with the "Order of Brilliant Star" on February 5, 2009, in <a href="/wiki/Taipei" title="Taipei">Taipei</a>. Oh called receiving the award, "The highest honor of his life."<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>During the <a href="/wiki/2020_Summer_Olympic_Games" class="mw-redirect" title="2020 Summer Olympic Games">2020 Summer Olympic Games</a> in Tokyo (which took place in 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic), he was a part of a group that carried the torch in the stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Statistics">Statistics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Statistics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="text-align:right;"> <tbody><tr> <th>Year</th> <th><a href="/wiki/Team" title="Team">Team</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Squad_number" class="mw-redirect" title="Squad number">Number</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Games_played" title="Games played">G</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/At_bat" title="At bat">AB</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Run_(baseball)" title="Run (baseball)">R</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hit_(baseball)" title="Hit (baseball)">H</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Double_(baseball)" title="Double (baseball)">2B</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Triple_(baseball)" title="Triple (baseball)">3B</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">HR</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Total_bases" title="Total bases">TB</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBI</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Stolen_base" title="Stolen base">SB</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Caught_stealing" title="Caught stealing">CS</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_bunt" title="Sacrifice bunt">SH</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Sacrifice_fly" title="Sacrifice fly">SF</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Base_on_balls" title="Base on balls">BB</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Intentional_base_on_balls" title="Intentional base on balls">IBB</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Hit_by_pitch" title="Hit by pitch">HBP</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Strikeout" title="Strikeout">K</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Double_play" title="Double play">DP</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Batting_average_(baseball)" title="Batting average (baseball)">AVG</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/On-base_percentage" title="On-base percentage">OBP</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/Slugging_percentage" title="Slugging percentage">SLG</a></th> <th><a href="/wiki/On-base_plus_slugging" title="On-base plus slugging">OPS</a> </th></tr> <tr> <td>1959</td> <td rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a></td> <td rowspan="22" style="text-align:center;">1</td> <td>94</td> <td>193</td> <td>18</td> <td>31</td> <td>7</td> <td>1</td> <td>7</td> <td>61</td> <td>25</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>24</td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>72</td> <td>2</td> <td>.161</td> <td>.262</td> <td>.316</td> <td>.569 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1960</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>426</td> <td>49</td> <td>115</td> <td>19</td> <td>3</td> <td>17</td> <td>191</td> <td>71</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>67</td> <td>5</td> <td>5</td> <td>101</td> <td>7</td> <td>.270</td> <td>.375</td> <td>.448</td> <td>.823 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1961</td> <td>127</td> <td>396</td> <td>50</td> <td>100</td> <td>25</td> <td>6</td> <td>13</td> <td>176</td> <td>53</td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>4</td> <td>4</td> <td>64</td> <td>3</td> <td>3</td> <td>72</td> <td>7</td> <td>.253</td> <td>.358</td> <td>.444</td> <td>.802 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1962</td> <td><b>134</b></td> <td>497</td> <td><b>79</b></td> <td>135</td> <td>28</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>38</b></td> <td><b>281</b></td> <td><b>85</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>3</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>72</b></td> <td>9</td> <td><b>12</b></td> <td>99</td> <td>6</td> <td>.272</td> <td>.376</td> <td><b>.565</b></td> <td>.941 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1963</td> <td><b>140</b></td> <td>478</td> <td><b>111</b></td> <td>146</td> <td><b>30</b></td> <td>5</td> <td><b>40</b></td> <td>306</td> <td>106</td> <td>9</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>123</b></td> <td>12</td> <td>6</td> <td>64</td> <td>7</td> <td>.305</td> <td>.452</td> <td>.640</td> <td>1.092 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1964</td> <td><b>140</b></td> <td>472</td> <td><b>110</b></td> <td>151</td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>55</b></td> <td><b>340</b></td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>6</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>20</td> <td>3</td> <td>81</td> <td>8</td> <td>.320</td> <td>.456</td> <td><b>.720</b></td> <td>1.176 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1965</td> <td>135</td> <td>428</td> <td><b>104</b></td> <td>138</td> <td>19</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>42</b></td> <td><b>285</b></td> <td><b>104</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>138</b></td> <td>29</td> <td><b>6</b></td> <td>58</td> <td>7</td> <td>.322</td> <td>.490</td> <td><b>.666</b></td> <td>1.156 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1966</td> <td>129</td> <td>396</td> <td><b>111</b></td> <td>123</td> <td>14</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>48</b></td> <td><b>283</b></td> <td><b>116</b></td> <td>9</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>142</b></td> <td>41</td> <td>7</td> <td>51</td> <td>5</td> <td>.311</td> <td>.495</td> <td><b>.715</b></td> <td>1.210 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1967</td> <td>133</td> <td>426</td> <td><b>94</b></td> <td>139</td> <td>22</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>47</b></td> <td><b>308</b></td> <td><b>108</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>30</td> <td>7</td> <td>65</td> <td>7</td> <td>.326</td> <td>.488</td> <td><b>.723</b></td> <td>1.211 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1968</td> <td>131</td> <td>442</td> <td><b>107</b></td> <td>144</td> <td>28</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>49</b></td> <td><b>319</b></td> <td>119</td> <td>5</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>121</b></td> <td>18</td> <td>10</td> <td>72</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>.326</b></td> <td>.475</td> <td><b>.722</b></td> <td>1.197 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1969</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>452</td> <td><b>112</b></td> <td><b>156</b></td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>44</b></td> <td><b>312</b></td> <td>103</td> <td>5</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>111</b></td> <td>12</td> <td>5</td> <td>61</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>.345</b></td> <td>.472</td> <td><b>.690</b></td> <td>1.162 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1970</td> <td>129</td> <td>425</td> <td><b>97</b></td> <td><b>138</b></td> <td>24</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>47</b></td> <td><b>303</b></td> <td>93</td> <td>1</td> <td>4</td> <td>0</td> <td>3</td> <td><b>119</b></td> <td>24</td> <td>6</td> <td>48</td> <td>8</td> <td><b>.325</b></td> <td>.476</td> <td><b>.713</b></td> <td>1.189 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1971</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>434</td> <td><b>92</b></td> <td>120</td> <td>18</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>39</b></td> <td>259</td> <td><b>101</b></td> <td>8</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>121</b></td> <td>17</td> <td>5</td> <td>65</td> <td>8</td> <td>.276</td> <td>.435</td> <td><b>.597</b></td> <td>1.032 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1972</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>456</td> <td><b>104</b></td> <td>135</td> <td>19</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>48</b></td> <td><b>298</b></td> <td><b>120</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><b>108</b></td> <td>18</td> <td>6</td> <td>43</td> <td>8</td> <td>.296</td> <td>.435</td> <td><b>.654</b></td> <td>1.089 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1973</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>428</td> <td><b>111</b></td> <td><b>152</b></td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>51</b></td> <td><b>323</b></td> <td><b>114</b></td> <td>2</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>124</b></td> <td>38</td> <td>4</td> <td>41</td> <td>7</td> <td><b>.355</b></td> <td>.500</td> <td><b>.755</b></td> <td>1.255 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1974</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>385</td> <td><b>105</b></td> <td>128</td> <td>18</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>49</b></td> <td><b>293</b></td> <td><b>107</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>5</td> <td>0</td> <td>2</td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>158</b></span></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>45</b></span></td> <td>8</td> <td>44</td> <td>4</td> <td><b>.332</b></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>.532</b></span></td> <td><b>.761</b></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>1.293</b></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td>1975</td> <td>128</td> <td>393</td> <td>77</td> <td>112</td> <td>14</td> <td>0</td> <td>33</td> <td>225</td> <td><b>96</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>123</b></td> <td>27</td> <td>1</td> <td>62</td> <td>9</td> <td>.285</td> <td>.451</td> <td>.573</td> <td>1.024 