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class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Former players</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_players-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Retired_numbers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Retired_numbers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Retired numbers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Retired_numbers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_starting_pitchers" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_starting_pitchers"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Top starting pitchers</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Top_starting_pitchers-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Top_leading_hit_players" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Top_leading_hit_players"> <div 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style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">Team logo</th> <th scope="col" style="font-weight:bold;text-align:center;">Cap insignia</th> </tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2px solid #FF6202 !important;">Information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">League</th><td class="infobox-data"><b><a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a></b> <dl><dd><b><a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a> (1950–present)</b></dd></dl> <p><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a> (1936–1949)</span> </p> <span class="nowrap">Independent (1934–1935)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/wiki/Bunky%C5%8D" title="Bunkyō">Bunkyō</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a>, <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td></tr><tr class="adr"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ballpark</th><td class="infobox-data extended-address"><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">December 26, 1934<span class="noprint">; 90 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1934-12-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Nickname(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><i>Kyojin</i> (巨人, giant)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>22</b> (<a href="/wiki/1951_Japan_Series" title="1951 Japan Series">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Japan_Series" title="1952 Japan Series">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Japan_Series" title="1953 Japan Series">1953</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955_Japan_Series" title="1955 Japan Series">1955</a>, <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/1966_Japan_Series" title="1966 Japan Series">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Japan_Series" title="1967 Japan Series">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968_Japan_Series" title="1968 Japan Series">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_Japan_Series" title="1969 Japan Series">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Japan_Series" title="1970 Japan Series">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971_Japan_Series" title="1971 Japan Series">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_Japan_Series" title="1972 Japan Series">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_Japan_Series" title="1973 Japan Series">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981_Japan_Series" title="1981 Japan Series">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_Japan_Series" title="1989 Japan Series">1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_Series" title="1994 Japan Series">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Japan_Series" title="2000 Japan Series">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Japan_Series" title="2002 Japan Series">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Japan_Series" title="2009 Japan Series">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Japan_Series" title="2012 Japan Series">2012</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">JBL championships</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>9</b> (1936 Fall, 1937 Spring, 1938 Fall, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1949)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">CL pennants</th><td class="infobox-data"><b>39</b> (<a href="/wiki/1951_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1951</a>, <a href="/wiki/1952_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1953</a>, <a href="/wiki/1955_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1955</a>, <a href="/wiki/1956_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1956</a>, <a href="/wiki/1957_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1957</a>, <a href="/wiki/1958_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1958</a>, <a href="/wiki/1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1959</a>, <a href="/wiki/1961_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1961</a>, <a href="/wiki/1963_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1963</a>, <a href="/wiki/1965_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1965</a>, <a href="/wiki/1966_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1966</a>, <a href="/wiki/1967_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1967</a>, <a href="/wiki/1968_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1968 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1968</a>, <a href="/wiki/1969_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1969 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1969</a>, <a href="/wiki/1970_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1970</a>, <a href="/wiki/1971_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1971</a>, <a href="/wiki/1972_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1972 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1972</a>, <a href="/wiki/1973_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1973</a>, <a href="/wiki/1976_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1976</a>, <a href="/wiki/1977_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1977</a>, <a href="/wiki/1981_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1981</a>, <a href="/wiki/1983_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1983</a>, <a href="/wiki/1987_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1987</a>, <a href="/wiki/1989_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1989 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1989</a>, <a href="/wiki/1990_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1990 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1990</a>, <a href="/wiki/1994_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1994</a>, <a href="/wiki/1996_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1996</a>, <a href="/wiki/2000_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2000</a>, <a href="/wiki/2002_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2002</a>, <a href="/wiki/2007_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2020_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2020</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Playoff berths</th><td class="infobox-data">14 (<a href="/wiki/2007_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2007 Central League Climax Series">2007</a>, <a href="/wiki/2008_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2008 Central League Climax Series">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2009 Central League Climax Series">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2010 Central League Climax Series">2010</a>, <a href="/wiki/2011_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2011 Central League Climax Series">2011</a>, <a href="/wiki/2012_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2012 Central League Climax Series">2012</a>, <a href="/wiki/2013_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2013 Central League Climax Series">2013</a>, <a href="/wiki/2014_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2014 Central League Climax Series">2014</a>, <a href="/wiki/2015_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2015 Central League Climax Series">2015</a>, <a href="/wiki/2016_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2016 Central League Climax Series">2016</a>, <a href="/wiki/2018_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2018 Central League Climax Series">2018</a>, <a href="/wiki/2019_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2019 Central League Climax Series">2019</a>, <a href="/wiki/2021_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2021 Central League Climax Series">2021</a>, <a href="/wiki/2024_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2024 Central League Climax Series">2024</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former name(s)</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>Tokyo Kyojin (1941-1946)</li> <li>Tokyo Giants (1935–1940)</li> <li>Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (1934)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Former ballparks</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Korakuen_Stadium" title="Korakuen Stadium">Korakuen Stadium</a> (1937–1987)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Colors</th><td class="infobox-data">Orange, Black, White<br /><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r981673959">.mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output 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ol>li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol>li::before{content:" "counter(listitem)"\a0 "}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol>li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol>li:first-child::before{content:" ("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">1</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">3</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Toshio_Kurosawa_(baseball)" title="Toshio Kurosawa (baseball)">4</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">14</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">16</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">34</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Ownership</th><td class="infobox-data">Legally as <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn"><a href="/wiki/Kabushiki_gaisha" title="Kabushiki gaisha">KK</a> Yomiuri Kyojingun</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">株式会社読売巨人軍</span></span>)</span> 100% owned by <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun#Yomiuri_Group" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">The Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Management</th><td