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1976</td> <td>122</td> <td>400</td> <td><b>99</b></td> <td>130</td> <td>11</td> <td>1</td> <td><b>49</b></td> <td>290</td> <td><b>123</b></td> <td>3</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>9</td> <td><b>125</b></td> <td>27</td> <td>2</td> <td>45</td> <td>8</td> <td>.325</td> <td>.479</td> <td><b>.725</b></td> <td>1.204 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1977</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>432</td> <td><b>114</b></td> <td>140</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td><b>50</b></td> <td><b>305</b></td> <td><b>124</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>3</td> <td>0</td> <td>6</td> <td><b>126</b></td> <td>16</td> <td>6</td> <td>37</td> <td>14</td> <td>.324</td> <td>.477</td> <td><b>.706</b></td> <td>1.183 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1978</td> <td><b>130</b></td> <td>440</td> <td>91</td> <td>132</td> <td>20</td> <td>0</td> <td>39</td> <td>269</td> <td><b>118</b></td> <td>1</td> <td>2</td> <td>0</td> <td>11</td> <td><b>114</b></td> <td>17</td> <td>1</td> <td>43</td> <td>7</td> <td>.300</td> <td>.436</td> <td>.611</td> <td>1.048 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1979</td> <td>120</td> <td>407</td> <td>73</td> <td>116</td> <td>15</td> <td>0</td> <td>33</td> <td>230</td> <td>81</td> <td>1</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>5</td> <td><b>89</b></td> <td>10</td> <td>5</td> <td>48</td> <td>9</td> <td>.285</td> <td>.415</td> <td>.565</td> <td>.980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>1980</td> <td>129</td> <td>476</td> <td>59</td> <td>105</td> <td>10</td> <td>0</td> <td>30</td> <td>205</td> <td>84</td> <td>0</td> <td>1</td> <td>0</td> <td>8</td> <td>72</td> <td>8</td> <td>3</td> <td>47</td> <td>9</td> <td>.236</td> <td>.342</td> <td>.462</td> <td>.803 </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3">Total </th> <td>2831</td> <td>9250</td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>1967</b></span></td> <td>2786</td> <td>422</td> <td>25</td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>868</b></span></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>5862</b></span></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>2170</b></span></td> <td>84</td> <td>59</td> <td>12</td> <td>100</td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>2390</b></span></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>427</b></span></td> <td>114</td> <td>1319</td> <td>159</td> <td>.301</td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>.446</b></span></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>.634</b></span></td> <td><span style="color:red"><b>1.080</b></span> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sadaharu_Oh&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns 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(2005). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=p2QnPijAEmEC&pg=PA758&dq=">"Ō Sadaharu"</a> in <i>Japan Encyclopedia</i>, p. 758.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Wu, Debby. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2003/11/16/2003076035">"Baseball great has roots in ROC"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Taipei_Times" title="Taipei Times">Taipei Times</a></i>. Sunday November 16, 2003. Page 2. Retrieved on August 3, 2009.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFMagillAves1999" class="citation book cs1">Magill, Frank Northen; Aves, Alison (November 1999). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://books.google.com/books?id=uiQAaGgOChIC&dq=sadaharu+oh+early+years+high+school&pg=PA2796"><i>Dictionary of World Biography: The 20th century, O-Z</i></a>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-57958-048-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-57958-048-3"><bdi>978-1-57958-048-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Dictionary+of+World+Biography%3A+The+20th+century%2C+O-Z&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=1999-11&rft.isbn=978-1-57958-048-3&rft.aulast=Magill&rft.aufirst=Frank+Northen&rft.au=Aves%2C+Alison&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fbooks.google.com%2Fbooks%3Fid%3DuiQAaGgOChIC%26dq%3Dsadaharu%2Boh%2Bearly%2Byears%2Bhigh%2Bschool%26pg%3DPA2796&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ASadaharu+Oh" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.baseball-fever.com/archive/index.php/t-38720.html">Sadaharu Oh [Archive] – Baseball Fever</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-WhitingWa-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-WhitingWa_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a href="/wiki/Whiting,_Robert" class="mw-redirect" title="Whiting, Robert">Whiting, Robert</a>. <i>You Gotta Have Wa</i> (Vintage Departures, 1989), p. 3.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i><a href="/wiki/The_Seattle_Times" title="The Seattle Times">The Seattle Times</a></i>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/othersports/2003107586_digs06.html">"Briefs: Sadaharu Oh to have stomach surgery"</a>, July 6, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Associated PRess, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.redorbit.com/news/health/576699/japanese_baseball_great_sadaharu_oh_has_operation_for_stomach_cancer/index.html">"Japanese Baseball Great Sadaharu Oh Has Operation for Stomach Cancer"</a>, RedOrbit, July 18, 2006.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-japantimes12-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-japantimes12_9-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-japantimes12_9-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-japantimes12_9-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whiting, Robert, "<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20081031j3.html">Equaling Oh's HR record proved difficult</a>", <i><a href="/wiki/Japan_Times" class="mw-redirect" title="Japan Times">Japan Times</a></i>, October 31, 2008, p. 12.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Roah, Jeff, <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://tokyoq.com/weekly_updates/tutt/tutt011012.html">"Tokyo under the tracks: It's Never Too Late to Insert an Asterisk"</a> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20090113212440/http://tokyoq.com/weekly_updates/tutt/tutt011012.html">Archived</a> 2009-01-13 at the <a href="/wiki/Wayback_Machine" title="Wayback Machine">Wayback Machine</a>, Tokyo Q, October 12, 2001.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Coskrey-11"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Coskrey_11-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Coskrey, Jason. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2013/09/06/baseball/bass-says-balentien-wont-get-easy-path-to-ohs-record/#.VRMtBpPF-l3">"Bass says Balentien won't get easy path to Oh's record"</a>, <i>Japan Times</i> (September 6, 2013).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-12"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-12">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Merron, Jeff. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20040621155959/http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=phonyrecords-030225">"The Phoniest Records in Sports"</a>, ESPN (Feb. 25, 2004).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-13"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-13">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBerry2013" class="citation web cs1">Berry, Adam (September 15, 2013). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130915&content_id=60680808&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb">"Balentien breaks Oh's Japanese home run record"</a>. <i>MLB.com</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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<ul><li><span class="nowrap">1950: <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kozuru" title="Makoto Kozuru">Kozuru</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1951: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Kawakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1952: <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Bessho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1953: <a href="/wiki/Takumi_Otomo" title="Takumi Otomo">Otomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1954: <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Sugishita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1955: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Kawakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1956: <a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Bessho</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1957: <a href="/wiki/Wally_Yonamine" title="Wally Yonamine">Yonamine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1958: <a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi 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href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Horiuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1977: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1978: <a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Wakamatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1979: <a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Enatsu" title="Yutaka Enatsu">Enatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1980: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Yamamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Egawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Takayoshi_Nakao" title="Takayoshi Nakao">Nakao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Hara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Kinugasa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Randy_Bass" title="Randy Bass">Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Manabu_Kitabeppu" title="Manabu Kitabeppu">Kitabeppu</a></span></li> <li><span 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Kaku</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Warren_Cromartie" title="Warren Cromartie">Cromartie</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Masaki_Saito_(baseball)" title="Masaki Saito (baseball)">Saito</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Shinji_Sasaoka" title="Shinji Sasaoka">Sasaoka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Jack_Howell_(baseball)" title="Jack Howell (baseball)">Howell</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Kuwata</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Tom_O%27Malley" title="Tom O'Malley">O'Malley</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">H. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a href="/wiki/Atsuya_Furuta" title="Atsuya Furuta">Furuta</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1998: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Sasaki" title="Kazuhiro Sasaki">Sasaki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1999: <a href="/wiki/Shigeki_Noguchi" title="Shigeki Noguchi">Noguchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2000: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">H. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2001: <a href="/wiki/Roberto_Petagine" title="Roberto Petagine">Petagine</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2002: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">H. Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Kei_Igawa" title="Kei Igawa">Igawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Kenshin_Kawakami" title="Kenshin Kawakami">Kawakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Tomoaki_Kanemoto" title="Tomoaki Kanemoto">Kanemoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Fukudome" title="Kosuke Fukudome">Fukudome</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Michihiro_Ogasawara" title="Michihiro Ogasawara">Ogasawara</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Ramírez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Ramírez</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2010: <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Wada" title="Kazuhiro Wada">Wada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2011: <a href="/wiki/Takuya_Asao" title="Takuya Asao">Asao</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2012: <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Abe</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2013: <a href="/wiki/Wladimir_Balentien" title="Wladimir Balentien">Balentien</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2014: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Tetsuto_Yamada" title="Tetsuto Yamada">Yamada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Takahiro_Arai" title="Takahiro Arai">Arai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Maru" title="Yoshihiro Maru">Maru</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Maru" title="Yoshihiro Maru">Maru</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Hayato_Sakamoto" title="Hayato Sakamoto">Sakamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Sugano</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">M. Murakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Munetaka_Murakami" title="Munetaka Murakami">M. Murakami</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Shoki_Murakami" title="Shoki Murakami">S. 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href="/wiki/Takeshi_Koba" title="Takeshi Koba">Koba</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1981: <a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Fujita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1982: <a href="/wiki/Tatsuro_Hirooka" title="Tatsuro Hirooka">Hirooka</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1983: <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dichi_Tabuchi" title="Kōichi Tabuchi">Tabuchi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1984: <a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Kinugasa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1985: <a href="/wiki/Yoshio_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Yoshio Yoshida (baseball)">Yoshida</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Mori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kudo" class="mw-redirect" title="Kimiyasu Kudo">Kudo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Kadota</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Fujita</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Mori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Akiyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Takehiro_Ishii" title="Takehiro Ishii">Ishii</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Nomura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1994: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Nagashima</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1995: <a href="/wiki/Ichiro_Suzuki" title="Ichiro Suzuki">Ichiro</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1996: <a href="/wiki/Akira_Ohgi" title="Akira Ohgi">Ohgi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1997: <a 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href="/wiki/Koji_Akiyama" title="Koji Akiyama">Akiyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2015: <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D" title="Kimiyasu Kudō">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2016: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Kuriyama" title="Hideki Kuriyama">Kuriyama</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2017: <a href="/wiki/Dennis_Sarfate" title="Dennis Sarfate">Sarfate</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2018: <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D" title="Kimiyasu Kudō">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2019: <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D" title="Kimiyasu Kudō">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2020: <a href="/wiki/Kimiyasu_Kud%C5%8D" title="Kimiyasu Kudō">Kudō</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2021: <a href="/wiki/Shingo_Takatsu" title="Shingo Takatsu">Takatsu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2022: <a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Nakajima" title="Satoshi Nakajima">Nakajima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2023: <a href="/wiki/Akinobu_Okada" title="Akinobu Okada">Okada</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2024: <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Miura" title="Daisuke Miura">Miura</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Japan_Professional_Sports_Grand_Prize" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a 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href="/wiki/Shozo_Saijo" title="Shozo Saijo">Shozo Saijo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1969: <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants" title="Yomiuri Giants">Yomiuri Giants</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1970: <a href="/wiki/Taih%C5%8D_K%C5%8Dki" title="Taihō Kōki">Taihō Kōki</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1971: <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1972: <a href="/wiki/Katsuaki_Matsumoto" title="Katsuaki Matsumoto">Katsuaki Matsumoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1973: <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sawamura" title="Tadashi Sawamura">Tadashi Sawamura</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1974: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sadaharu Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1975: <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Toyo_Carp" title="Hiroshima Toyo Carp">Hiroshima Toyo Carp</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1976: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sadaharu Oh</a></span></li> <li><span 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Bass</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1986: <a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Ochiai" title="Hiromitsu Ochiai">Hiromitsu Ochiai</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1987: <a href="/wiki/Ayako_Okamoto" title="Ayako Okamoto">Ayako Okamoto</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1988: <a href="/wiki/Chiyonofuji_Mitsugu" title="Chiyonofuji Mitsugu">Chiyonofuji Mitsugu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1989: <a href="/wiki/Chiyonofuji_Mitsugu" title="Chiyonofuji Mitsugu">Chiyonofuji Mitsugu</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1990: <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Nomo" title="Hideo Nomo">Hideo Nomo</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1991: <a href="/wiki/Joichiro_Tatsuyoshi" title="Joichiro Tatsuyoshi">Joichiro Tatsuyoshi</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1992: <a href="/wiki/Takanohana_K%C5%8Dji" title="Takanohana Kōji">Takanohana Kōji</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">1993: <a href="/wiki/Kazuyoshi_Miura" title="Kazuyoshi Miura">Kazuyoshi Miura</a></span></li> 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href="/wiki/Japan_national_football_team" title="Japan national football team">Japan men's football team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2003: <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2004: <a href="/wiki/Asash%C5%8Dry%C5%AB_Akinori" title="Asashōryū