class="infobox-data">Toshikazu Yamaguchi</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Manager</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #000000 !important; color: #FFFFFF !important; border: 2px solid #FF6202 !important;">Current uniforms</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><table class="wikitable" style="background-color: white; width: 100%;"><tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"><figure class="mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:YomGiants_Uniforms.PNG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/8/8b/YomGiants_Uniforms.PNG/175px-YomGiants_Uniforms.PNG" decoding="async" width="175" height="262" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/8b/YomGiants_Uniforms.PNG 1.5x" data-file-width="223" data-file-height="334" /></a><figcaption></figcaption></figure></td> </tr><tr><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Yomiuri Giants</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">読売ジャイアンツ</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yomiuri Jaiantsu</i></span>, formally <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Yomiuri Kyojingun</i></span><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">読売巨人軍</span></span>)</span>)</span> are a Japanese professional <a href="/wiki/Baseball" title="Baseball">baseball</a> team competing in <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>. Based in <a href="/wiki/Bunkyo" class="mw-redirect" title="Bunkyo">Bunkyo</a>, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a>. They have played their home games at <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a> since its opening in 1988. The team's owner is <a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun#Yomiuri_Group" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun Holdings</a>, Japan's largest <a href="/wiki/Media_conglomerate" title="Media conglomerate">media conglomerate</a> which also owns two newspapers (including the eponymous <i><a href="/wiki/Yomiuri_Shimbun" title="Yomiuri Shimbun">Yomiuri Shimbun</a></i>) and the <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Television_Network_System" title="Nippon Television Network System">Nippon Television Network</a> (which includes flagship <a href="/wiki/Nippon_TV" class="mw-redirect" title="Nippon TV">Nippon TV</a>). </p><p>The Giants are the oldest professional sports team in Japan. They are also by far the most successful, having won 22 <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> titles and an additional nine in the era of NPB's forerunner, the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a>. Their main rivalry is with the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>, a team especially popular in the <a href="/wiki/Kansai" class="mw-redirect" title="Kansai">Kansai</a> region. The Yomiuri Giants are regarded as "The <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a> of Japan" due to their widespread popularity, past dominance of the league, and polarizing effect on fans. (Baseball fans who are indifferent about teams other than their local team often have an intense dislike for the Giants; on the other hand, the Giants have a large fan base even in cities that have a team of their own.) </p><p>The English-language press occasionally calls the team the <b>Tokyo Giants</b>, but that name has not been in use in Japan for decades. (<a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a>, a former <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a> player, named the team "Tokyo Giants" in the mid-1930s.) Instead, the team is officially known by the name of its corporate owner, just like the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a> and <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a>. The team is often referred by fans and in news headlines and tables simply as <i>Kyojin</i> (巨人, the Japanese word for "giant(s)"), instead of the usual corporate owner's name or the English nickname. </p><p>The Yomiuri Giants name and uniforms were based on the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(NL)" class="mw-redirect" title="New York Giants (NL)">New York (now San Francisco) Giants</a>. The team's colors (orange and black) are the same colors worn by the National League's Giants (both then as now in both New York and San Francisco). The stylized lettering on the team's jerseys and caps is similar to the fancy lettering used by the Giants when they played in New York in the 1930s, although during the 1970s the Yomiuri Giants modernized their lettering to follow the style worn by the San Francisco Giants. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Franchise_history">Franchise history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Franchise history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Great_Japan_Tokyo_Baseball_Club">Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The team began in 1934 as <b>The Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club</b><span style="font-weight: normal"> (<span title="Japanese-language text"><span lang="ja">大日本東京野球倶楽部</span></span>, <span title="Hepburn transliteration"><i lang="ja-Latn">Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Kurabu</i></span>)</span>, a team of all-stars organized by media mogul <a href="/wiki/Matsutar%C5%8D_Sh%C5%8Driki" title="Matsutarō Shōriki">Matsutarō Shōriki</a> that toured the United States<sup id="cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and matched up against an American all-star team that included <a href="/wiki/Babe_Ruth" title="Babe Ruth">Babe Ruth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jimmie_Foxx" title="Jimmie Foxx">Jimmie Foxx</a>, <a href="/wiki/Lou_Gehrig" title="Lou Gehrig">Lou Gehrig</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Charlie_Gehringer" title="Charlie Gehringer">Charlie Gehringer</a>. While prior Japanese all-star contingents had disbanded, Shōriki went pro with this group, playing in an independent league. </p><p>In 1935, the team traveled to the United States and faced off against college and minor league teams, ultimately playing 109 games in 128 days (including 34 games on 17 days as <a href="/wiki/Doubleheader_(baseball)" title="Doubleheader (baseball)">doubleheaders</a>) across the country. The tour ended with a record of 75 wins, 33 losses, and 1 draw. </p><p>When they faced off against the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Seals_(baseball)" class="mw-redirect" title="San Francisco Seals (baseball)">San Francisco Seals</a>, the manager of the Seals, <a href="/wiki/Lefty_O%27Doul" title="Lefty O'Doul">Lefty O'Doul</a>, stated the team needed a promotional name, as just the team being named "Tokyo Dai Nippon Baseball Club" wouldn't mean anything of note to Americans, and because the tour was heavily funded with ticket sales.<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 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> He suggested that since <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> was the <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York</a> of <a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a>, they should emulate one of the two named <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">MLB</a> teams in New York; either the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">Yankees</a> or the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Giants_(baseball)" title="New York Giants (baseball)">Giants</a> (New York's third team, which would eventually be called the <a href="/wiki/Brooklyn_Dodgers" title="Brooklyn Dodgers">Dodgers</a>, lacked an official nickname at the time). As "<a href="/wiki/Yankee" title="Yankee">Yankees</a>" was immediately out of the question, due to it being an American name, O'Doul suggested the name "Giants", also thanks to the fact that coincidentally, O'Doul was formerly of the Giants himself, and the team adopted the <b>Tokyo Giants</b> moniker mid-tour. </p><p>However, the Giants name would face minor challenging from Shōriki himself after the tour, as he wanted to name the team the Tokyo Golden Kites, after the <a href="/wiki/Order_of_the_Golden_Kite" title="Order of the Golden Kite">Order of the Golden Kite</a>, a military order of the Empire of Japan (which would be abolished in 1947 following <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>). The players, however, would hold firm, and Shōriki would retain the Giants name.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tokyo_Kyojin">Tokyo Kyojin</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Tokyo Kyojin"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1936, with the formation of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_League" title="Japanese Baseball League">Japanese Baseball League</a>, the team changed its name to the <b>Tokyo Kyojin</b>, often called the Tokyo Giants in non-Japanese sources. It won eight league championships under that name from 1936 to 1943, including six championships in a row from 1938 to 1943. </p><p>Russian-born pitcher <a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a>, nicknamed "the blue-eyed Japanese", starred for the team until 1944. One of the league's premier pitchers, he won two MVP awards and a <a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine award</a>, and won at least 26 games in six different years, winning a league-record 42 games in 1939. He followed his record-setting performance with another 38 wins in 1940. Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> co-starred with Starffin on the Kyojin. He pitched the first <a href="/wiki/No-hitter" title="No-hitter">no-hitter</a> in Japanese pro baseball, on September 25, 1936, as well as two others. In 1937, he went 33–10 with a 1.38 <a href="/wiki/Earned_run_average" title="Earned run average">earned run average</a>. From 1937 to 1943 Sawamura had a record of 63–22, 554 strikeouts, and a 1.74 ERA. Sawamura was conscripted into the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Imperial_Army" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Imperial Army">Japanese Imperial Army</a> in 1938, 1941, and 1943; he returned to play for the Giants between deployments, though injuries and time away hindered his form and velocity.