Akinori">Asashōryū Akinori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2005: <a href="/wiki/Asash%C5%8Dry%C5%AB_Akinori" title="Asashōryū Akinori">Asashōryū Akinori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2006: <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan national baseball team</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2007: <a href="/wiki/Urawa_Red_Diamonds" title="Urawa Red Diamonds">Urawa Red Diamonds</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2008: <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa" title="Ryo Ishikawa">Ryo Ishikawa</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">2009: <a href="/wiki/Ryo_Ishikawa" title="Ryo Ishikawa">Ryo 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href="/wiki/Takahiro_Mahara" title="Takahiro Mahara">Takahiro Mahara</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span class="nowrap">Manager 89 <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sadaharu Oh</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Coach 84 <a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Takeda" title="Kazuhiro Takeda">Kazuhiro Takeda</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Coach 85 <a href="/wiki/Hatsuhiko_Tsuji" title="Hatsuhiko Tsuji">Hatsuhiko Tsuji</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Coach 86 <a href="/wiki/Yoshitaka_Katori" title="Yoshitaka Katori">Yoshitaka Katori</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Coach 87 <a href="/wiki/Yasunori_Oshima" title="Yasunori Oshima">Yasunori Oshima</a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap">Coach 88 <a href="/wiki/Sumio_Hirota" title="Sumio Hirota">Sumio Hirota</a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div 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style="color:#ffffff">1938</span></a></b></li> <li>Formerly the <b>Nankai Club</b>, the<b> Kinki Nippon Club</b>, the <b>Kinki Great Ring</b>, the <b>Nankai Hawks</b>, and the <b>Fukuoka Daiei Hawks</b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka" title="Fukuoka"><span style="color:#ffffff">Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em">The Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (page does not exist)">History</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_seasons" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks seasons">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_team_records&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks team records (page does not exist)">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_players" title="Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=List_of_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_managers&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="List of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks managers (page does not exist)">Managers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_stadiums" title="List of Nippon Professional Baseball stadiums"><span style="color:#ffffff">Ballparks</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sakai_Ohama_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sakai Ohama Stadium (page does not exist)">Sakai Ohama Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nankai_Nakamozu_Stadium&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nankai Nakamozu Stadium (page does not exist)">Nankai Nakamozu Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koshien_Stadium" title="Koshien Stadium">Koshien Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osaka_Stadium" title="Osaka Stadium">Osaka Stadium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Heiwadai_Stadium" title="Heiwadai Stadium">Heiwadai Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Mizuho_PayPay_Dome_Fukuoka" title="Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka">Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em">Honored numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Masao_Fujii" title="Masao Fujii">15, Masao Fujii</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">89, Sadaharu Oh</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: <a href="/wiki/Masayoshi_Son" title="Masayoshi Son">Masayoshi Son</a></li> <li>Management: <a href="/wiki/SoftBank_Group" title="SoftBank Group">SoftBank Group</a></li> <li>Chairman: <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sadaharu Oh</a></li> <li>General manger: Sugihiko Mikasa</li> <li>Executive officer: <a href="/wiki/Tomohiro_Nagai" title="Tomohiro Nagai">Tomohiro Nagai</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Hiroki_Kokubo" title="Hiroki Kokubo">Hiroki Kokubo</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League"><span style="color:#ffffff">Japanese Baseball League</span></a> championships (2)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1946_in_baseball" title="1946 in baseball">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1948_in_baseball" title="1948 in baseball">1948</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series"><span style="color:#ffffff">Japan Series</span></a> championships (11)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1959_Japan_Series" title="1959 Japan Series">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Japan_Series" title="1964 Japan Series">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Japan_Series" title="1999 Japan Series">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Japan_Series" title="2003 Japan Series">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Japan_Series" title="2011 Japan Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Japan_Series" title="2014 Japan Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Japan_Series" title="2015 Japan Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Japan_Series" title="2017 Japan Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Japan_Series" title="2018 Japan Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Japan_Series" title="2019 Japan Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Japan_Series" title="2020 Japan Series">2020</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Pacific_League" title="Pacific League"><span style="color:#ffffff">Pacific League</span></a> championships (20)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1964_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1964</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1999_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1999 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1999</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2003_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Climax_Series" title="Climax Series"><span style="color:#ffffff">Playoff</span></a> berths (19)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Pacific_League_Playoffs&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Pacific League Playoffs (page does not exist)">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Pacific_League_Playoffs" title="2004 Pacific League Playoffs">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2005_Pacific_League_Playoffs" title="2005 Pacific League Playoffs">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2006_Pacific_League_Playoffs" title="2006 Pacific League Playoffs">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2007 Pacific League Climax Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2009 Pacific League Climax Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2010 Pacific League Climax Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2011 Pacific League Climax Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2012 Pacific League Climax Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2014 Pacific League Climax Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2015 Pacific League Climax Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2016 Pacific League Climax Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2017 Pacific League Climax Series">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2018 Pacific League Climax Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2019 Pacific League Climax Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2020 Pacific League Climax Series">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2022_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2022 Pacific League Climax Series">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2023_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2023 Pacific League Climax Series">2023</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Pacific_League_Climax_Series" title="2024 Pacific League Climax Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:10em">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Izayuke_Wakataka_Army_Corps&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Izayuke Wakataka Army Corps (page does not exist)">Izayuke Wakataka Army Corps</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;background-color: #ffcc00 !important; color: #000000 !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(86)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (86)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 · 1934 · 1935 · 1936 · 1937 ·</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Nankai_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Nankai Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1938</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_Nankai_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 Nankai Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1939</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Nankai_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 Nankai Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_Nankai_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 Nankai Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_Nankai_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 Nankai Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Nankai_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 Nankai Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_Kinki_Nippon_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 Kinki Nippon Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1944</a></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1945</span></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Kinki_Great_Ring_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 Kinki Great Ring season (page does not exist)">1946</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1948</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1951</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1952</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1953</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1955</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1958</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1959</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1961</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1963</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1964</a></b></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1965</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1966</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1969</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1972</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1973</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_Nankai_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 Nankai Hawks season (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1989</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1996 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1998</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">1999</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">2000</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2002_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">2002</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season (page does not exist)">2003</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2004_Fukuoka_Daiei_Hawks_season" title="2004 Fukuoka Daiei Hawks season">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season" title="2009 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season">2009</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">2010s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2010</a></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2011</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2013</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2014</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2015</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2016</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2017</a></b></i></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2018 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2018</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2019</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #ffffff !important; ;;width:1%">2020s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2020</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season" title="2021 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2023</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2024_Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2024 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks season (page does not exist)">2024</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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Giants</b></li> <li>Based in <b><a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Bunkyō, Tokyo</span></a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em">The Franchise</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=History_of_the_Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="History of the Yomiuri Giants (page does not exist)">History</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants_seasons&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yomiuri Giants seasons (page does not exist)">Seasons</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants_team_records&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yomiuri Giants team records (page does not exist)">Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:Yomiuri_Giants_players" title="Category:Yomiuri Giants players">Players</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Yomiuri_Giants_managers" title="List of Yomiuri Giants managers">Managers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_stadiums" title="List of Nippon Professional Baseball stadiums"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Ballparks</span></a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korakuen_Stadium" title="Korakuen Stadium">Korakuen Stadium</a></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></b><br /><i>Trainings:</i> <b><a href="/wiki/Sun_Marine_Stadium" title="Sun Marine Stadium">Sun Marine Stadium</a></b></li> <li><b><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Giants_Stadium" title="Yomiuri Giants Stadium">Yomiuri Giants Stadium</a></b></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em">Culture</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Star_of_the_Giants" title="Star of the Giants">Star of the Giants</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em">Rivalries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em">Retired numbers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a class="mw-selflink selflink">1</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">3</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Toshio_Kurosawa_(baseball)" title="Toshio Kurosawa (baseball)">4</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">14</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">16</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">34</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em">Key personnel</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>Owner: Toshikazu Yamaguchi</li> <li>Management: <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Group</a></li> <li>Manager: <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Japanese Baseball League</span></a> championships (9)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1936_in_baseball" title="1936 in baseball">Fall 1936</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1937_in_baseball" title="1937 in baseball">Spring 1937</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1938_in_baseball" title="1938 in baseball">Fall 1938</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1939_in_baseball" title="1939 in baseball">1939</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1940_in_baseball" title="1940 in baseball">1940</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1941_in_baseball" title="1941 in baseball">1941</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1942_in_baseball" title="1942 in baseball">1942</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1943_in_baseball" title="1943 in baseball">1943</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1949_in_baseball" title="1949 in baseball">1949</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Japan Series</span></a> championships (22)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_Japan_Series" title="1951 Japan Series">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Japan_Series" title="1952 Japan Series">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Japan_Series" title="1953 Japan Series">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Japan_Series" title="1955 Japan Series">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Japan_Series" title="1961 Japan Series">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Japan_Series" title="1963 Japan Series">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Japan_Series" title="1965 Japan Series">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Japan_Series" title="1966 Japan Series">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Japan_Series" title="1967 Japan Series">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Japan_Series" title="1968 Japan Series">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Japan_Series" title="1969 Japan Series">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Japan_Series" title="1970 Japan Series">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Japan_Series" title="1971 Japan Series">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Japan_Series" title="1972 Japan Series">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Japan_Series" title="1973 Japan Series">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Japan_Series" title="1981 Japan Series">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Japan_Series" title="1989 Japan Series">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_Series" title="1994 Japan Series">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_Series" title="2000 Japan Series">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_Series" title="2002 Japan Series">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Japan_Series" title="2009 Japan Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Japan_Series" title="2012 Japan Series">2012</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Central League</span></a> championships (39)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/1951_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1951</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1952_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1952</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1953_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1953</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1955_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1955</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1956_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1956</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1957_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1957</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1958_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1958</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1959</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1961_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1961</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1963_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1963</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1965_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1965</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1966_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1966</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1967_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1967</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1968_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1968 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1968</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1969_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1969 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1969</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1970_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1970</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1971_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1971</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1972_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1972 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1972</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1973_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1973</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1976_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1976</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1977_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1977</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1981_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1981</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1983_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1983</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1987_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1987</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1989_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1989 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1989</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1990_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1990 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1990</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1994_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1994</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/1996_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1996</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2000_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2000</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2002_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2002</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2007_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2020_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2020</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:10em"><a href="/wiki/Climax_Series" title="Climax Series"><span style="color:#FFFFFF">Climax Series</span></a> berths (14)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/2007_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2007 Central League Climax Series">2007</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2008_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2008 Central League Climax Series">2008</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2009 Central League Climax Series">2009</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2010_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2010 Central League Climax Series">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2011 Central League Climax Series">2011</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2012_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2012 Central League Climax Series">2012</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2013_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2013 Central League Climax Series">2013</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2014_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2014 Central League Climax Series">2014</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2015_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2015 Central League Climax Series">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2016 Central League Climax Series">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2018_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2018 Central League Climax Series">2018</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2019 Central League Climax Series">2019</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2021_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2021 Central League Climax Series">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2024_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2024 Central League Climax Series">2024</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks hlist mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;background-color: #FF6202 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #000000, inset -2px -2px 0 #000000; !important;;"><div id="Seasons_(90)" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em">Seasons (90)</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1930s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><span style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">1930 · 1931 · 1932 · 1933 ·</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=1934_Great_Japan_Tokyo_Baseball_Club_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1934 Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club season (page does not exist)">1934</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1935_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1935 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1935</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1936_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1936 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1936</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1937_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1937 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1937</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1938_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1938 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1938</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1939_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1939 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1939</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1940s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1940_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1940 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1940</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1941_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1941 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1941</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1942_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1942 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1942</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1943_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1943 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1943</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1944_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1944 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1944</a></i></li> <li><span style="color:gray">1945</span></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1946_Tokyo_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1946 Tokyo Giants season (page does not exist)">1946</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1947_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1947 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1947</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1948_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1948 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1948</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1949_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1949 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1949</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1950s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1950_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1950 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1950</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1951_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1951 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1951</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1952_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1952 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1952</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1953_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1953 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1953</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1954_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1954 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1954</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1955_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1955 