<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> He was released by the team in 1943, then killed in battle when his ship was torpedoed near the end of the <a href="/wiki/Second_World_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Second World War">Second World War</a>. </p><p>Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a> was a featured hitter during the franchise's first decade-and-a-half, and as <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> led the Kyojin to a championship in 1941. <a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> was a team fixture from 1938 to 1958, winning the batting title five times, two home run crowns, three RBI titles, and had six titles for the most hits in a season. He was the first player in Japanese pro baseball to achieve 2,000 hits and was named the league's MVP three times. Leadoff man <a href="/wiki/Shosei_Go" title="Shosei Go">Shosei Go</a> starred for the team from 1937 to 1943, winning league MVP in 1943. Only 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m) and 140 lb (64 kg), he was nicknamed "The Human Locomotive" due to his speed. </p><p>Pitcher <a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> (also known as Hideo Nakagami) pitched for the team for 12 seasons from 1942 to 1955. He holds the Japanese records for lowest career ERA (1.90) and seasonal ERA (0.73 in 1943), as well as best all-time winning percentage (.697). He threw two career <a href="/wiki/No-hitters" class="mw-redirect" title="No-hitters">no-hitters</a>, including the first <a href="/wiki/Perfect_game_(baseball)" title="Perfect game (baseball)">perfect game</a> in Japanese professional baseball. In addition, he served as the Giants' <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> in 1944 (there was no 1945 season) and part of 1946. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Yomiuri_Giants">Yomiuri Giants</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Yomiuri Giants"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1947 the team became the Yomiuri Giants, winning the final JBL championship in 1949 (again under <a href="/wiki/Player-manager" class="mw-redirect" title="Player-manager">player-manager</a> <a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a>). From 1938 to 1987 the Giants played at <a href="/wiki/Korakuen_Stadium" title="Korakuen Stadium">Korakuen Stadium</a>, moving to their current home the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a> in 1988. </p><p>In 1950, the Giants were one of the founding members of <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball" title="Nippon Professional Baseball">Nippon Professional Baseball</a>, joining the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>. </p><p>Slugger <a href="/wiki/Noboru_Aota" title="Noboru Aota">Noboru Aota</a> starred for the Giants from 1948 to 1952, winning the home run championship twice, and hitting a home run in the <a href="/wiki/1951_Japan_Series" title="1951 Japan Series">1951 Japan Series</a>, when the Giants defeated the <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> 4 games to 2 for their first NPB championship. The Giants would also win Japan Series championships in <a href="/wiki/1952_Japan_Series" title="1952 Japan Series">1952</a>, <a href="/wiki/1953_Japan_Series" title="1953 Japan Series">1953</a>, and <a href="/wiki/1955_Japan_Series" title="1955 Japan Series">1955</a>, all over the Nankai Hawks. The team was the Central League champion every year from 1955 to 1959, winning the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championship in 1955, but they lost four consecutive Japan Series thereafter, with the first three losses coming against the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a>, and then the Hawks finally got their revenge to close out the decade. </p><p>World career <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home run</a> record holder <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> starred for the Giants from 1959 to 1980, and fellow <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame">Hall of Famer</a> <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> played for the team from 1958 to 1974. The Giants lineup, consisting of Oh batting third and Nagashima batting fourth, was nicknamed the <i>ON Hou</i>, ("Oh-Nagashima Cannon") as the two players emerged as the best hitters in the league. Now the team's manager, <a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> led the Giants to nine consecutive <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> championships from 1965 to 1973,<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> and Oh and Nagashima dominated the batting titles during this period. During his career, Oh was a five-time batting champion and fifteen-time home-run champion, and won the <a href="/wiki/Nippon_Professional_Baseball_Most_Valuable_Player_Award" title="Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award">Central League</a> most valuable player award nine times. Nagashima won the season MVP award five times, and the <a href="/wiki/Best_Nine_Award" title="Best Nine Award">Best Nine Award</a> every single year of his career (a total 17 times). Future Hall of Famer <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a> pitched for the team during its heyday, from 1966 to 1983. The renowned left-hander <a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> pitched for the team from 1965 to 1969, later having his number retired by the Giants. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> was appointed manager of the Giants almost immediately after his retirement in 1974, staying in that position until 1980. After a couple of down years the Giants re-assumed their dominant position in the Central League, winning league championships in 1976 and 1977. Sadaharu Oh rejoined the team as manager from 1984 to 1988. Nagashima returned as Giants manager from 1993 to 2001, winning Japan Series championships in 1994, 1996, and 2000. </p><p>Outfielder <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> starred for the Giants for ten seasons in the 1990s and early 2000s before migrating to <a href="/wiki/Major_League_Baseball" title="Major League Baseball">Major League Baseball</a>. He was a three-time NPB <a href="/wiki/Most_Valuable_Player" class="mw-redirect" title="Most Valuable Player">MVP</a>, leading his team to four <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a>, winning three titles (1994, 2000 and 2002), and earning the popular nickname "<a href="/wiki/Godzilla" title="Godzilla">Godzilla</a>". He also made nine consecutive All-Star Games and led the league in <a href="/wiki/Home_run" title="Home run">home runs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Run_batted_in" title="Run batted in">RBIs</a> three times. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami in 1946"><img alt="Tetsuharu Kawakami in 1946" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG/120px-Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG/181px-Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/99/Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG/241px-Kawakami_Tetsuharu_1946.JPG 2x" data-file-width="597" data-file-height="892" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> in 1946</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Three Giants stars of the 1950s, Tetsuharu Kawakami, Shigeru Chiba, and Noboru Aota (left to right)"><img alt="Three Giants stars of the 1950s, Tetsuharu Kawakami, Shigeru Chiba, and Noboru Aota (left to right)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg/240px-Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg/359px-Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg/479px-Yomiuri_Giants4.jpg 2x" data-file-width="503" data-file-height="378" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Three Giants stars of the 1950s, <a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba" title="Shigeru Chiba">Shigeru Chiba</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Noboru_Aota" title="Noboru Aota">Noboru Aota</a> (left to right)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 83.333333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 81.333333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Egawa.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Suguru Egawa, after 1981"><img alt="Suguru Egawa, after 1981" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Egawa.jpg/122px-Egawa.jpg" decoding="async" width="82" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Egawa.jpg/182px-Egawa.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7c/Egawa.jpg/243px-Egawa.jpg 2x" data-file-width="338" data-file-height="500" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Suguru Egawa</a>, after 1981 </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 94px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 92px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giants_hara_88.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Tatsunori Hara in 2012"><img alt="Tatsunori Hara in 2012" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Giants_hara_88.jpg/138px-Giants_hara_88.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Giants_hara_88.jpg/207px-Giants_hara_88.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Giants_hara_88.jpg/277px-Giants_hara_88.jpg 2x" data-file-width="299" data-file-height="389" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Tatsunori Hara</a> in 2012</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 167.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 165.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="A celebration with Giants supporters for NPB championship parade in November 2009"><img alt="A celebration with Giants supporters for NPB championship parade in November 2009" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG/248px-%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG" decoding="async" width="166" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG/372px-%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG/496px-%E9%8A%80%E5%BA%A7%E3%83%BC2.JPG 2x" data-file-width="1776" data-file-height="1290" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A celebration with Giants supporters for NPB championship parade in November 2009</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_(8756593450).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A celebration for awarding the National Honor Award served to Shigeo Nagashima, former stars and manager for long period, in Tokyo Dome, May 2013."><img alt="A celebration for awarding the National Honor Award served to Shigeo Nagashima, former stars and manager for long period, in Tokyo Dome, May 2013." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_%288756593450%29.jpg/240px-%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_%288756593450%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_%288756593450%29.jpg/360px-%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_%288756593450%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/05/%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_%288756593450%29.jpg/480px-%E5%9B%BD%E6%B0%91%E6%A0%84%E8%AA%89%E8%B3%9E%E3%81%8A%E3%82%81%E3%81%A7%E3%81%A8%E3%81%86%E3%81%94%E3%81%96%E3%81%84%E3%81%BE%E3%81%99_%288756593450%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A celebration for awarding the National Honor Award served to <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a>, former stars and manager for long period, in <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a>, May 2013.</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 102px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 100px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Giants_sugano_19.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="A main Giants pitcher, Tomoyuki Sugano"><img alt="A main Giants pitcher, Tomoyuki Sugano" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Giants_sugano_19.jpg/150px-Giants_sugano_19.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Giants_sugano_19.jpg/226px-Giants_sugano_19.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/10/Giants_sugano_19.jpg/301px-Giants_sugano_19.jpg 2x" data-file-width="389" data-file-height="465" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">A main Giants pitcher, <a href="/wiki/Tomoyuki_Sugano" title="Tomoyuki Sugano">Tomoyuki Sugano</a> </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 102px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 100px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Main Giants player, Kazuma Okamoto"><img alt="Main Giants player, Kazuma Okamoto" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg/150px-Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg" decoding="async" width="100" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg/224px-Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/15/Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg/299px-Gk_ryoDSC_97122.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2384" data-file-height="2867" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Main Giants player, <a href="/wiki/Kazuma_Okamoto" title="Kazuma Okamoto">Kazuma Okamoto</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Managerial_history_and_lifetime_records">Managerial history and lifetime records</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Managerial history and lifetime records"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable"> <tbody><tr> <th>Name</th> <th>Nationality</th> <th>From</th> <th>To </th> <th width="30">G </th> <th width="30">W </th> <th width="30">D </th> <th width="30">T </th> <th width="30">Wp </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sadayoshi_Fujimoto" title="Sadayoshi Fujimoto">Sadayoshi Fujimoto</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1936</td> <td>1942 </td> <td>604</td> <td>422</td> <td>168</td> <td>14</td> <td>.715 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1943</td> <td>1943 </td> <td>84</td> <td>54</td> <td>27</td> <td>3</td> <td>.667 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1944</td> <td>1944 </td> <td>35</td> <td>19</td> <td>14</td> <td>2</td> <td>.576 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hideo Fujimoto (2)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1946</td> <td>1946 </td> <td>25</td> <td>15</td> <td>9</td> <td>1</td> <td>.625 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Haruyasu Nakajima (2)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1946</td> <td>1947 </td> <td>171</td> <td>96</td> <td>74</td> <td>1</td> <td>.564 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Osamu_Mihara" title="Osamu Mihara">Osamu Mihara</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1947</td> <td>1949 </td> <td>302</td> <td>177</td> <td>118</td> <td>7</td> <td>.600 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shigeru Mizuhara</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1950</td> <td>1960 </td> <td>1407</td> <td>881</td> <td>497</td> <td>29</td> <td>.639 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1961</td> <td>1974 </td> <td>1868</td> <td>1066</td> <td>741</td> <td>61</td> <td>.590 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1975</td> <td>1980 </td> <td>780</td> <td>387</td> <td>386</td> <td>55</td> <td>.533 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Motoshi_Fujita" title="Motoshi Fujita">Motoshi Fujita</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1981</td> <td>1983 </td> <td>390</td> <td>211</td> <td>148</td> <td>31</td> <td>.588 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan">Taiwan</a></td> <td>1984</td> <td>1988 </td> <td>650</td> <td>347</td> <td>264</td> <td>39</td> <td>.568 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Motoshi Fujita (2)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1989</td> <td>1992 </td> <td>520</td> <td>305</td> <td>213</td> <td>2</td> <td>.587 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Shigeo Nagashima (2)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>1993</td> <td>2001 </td> <td>1202</td> <td>647</td> <td>551</td> <td>4</td> <td>.538 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Tatsunori Hara</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>2002</td> <td>2003 </td> <td>280</td> <td>147</td> <td>138</td> <td>5</td> <td>.535 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>2004</td> <td>2005 </td> <td>284</td> <td>133</td> <td>144</td> <td>7</td> <td>.480 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tatsunori Hara (2)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>2006</td> <td>2015 </td> <td>1441</td> <td>795</td> <td>595</td> <td>51</td> <td>.572 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Takahashi" title="Yoshinobu Takahashi">Yoshinobu Takahashi</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>2016</td> <td>2018 </td> <td>429</td> <td>210</td> <td>208</td> <td>11</td> <td>.502 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Tatsunori Hara (3)</td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>2019</td> <td>2023 </td> <td>657</td> <td>344</td> <td>313</td> <td>35</td> <td>.524 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a></td> <td><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></span></span> </span><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan">Japan</a></td> <td>2024</td> <td>ongoing </td> <td>143</td> <td>77</td> <td>59</td> <td>7</td> <td>.566 </td></tr> </tbody></table><p><sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (October 2017)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup><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><div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Rivalries">Rivalries</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Rivalries"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Giants have several rivalries with clubs in the <a href="/wiki/Central_League" title="Central League">Central League</a>, most notably rivalries with the <a href="/wiki/Nishinomiya" title="Nishinomiya">Nishinomiya</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Nagoya" title="Nagoya">Nagoya</a>-based <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> and their cross-town rivals, the <a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows" title="Tokyo Yakult Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Hanshin_Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Hanshin Tigers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Giants-Tigers rivalry</b> is considered the most intense professional rivalry in the history of Japanese team sports. </p><p>The Giants-Tigers feud began on July 15, 1936 in Nagoya, <a href="/wiki/Aichi_Prefecture" title="Aichi Prefecture">Aichi</a>, Japan, at a time where Japanese clubs besides the Tigers did not have set home ballparks, and would bounce around wherever they could play. This game would set the tone for the history-setting rivalry, as the first home run in Giants professional club history would come on that day at the hands of <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Baseball_Hall_of_Fame" title="Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame">Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame</a> member <a href="/wiki/Haruyasu_Nakajima" title="Haruyasu Nakajima">Haruyasu Nakajima</a> off Tigers' ace <a href="/wiki/Tadashi_Wakabayashi" title="Tadashi Wakabayashi">Tadashi Wakabayashi</a>, but the Tigers would win the game 8-7. On September 25, 1936, young Giants ace <a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> threw the first no-hitter in Japanese professional baseball history against the Tigers at <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Koshien_Stadium" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanshin Koshien Stadium">Hanshin Koshien Stadium</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He would be the only Giants pitcher to throw a no-hitter at Koshien until <a href="/wiki/Shosei_Togo" title="Shosei Togo">Shosei Togo</a> did it on May 24, 2024.<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> </p><p>The Giants-Tigers rivalry has seen mostly the Giants enjoy long standing periods of success at the expense of the Tigers. From <a href="/wiki/1956_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1956</a> to <a href="/wiki/1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1959</a>, the Giants won the Central League pennant over the Tigers in each of the four seasons; however, the Giants would lose all 4 of their <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a> appearances during that time, three times to the <a href="/wiki/Nishitetsu_Lions" class="mw-redirect" title="Nishitetsu Lions">Nishitetsu Lions</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a>) from 1956 to <a href="/wiki/1958_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1958</a>, and once to the <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> (now the <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a>) in 1959. Most notably during this time, the only ever baseball <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A9%E8%A6%A7%E8%A9%A6%E5%90%88" class="extiw" title="jp:天覧試合">Tenran-jiai</a>, or "Match viewed by the Emperor" happened on June 25th, 1959, where <a href="/wiki/Emperor_Hirohito" class="mw-redirect" title="Emperor Hirohito">Emperor Hirohito</a> decided to watch the game between the Tigers and Giants; Giants legend <a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> would walk off future Tigers legend <a href="/wiki/Minoru_Murayama" title="Minoru Murayama">Minoru Murayama</a> in the bottom of the 9th as the Giants won 5-4. During the Giants' V9 dynasty, where the Giants would win a record setting 9 consecutive Japan Series championships 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>, the Tigers would finish 2nd in the Central League 5 of the 9 seasons, including 3 consecutive second place finishes from <a href="/wiki/1968_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1968 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1968</a> to <a href="/wiki/1970_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season">1970</a>. </p><p>As of the end of the <a href="/wiki/2024_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2024</a> season, the Giants have the edge in Japan Series championships, 22–2, Central League pennants, 39–6, overall championships, 31–6, and the Giants lead the Tigers head to head, 1127–888–77.<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> The Giants and Tigers have met in the <a href="/wiki/Climax_Series" title="Climax Series">Climax Series</a> 5 times, in which the Giants lead the overall head-to-head matchup 11-6-0, winning the series 4 times to the Tigers' 1. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Tokyo_Yakult_Swallows">Tokyo Yakult Swallows</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Tokyo Yakult Swallows"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The geographic rivalry between the Giants and the <a href="/wiki/Shinjuku" title="Shinjuku">Shinjuku</a>-based Tokyo Yakult Swallows has been around since the Swallows were founded by the former <a href="/wiki/Japanese_National_Railways" title="Japanese National Railways">Japanese National Railways</a> (known as <b>Kokutetsu</b> (国鉄) in Japanese)) as the Kokutetsu Swallows on January 12, 1950. However, the rivalry never truly began in earnest until <a href="/wiki/Yakult_Honsha" title="Yakult Honsha">Yakult</a>, who bought the team from national newspaper <a href="/wiki/Sankei_Shimbun" title="Sankei Shimbun">Sankei Shimbun</a> in 1970, added "Tokyo" to the team's name in the 2005-06 NPB offseason, where games began being referred to by the media as the "<a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/TOKYO%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA" class="extiw" title="jp:TOKYOシリーズ">TOKYOシリーズ</a>", or literally "Tokyo Series" in Japanese. In <a href="/wiki/2015_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season" title="2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season">2015</a>, the Swallows and Giants officially announced plans for an annual "Tokyo Series" event with each team hosting a series.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the same time, the Swallows began producing annual alternate uniforms for said rivalry games. </p><p>Since Yakult added Tokyo to the Swallows name in 2006, the Giants lead the head-to-head regular season series 260–184–19. Overall, since the Swallows were founded in 1950, the Giants lead the head-to-head regular season series 1094–758–61. The Swallows and Giants have met in the Climax Series 4 times, in which Yakult lead the head-to-head matchups 9–4–1 (including Yakult's 1 advantage win in the <a href="/wiki/2015_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2015 Central League Climax Series">2015</a> and <a href="/wiki/2021_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2021 Central League Climax Series">2021 Central League Climax Series</a>), winning the series 3 times to the Giants' 1 series win. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Chunichi_Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Chunichi Dragons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <b>Giants-Dragons rivalry</b> is said to be the oldest professional rivalry in the history of professional Japanese team sports. </p><p>The Giants and one of the teams that would eventually form the Dragons, then known as the Nagoya <a href="/wiki/Shachihoko" title="Shachihoko">Shachihoko</a>, first met on February 5, 1936 at <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%B3%B4%E6%B5%B7%E7%90%83%E5%A0%B4" class="extiw" title="jp:鳴海球場">Narumi Baseball Stadium</a> in the suburbs of Nagoya, marking the first ever game in the history of the <a href="/wiki/Japanese_Professional_Baseball_League" class="mw-redirect" title="Japanese Professional Baseball League">Japanese Professional Baseball League</a>, which is now known as Nippon Professional Baseball. The Shachihoko, later known as Nagoya Kinko, would be absorbed into the <a href="/wiki/Nagoya_Baseball_Club" class="mw-redirect" title="Nagoya Baseball Club">Nagoya Baseball Club</a> in 1943 as their parent company, the Nagoya Shimbun, was forced to merge into rival newspaper company Shin-Aichi Shimbun under the <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%96%B0%E8%81%9E%E7%B5%B1%E5%88%B6" class="extiw" title="jp:新聞統制">Japanese newspaper control ordinance</a>, creating Chubu-Nippon Shimbun, or <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Shimbun" title="Chunichi Shimbun">Chunichi Shimbun</a> as it is known today. This created the Sangyo Baseball Club, which is now known as today's <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a>. </p><p>Like the Giants-Tigers rivalry, the Giants have enjoyed long standing success at the expense of the Dragons, creating animosity amongst Dragons fans. This came to a head in the finale of the <a href="/wiki/1994_NPB_season" class="mw-redirect" title="1994 NPB season">1994 NPB season</a>, where the Giants and Dragons were tied in the standings, each sitting at 69-60-0. The Giants would win that game and the Central League pennant by a score of 6-3, in what would be known as the <a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/10.8%E6%B1%BA%E6%88%A6" class="extiw" title="jp:10.8決戦">10.8 Showdown</a>, and eventually would win the <a href="/wiki/1994_Japan_Series" title="1994 Japan Series">1994 Japan Series</a> over the Seibu Lions. </p><p>Since Nagoya Kinko merged into the Nagoya Baseball Club in 1943, the Giants lead the Dragons in Japan Series championships, 22-2, Central League pennants, 39-9, and head-to-head, 1061-871-61. The Giants and Dragons have met in the Climax Series 5 times, in which the overall head-to-head is tied, 12-12-1, including 1 game advantage wins in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2008 Central League Climax Series">2008</a>, <a href="/wiki/2009_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2009 Central League Climax Series">2009</a>, <a href="/wiki/2010_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2010 Central League Climax Series">2010</a>, and <a href="/wiki/2012_Central_League_Climax_Series" title="2012 Central League Climax Series">2012 Central League Climax Series</a>. 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center;"><b>First team</b> </td> <td colspan="4" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Second team</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Pitchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">15</span> <a href="/wiki/Taisei_Ota" title="Taisei Ota">Taisei</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">17</span> <a href="/wiki/Yuhi_Nishidate" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuhi Nishidate">Yuhi Nishidate</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">19</span> <a href="/wiki/Iori_Yamasaki" title="Iori Yamasaki">Iori Yamasaki</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">20</span> <a href="/wiki/Shosei_Togo" title="Shosei Togo">Shosei Togo</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">31</span> <a href="/wiki/Yuji_Akahoshi" title="Yuji Akahoshi">Yuji Akahoshi</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">33</span> <a href="/wiki/Kyle_Keller_(baseball)" title="Kyle Keller (baseball)">Kyle Keller</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">49</span> <a href="/wiki/Alberto_Baldonado" title="Alberto Baldonado">Alberto Baldonado</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">53</span> <a href="/wiki/Yuhei_Takanashi" title="Yuhei Takanashi">Yuhei Takanashi</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">58</span> <a href="/wiki/Hiromasa_Funabasama" title="Hiromasa Funabasama">Hiromasa Funabasama</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">62</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kai_Yokogawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kai Yokogawa (page does not exist)">Kai Yokogawa</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">66</span> <a href="/wiki/Ryuta_Heinai" title="Ryuta Heinai">Ryuta Heinai</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">91</span> <a href="/wiki/Kenshin_Hotta" title="Kenshin Hotta">Kenshin Hotta</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">92</span> <a href="/wiki/Raidel_Mart%C3%ADnez" title="Raidel Martínez">Raidel Martínez</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">97</span> <a href="/wiki/Haruto_Inoue" title="Haruto Inoue">Haruto Inoue</a></li></ul> <p><b>Catchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">10</span> <a href="/wiki/Takuya_Kai" title="Takuya Kai">Takuya Kai</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">24</span> <a href="/wiki/Takumi_Ohshiro" title="Takumi Ohshiro">Takumi Ohshiro</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">27</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yukinori_Kishida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yukinori Kishida (page does not exist)">Yukinori Kishida</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">67</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shinnosuke_Yamase&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shinnosuke Yamase (page does not exist)">Shinnosuke Yamase</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">94</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryusuke_Kita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryusuke Kita (page does not exist)">Ryusuke Kita</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"> <p><b>Infielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">00</span> <a href="/wiki/Dai_Yuasa" title="Dai Yuasa">Dai Yuasa</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">0</span> <a href="/wiki/Daiki_Masuda" title="Daiki Masuda">Daiki Masuda</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">2</span> <a href="/wiki/Naoki_Yoshikawa" title="Naoki Yoshikawa">Naoki Yoshikawa</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">5</span> <a href="/wiki/Makoto_Kadowaki" title="Makoto Kadowaki">Makoto Kadowaki</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">25</span> <a href="/wiki/Kazuma_Okamoto" title="Kazuma Okamoto">Kazuma Okamoto</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">35</span> <a href="/wiki/Yuta_Izuguchi" class="mw-redirect" title="Yuta