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1955</a></b></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1956_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1956 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1956</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1957_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1957 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1957</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1958_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1958 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1958</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1959_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1959 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1959</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1960s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1960_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1960 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1960</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1961_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1961 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1961</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1962_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1962 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1962</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1963_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1963 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1963</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1964_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1964 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1964</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1965_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1965 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1965</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1966_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1966 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1966</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1967_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1967 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1967</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1968_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1968 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1968</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1969_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1969 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1969</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1970s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1970_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1970 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1970</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1971_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1971 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1971</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1972_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1972 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1972</a></b></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1973_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1973 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1973</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1974_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1974 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1974</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1975_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1975 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1975</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1976_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1976 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1976</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1977_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1977 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1977</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1978_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1978 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1978</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1979_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1979 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1979</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1980_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1980 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1980</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1981_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1981 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1981</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1982_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1982 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1982</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1983_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1983 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1983</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1984_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1984 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1984</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1985_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1985 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1985</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1986_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1986 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1986</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1987_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1987 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1987</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1988_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1988 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1988</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1989_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1989 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1989</a></b></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1990_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1990 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1990</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1991_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1991 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1991</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1992_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1992 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1992</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1993_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1993 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1993</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=1994_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1994 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1994</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1995_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1995 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1995</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=1996_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1996 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1996</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1997_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1997 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1997</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1998_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1998 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1998</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=1999_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="1999 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">1999</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; ;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2000_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2000 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2000</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2001_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2001 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2001</a></li> <li><i><b><a 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href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroshi_Hiraoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroshi Hiraoka (page does not exist)">Hiroshi Hiraoka</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yukio_Aoi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yukio Aoi (page does not exist)">Yukio Aoi</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shin_Hashido&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shin Hashido (page does not exist)">Shin Hashido</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kiyoshi_Oshikawa" title="Kiyoshi Oshikawa">Kiyoshi Oshikawa</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Jiro_Kuji&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Jiro Kuji (page does not exist)">Jiro Kuji</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> (1959)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iso_Abe" class="mw-redirect" title="Iso Abe">Iso Abe</a> (1959)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1960s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a> (1960)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yutaka_Ikeda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yutaka Ikeda (page does not exist)">Yutaka Ikeda</a> (1962)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a> (1963)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Wakabayashi" title="Tadashi Wakabayashi">Tadashi Wakabayashi</a> (1964)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaru_Kageura" title="Masaru Kageura">Masaru