Izuguchi">Yuta Izuguchi</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">40</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Raito_Nakayama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Raito Nakayama (page does not exist)">Raito Nakayama</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">55</span> <a href="/wiki/Yuto_Akihiro" title="Yuto Akihiro">Yuto Akihiro</a></li></ul> <p><b>Outfielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">7</span> <a href="/wiki/Hisayoshi_Chono" class="mw-redirect" title="Hisayoshi Chono">Hisayoshi Chono</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">12</span> <a href="/wiki/Masaya_Hagio" title="Masaya Hagio">Masaya Hagio</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">13</span> <a href="/wiki/Trey_Cabbage" title="Trey Cabbage">Trey Cabbage</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">44</span> <a href="/wiki/Shunsuke_Sasaki" title="Shunsuke Sasaki">Shunsuke Sasaki</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">50</span> <a href="/wiki/Louis_Okoye" title="Louis Okoye">Louis Okoye</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">51</span> <a href="/wiki/Shogo_Asano" title="Shogo Asano">Shogo Asano</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><b>Manager</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">83</span> <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">76</span> <a href="/wiki/Tomohiro_Nioka" title="Tomohiro Nioka">Tomohiro Nioka</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Head coach / Hitting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">80</span> <a href="/wiki/Kenji_Yano" title="Kenji Yano">Kenji Yano</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Hitting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">78</span> <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Kawai" title="Masahiro Kawai">Masahiro Kawai</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Infield)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">81</span> <a href="/wiki/Toshiya_Sugiuchi" title="Toshiya Sugiuchi">Toshiya Sugiuchi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">88</span> <a href="/wiki/Kazunari_Sanematsu" title="Kazunari Sanematsu">Kazunari Sanematsu</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Battery)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">79</span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshiyuki_Kamei_(baseball)" title="Yoshiyuki Kamei (baseball)">Yoshiyuki Kamei</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Outfield / Baserunning)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">77</span> <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Utsumi" title="Tetsuya Utsumi">Tetsuya Utsumi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">74</span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshinori_Murata" title="Yoshinori Murata">Yoshinori Murata</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Strategy / Bullpen)</span></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b>Pitchers</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">11</span> <a href="/wiki/Masahiro_Tanaka" title="Masahiro Tanaka">Masahiro Tanaka</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">26</span> <a href="/wiki/Nobutaka_Imamura" title="Nobutaka Imamura">Nobutaka Imamura</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">28</span> <a href="/wiki/Rei_Takahashi" title="Rei Takahashi">Rei Takahashi</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">29</span> <a href="/wiki/Foster_Griffin" title="Foster Griffin">Foster Griffin</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">30</span> <a href="/wiki/Taisuke_Kondoh" title="Taisuke Kondoh">Taisuke Kondoh</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">36</span> <a href="/wiki/Kosuke_Baba" title="Kosuke Baba">Kosuke Baba</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">41</span> <a href="/wiki/K%C5%8Dta_Nakagawa" title="Kōta Nakagawa">Kota Nakagawa</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">45</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eito_Tanaka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eito Tanaka (page does not exist)">Eito Tanaka</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">46</span> <a href="/wiki/Teppei_Mataki" title="Teppei Mataki">Teppei Mataki</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">47</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunya_Morita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shunya Morita (page does not exist)">Shunya Morita</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">48</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Chiharu_Tanaka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Chiharu Tanaka (page does not exist)">Chiharu Tanaka</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">57</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunsuke_Miyahara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shunsuke Miyahara (page does not exist)">Shunsuke Miyahara</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">63</span> <a href="/wiki/Keisuke_Izumi" title="Keisuke Izumi">Keisuke Izumi</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">64</span> <a href="/wiki/Ryusei_Ohe" title="Ryusei Ohe">Ryusei Ohe</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">65</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tatsuya_Ishikawa_(baseball)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tatsuya Ishikawa (baseball) (page does not exist)">Tatsuya Ishikawa</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">90</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Juza_Ishida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Juza Ishida (page does not exist)">Juza Ishida</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">99</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Makoto_Kyomoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Makoto Kyomoto (page does not exist)">Makoto Kyomoto</a></li></ul> <p><b>Catchers</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">22</span> <a href="/wiki/Seiji_Kobayashi" title="Seiji Kobayashi">Seiji Kobayashi</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">37</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takuya_K%C5%8Dri&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takuya Kōri (page does not exist)">Takuya Kohri</a></li></ul> </td> <td width="25px"> </td> <td style="vertical-align:top;"><b>Infielders</b> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">6</span> <a href="/wiki/Hayato_Sakamoto" title="Hayato Sakamoto">Hayato Sakamoto</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">23</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusei_Ishizuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yusei Ishizuka (page does not exist)">Yusei Ishizuka</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">32</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Shunsuke_Urata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Shunsuke Urata (page does not exist)">Shunsuke Urata</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">60</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yu_Aramaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yu Aramaki (page does not exist)">Yu Aramaki</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">61</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Riku_Masuda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Riku Masuda (page does not exist)">Riku Masuda</a></li></ul> <p><b>Outfielders</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">8</span> <a href="/wiki/Yoshihiro_Maru" title="Yoshihiro Maru">Yoshihiro Maru</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">38</span> <a href="/wiki/Y%C5%ABki_Okada" title="Yūki Okada">Yūki Okada</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">42</span> <a href="/wiki/Elier_Hern%C3%A1ndez" title="Elier Hernández">Elier Hernández</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">43</span> <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Shigenobu" title="Shinnosuke Shigenobu">Shinnosuke Shigenobu</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">59</span> <a href="/wiki/Gakuto_Wakabayashi" title="Gakuto Wakabayashi">Gakuto Wakabayashi</a></li></ul> <p><br /> </p><p><b>Manager</b> </p> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">73</span> <a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Second squad)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">70</span> <a href="/wiki/Norihiro_Komada" title="Norihiro Komada">Norihiro Komada</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Third squad)</span></li></ul> <p><b>Coaches</b> </p> <dl><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">Second squad</span></dt></dl> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">75</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tsuyoshi_Ando&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tsuyoshi Ando (page does not exist)">Tsuyoshi Ando</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Head coach)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">71</span> <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Yamaguchi" title="Tetsuya Yamaguchi">Tetsuya Yamaguchi</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">72</span> <a href="/wiki/Kan_Otake" title="Kan Otake">Kan Otake</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">85</span> <a href="/wiki/Ryota_Wakiya" title="Ryota Wakiya">Ryota Wakiya</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Infield)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">82</span> <a href="/wiki/Takahiro_Suzuki" title="Takahiro Suzuki">Takahiro Suzuki</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Outfield / Baserunning)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">87</span> <a href="/wiki/Itaru_Hashimoto" title="Itaru Hashimoto">Itaru Hashimoto</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Outfield / Hitting)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">89</span> <a href="/wiki/Ken_Katoh" title="Ken Katoh">Ken Katoh</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Battery)</span></li></ul> <dl><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">Third squad</span></dt></dl> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">100</span> <a href="/wiki/Koichi_Misawa" title="Koichi Misawa">Koichi Misawa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">101</span> <a href="/wiki/Shigeyuki_Furuki" title="Shigeyuki Furuki">Shigeyuki Furuki</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Infield / Baserunning)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">105</span> <a href="/wiki/Daiki_Yoshikawa" title="Daiki