Kageura</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> (1965)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsunetaro_Moriyama" title="Tsunetaro Moriyama">Tsunetaro Moriyama</a> (1966)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuto_Tsuruoka" title="Kazuto Tsuruoka">Kazuto Tsuruoka</a> (1969)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1970s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Shunichi_Amachi" title="Shunichi Amachi">Shunichi Amachi</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Nobuaki_Nidegawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Nobuaki Nidegawa (page does not exist)">Nobuaki Nidegawa</a> (1970)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shuichi_Ishimoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shuichi Ishimoto (page does not exist)">Shuichi Ishimoto</a> (1972)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadayoshi_Fujimoto" title="Sadayoshi Fujimoto">Sadayoshi Fujimoto</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fumio_Fujimura" title="Fumio Fujimura">Fumio Fujimura</a> (1974)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> (1976)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Mizuhara" title="Shigeru Mizuhara">Shigeru Mizuhara</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Michio_Nishizawa" title="Michio Nishizawa">Michio Nishizawa</a> (1977)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Matsuki" title="Kenjiro Matsuki">Kenjiro Matsuki</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shinji_Hamazaki" title="Shinji Hamazaki">Shinji Hamazaki</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Takehiko Bessho</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1980s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Hiroshi_Ohshita" title="Hiroshi Ohshita">Hiroshi Ohshita</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kozuru" title="Makoto Kozuru">Makoto Kozuru</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(baseball)" title="Shigeru Chiba (baseball)">Shigeru Chiba</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tokuji_Iida" title="Tokuji Iida">Tokuji Iida</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Iwamoto" title="Yoshiyuki Iwamoto">Yoshiyuki Iwamoto</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Mihara" title="Osamu Mihara">Osamu Mihara</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Shinji_Kirihara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shinji Kirihara (page does not exist)">Shinji Kirihara</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Sugishita" title="Shigeru Sugishita">Shigeru Sugishita</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Katsumi_Shiraishi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katsumi Shiraishi (page does not exist)">Katsumi Shiraishi</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Atsushi_Aramaki" title="Atsushi Aramaki">Atsushi Aramaki</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeo_Akuta" title="Takeo Akuta">Takeo Akuta</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kaoru_Bettou" class="mw-redirect" title="Kaoru Bettou">Kaoru Bettou</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Nagata" title="Masaichi Nagata">Masaichi Nagata</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saburo_Yokozawa" title="Saburo Yokozawa">Saburo Yokozawa</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yukio_Nishimoto" title="Yukio Nishimoto">Yukio Nishimoto</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidenosuke_Shima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hidenosuke Shima (page does not exist)">Hidenosuke Shima</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuya_Nomura" title="Katsuya Nomura">Katsuya Nomura</a> (1989)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jiro_Noguchi" title="Jiro Noguchi">Jiro Noguchi</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">1990s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Juzo_Sanada" title="Juzo Sanada">Juzo Sanada</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> (1990)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Makino" title="Shigeru Makino">Shigeru Makino</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Osamu_Tsutsui&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Osamu Tsutsui (page does not exist)">Osamu Tsutsui</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kichiro_Shimaoka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kichiro Shimaoka (page does not exist)">Kichiro Shimaoka</a> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tatsuro_Hirooka" title="Tatsuro Hirooka">Tatsuro Hirooka</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Michinori_Tsubouchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Michinori Tsubouchi (page does not exist)">Michinori Tsubouchi</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masao_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Masao Yoshida (baseball)">Masao Yoshida</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshio_Yoshida_(baseball)" title="Yoshio Yoshida (baseball)">Yoshio Yoshida</a> (1992)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhisa_Inao" title="Kazuhisa Inao">Kazuhisa Inao</a> (1993)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> (1993)</li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Sadaharu Oh</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wally_Yonamine" title="Wally Yonamine">Wally Yonamine</a> (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shosei_Go" title="Shosei Go">Shosei Go</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Sugiura" title="Tadashi Sugiura">Tadashi Sugiura</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tokichiro_Ishii&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tokichiro Ishii (page does not exist)">Tokichiro Ishii</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Motoshi Fujita</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sachio_Kinugasa" title="Sachio Kinugasa">Sachio Kinugasa</a> (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Katsuo_Osugi" title="Katsuo Osugi">Katsuo Osugi</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Futoshi_Nakanishi" title="Futoshi Nakanishi">Futoshi Nakanishi</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yoshinori_Hirose" title="Yoshinori Hirose">Yoshinori Hirose</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takeshi_Koba" title="Takeshi Koba">Takeshi Koba</a> (1999)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sadao_Kondo" class="mw-redirect" title="Sadao Kondo">Sadao Kondo</a> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">2000s inductees</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yoneda" title="Tetsuya Yoneda">Tetsuya Yoneda</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rikuo_Nemoto" title="Rikuo Nemoto">Rikuo Nemoto</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Koyama" title="Masaaki Koyama">Masaaki Koyama</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Yamauchi" title="Kazuhiro Yamauchi">Kazuhiro Yamauchi</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keishi_Suzuki" title="Keishi Suzuki">Keishi Suzuki</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yutaka_Fukumoto" title="Yutaka Fukumoto">Yutaka Fukumoto</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenjiro_Tamiya" title="Kenjiro Tamiya">Kenjiro Tamiya</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaoka_Shiki" title="Masaoka Shiki">Masaoka Shiki</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Toshiharu_Ueda" title="Toshiharu Ueda">Toshiharu Ueda</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Junzo_Sekine" title="Junzo Sekine">Junzo Sekine</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Horace_Wilson_(professor)" title="Horace Wilson (professor)">Horace Wilson</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Sakae_Suzuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Sakae Suzuka (page does not exist)">Sakae Suzuka</a> (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Akira_Ogi" class="mw-redirect" title="Akira Ogi">Akira Ogi</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Noboru_Akiyama" title="Noboru Akiyama">Noboru Akiyama</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Choji_Murata" title="Choji Murata">Choji Murata</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Masaaki Mori</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Masayori_Shimura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Masayori Shimura (page does not exist)">Masayori Shimura</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromitsu_Kadota" title="Hiromitsu Kadota">Hiromitsu Kadota</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morimichi_Takagi" title="Morimichi Takagi">Morimichi Takagi</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisashi_Yamada" title="Hisashi Yamada">Hisashi Yamada</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Yasumitsu_Toyoda" title="Yasumitsu Toyoda">Yasumitsu Toyoda</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hiromori_Kawashima" title="Hiromori Kawashima">Hiromori Kawashima</a> (2006)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takao_Kajimoto" title="Takao Kajimoto">Takao Kajimoto</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Reiichi_Matsunaga&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Reiichi Matsunaga (page does not exist)">Reiichi Matsunaga</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Yamamoto_(baseball,_born_1946)" title="Koji Yamamoto (baseball, born 1946)">Koji Yamamoto</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tsutomu_Wakamatsu" title="Tsutomu Wakamatsu">Tsutomu Wakamatsu</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Seiichi_Shima" title="Seiichi Shima">Seiichi Shima</a> (2008)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:white; color:#003; box-shadow: inset 2px 2px 0 #003, inset -2px -2px 0 #003;;width:1%">2010s 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