Yoshikawa">Daiki Yoshikawa</a> Soichiro Tateoka</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">107</span> <a href="/wiki/Ryoma_Nogami" title="Ryoma Nogami">Ryoma Nogami</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">103</span> <a href="/wiki/Tatsuhiko_Kinj%C5%8D" title="Tatsuhiko Kinjō">Tatsuhiko Kinjō</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Outfield / Baserunning)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">102</span> <a href="/wiki/Tomoya_Ichikawa" title="Tomoya Ichikawa">Tomoya Ichikawa</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Battery)</span></li></ul> <dl><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">Patrol Coaches</span></dt></dl> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">84</span> <a href="/wiki/Yasuo_Kubo" title="Yasuo Kubo">Yasuo Kubo</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Pitching/ Assistant Trainer)</span></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">86</span> <a href="/wiki/Zelous_Wheeler" title="Zelous Wheeler">Zelous Wheeler</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Hitting coordinator)</span></li></ul> <dl><dt><span style="font-size:85%;">Developing</span></dt></dl> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace">108</span> <a href="/wiki/Park_Sok-min" title="Park Sok-min">Park Sok-min</a> <span style="font-size:85%;">(Development)</span></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="background-color: black; color: white; text-align: center;"><b>Development Players</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="8" style="text-align: center;"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><span style="font-family: monospace"></span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryusei_Yamada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryusei Yamada (page does not exist)">Ryusei Yamada</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">56</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayato_Ishita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayato Ishita (page does not exist)">Hayato Ishita</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">68</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yamato_Shiroki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yamato Shiroki (page does not exist)">Yamato Shiroki</a></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">001</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Taiki_Kikuchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Taiki Kikuchi (page does not exist)">Taiki Kikuchi</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">002</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ayumu_Nakata&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ayumu Nakata (page does not exist)">Ayumu Nakata</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">003</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yamato_Suzuki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yamato Suzuki (page does not exist)">Yamato Suzuki</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">004</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gen_Murayama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gen Murayama (page does not exist)">Gen Murayama</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">005</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yuya_Tanoue&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yuya Tanoue (page does not exist)">Yuya Tanoue</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">006</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayato_Sakamoto_(catcher)&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayato Sakamoto (catcher) (page does not exist)">Hayato Sakamoto</a> (C)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">007</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kisara_Utsunomiya&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kisara Utsunomiya (page does not exist)">Kisara Utsunomiya</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">008</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hakuto_Aizawa&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hakuto Aizawa (page does not exist)">Hakuto Aizawa</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">009</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Misaki_Sasahara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Misaki Sasahara (page does not exist)">Misaki Sasahara</a> (OF) <br /></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">010</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryoya_Ohtsu&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryoya Ohtsu (page does not exist)">Ryoya Ohtsu</a> (C)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">011</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Naoki_Kasashima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Naoki Kasashima (page does not exist)">Naoki Kasashima</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">012</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Katsunari_Miura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Katsunari Miura (page does not exist)">Katsunari Miura</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">013</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Julian_Tima&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Julian Tima (page does not exist)">Julian Tima</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">015</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Haruto_Kawasaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Haruto Kawasaki (page does not exist)">Haruto Kawasaki</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">016</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Takahiro_Chiba&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Takahiro Chiba (page does not exist)">Takahiro Chiba</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">018</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Motoya_Kinoshita&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Motoya Kinoshita (page does not exist)">Motoya Kinoshita</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">019</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Atsuki_Sonoda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Atsuki Sonoda (page does not exist)">Atsuki Sonoda</a> (P)<br /></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">020</span> <a href="/wiki/Natsuki_Toda" title="Natsuki Toda">Natsuki Toda</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">021</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenta_Onuma&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenta Onuma (page does not exist)">Kenta Onuma</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">021</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hayate_Matsui&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hayate Matsui (page does not exist)">Hayate Matsui</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">022</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Keita_Kameda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Keita Kameda (page does not exist)">Keita Kameda</a> (C)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">023</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tomoki_Tamura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tomoki Tamura (page does not exist)">Tomoki Tamura</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">024</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kenki_Maeda&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kenki Maeda (page does not exist)">Kenki Maeda</a> (C)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">025</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hiroto_Okamoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hiroto Okamoto (page does not exist)">Hiroto Okamoto</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">026</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusefu_Yoshimura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yusefu Yoshimura (page does not exist)">Yusefu Yoshimura</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">027</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rio_Kitamura&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rio Kitamura (page does not exist)">Rio Kitamura</a> (IF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">028</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Ryu_Tomida&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Ryu Tomida (page does not exist)">Ryu Tomida</a> (P) <br /></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">030</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yusuke_Yamasaki&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yusuke Yamasaki (page does not exist)">Yusuke Yamasaki</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">031</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Rui_Mitsuka&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Rui Mitsuka (page does not exist)">Rui Mitsuka</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">033</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Kota_Hirayama&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kota Hirayama (page does not exist)">Kota Hirayama</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">034</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tessei_Morimoto&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tessei Morimoto (page does not exist)">Tessei Morimoto</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">035</span> <a href="/wiki/Elvis_Luciano" title="Elvis Luciano">Elvis Luciano</a> (P) <br /></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">037</span> <a href="/wiki/Marek_Chlup" title="Marek Chlup">Marek Chlup</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">041</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Huang_Chin-hao&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Huang Chin-hao (page does not exist)">Huang Chin-hao</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">044</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Gen_Ohshiro&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Gen Ohshiro (page does not exist)">Gen Ohshiro</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">047</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Eiji_Kamouchi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Eiji Kamouchi (page does not exist)">Eiji Kamouchi</a> (P) <br /></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">051</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Hidetora_Funakoshi&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Hidetora Funakoshi (page does not exist)">Hidetora Funakoshi</a> (OF)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">054</span> <a href="/wiki/Daisuke_Naoe" title="Daisuke Naoe">Daisuke Naoe</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">055</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Koichi_Hoshina&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Koichi Hoshina (page does not exist)">Koichi Hoshina</a> (OF) <br /></li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">063</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Yuki_Hanada&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Yuki Hanada (page does not exist)">Yuki Hanada</a> (P)</li> <li><span style="font-family: monospace">069</span> <a href="/w/index.php?title=Tetsu_Hagiwara&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tetsu Hagiwara (page does not exist)">Tetsu Hagiwara</a> (C)</li></ul> </div> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: left;">Updated October 2, 2024 </td> <td colspan="4" style="text-align: right;">→ <a href="/wiki/List_of_current_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_team_rosters" title="List of current Nippon Professional Baseball team rosters">All NPB rosters</a> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Players_of_note">Players of note</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Players of note"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_players">Former players</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Former players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1184024115">.mw-parser-output .div-col{margin-top:0.3em;column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .div-col-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .div-col-rules{column-rule:1px solid #aaa}.mw-parser-output .div-col dl,.mw-parser-output .div-col ol,.mw-parser-output .div-col ul{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .div-col li,.mw-parser-output .div-col dd{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}</style><div class="div-col" style="column-width: 28em;"> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Cary" title="Chuck Cary">Chuck Cary</a> – P</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Barfield" title="Jesse Barfield">Jesse Barfield</a> – OF</span></span>#</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Phil_Bradley" title="Phil Bradley">Phil Bradley</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(baseball)" title="Shigeru Chiba (baseball)">Shigeru Chiba</a> (千葉茂)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Keith_Comstock" title="Keith Comstock">Keith Comstock</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Warren_Cromartie" title="Warren Cromartie">Warren Cromartie</a> – OF</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Mexico" title="Mexico"><img alt="Mexico" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/23px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/35px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fc/Flag_of_Mexico.svg/46px-Flag_of_Mexico.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="980" data-file-height="560" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Cruz" title="Luis Cruz">Luis Cruz</a> – IF</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Mariano_Duncan" title="Mariano Duncan">Mariano Duncan</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Suguru Egawa</a> (江川卓)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Balvino_G%C3%A1lvez" title="Balvino Gálvez">Balvino Gálvez</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Dan_Gladden" title="Dan Gladden">Dan Gladden</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gary_Glover" title="Gary Glover">Gary Glover</a> – P</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Luis_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(infielder)" title="Luis González (infielder)">Luis González</a> – 2B</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Bill_Gullickson" title="Bill Gullickson">Bill Gullickson</a> – P</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Isao_Harimoto" title="Isao Harimoto">Isao Harimoto</a> (Jang Hun) (張本勲)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tatsuro_Hirooka" title="Tatsuro Hirooka">Tatsuro Hirooka</a> (広岡達郎)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Damon_Hollins" title="Damon Hollins">Damon Hollins</a> – OF</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a> (堀内恒夫)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Gabe_Kapler" title="Gabe Kapler">Gabe Kapler</a> – OF, later manager of the <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Giants" title="San Francisco Giants">San Francisco Giants</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> (桑田真澄) – P</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> (川上哲治)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Kiyohara" title="Kazuhiro Kiyohara">Kazuhiro Kiyohara</a> (清原和博)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Takahashi" title="Yoshinobu Takahashi">Yoshinobu Takahashi</a> (高橋由伸)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Norihiro_Komada" title="Norihiro Komada">Norihiro Komada</a> (駒田徳広)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Davey_Johnson" title="Davey Johnson">Davey Johnson</a> – Manager</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Domingo_Mart%C3%ADnez_(baseball)" title="Domingo Martínez (baseball)">Domingo Martínez</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Latham_(baseball)" title="Chris Latham (baseball)">Chris Latham</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/United_States" title="United States"><img alt="United States" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="12" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/a/a4/Flag_of_the_United_States.svg/46px-Flag_of_the_United_States.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1235" data-file-height="650" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shane_Mack_(baseball)" title="Shane Mack (baseball)">Shane Mack</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" 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title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> (王貞治)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sho_Nakata" title="Sho Nakata">Sho Nakata</a> (中田翔)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Hideki Okajima</a> (岡島秀樹)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> (沢村栄治)</span></span> <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/detail/detail_008.html">[1]</a>, <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" 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founder of <a href="/wiki/All_Japan_Pro_Wrestling" title="All Japan Pro Wrestling">All Japan Pro Wrestling</a>)</li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea"><img alt="South Korea" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/23px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/35px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Flag_of_South_Korea.svg/45px-Flag_of_South_Korea.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Lee_Seung-Yeop" class="mw-redirect" title="Lee Seung-Yeop">Lee Seung-Yeop</a> (李承燁)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Venezuela" title="Venezuela"><img alt="Venezuela" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/23px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/35px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Flag_of_Venezuela.svg/45px-Flag_of_Venezuela.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Alex_Ram%C3%ADrez" title="Alex Ramírez">Alex Ramírez</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Dominican_Republic" title="Dominican Republic"><img alt="Dominican Republic" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Dominican_Republic.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Cristopher_Crisostomo" title="Cristopher Crisostomo">C. C. Mercedes</a></span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier"></span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a></span></span> (阿部慎之助)</li></ul> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Retired_numbers">Retired numbers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Retired numbers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier">1</span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Taiwan" title="Taiwan"><img alt="Taiwan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/23px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/35px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg/45px-Flag_of_the_Republic_of_China.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> (王貞治)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier">3</span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> (長嶋茂雄)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier">4</span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Toshio_Kurosawa_(baseball)" title="Toshio Kurosawa (baseball)">Toshio Kurosawa</a> (黒沢俊夫)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier">14</span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Eiji_Sawamura" title="Eiji Sawamura">Eiji Sawamura</a> (沢村栄治)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier">16</span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> (川上哲治)</span></span></li> <li class="mw-empty-elt"></li> <li><span style="font-family:courier">34</span> <span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Japan" title="Japan"><img alt="Japan" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/23px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/35px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9e/Flag_of_Japan.svg/45px-Flag_of_Japan.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="900" data-file-height="600" /></a></span></span> <span class="vcard"><span class="fn"><a href="/wiki/Masaichi_Kaneda" title="Masaichi Kaneda">Masaichi Kaneda</a> (金田正一)</span></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_starting_pitchers">Top starting pitchers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Top starting pitchers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Games </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Win </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Defeat </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Save </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Innings Pitched </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Strikeout </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">ERA </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Takehiko_Bessho" title="Takehiko Bessho">Takehiko Bessho</a> </th> <td>1949–1961 </td> <td>476 </td> <td>221 </td> <td>102 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2925 2/3 </td> <td>1372 </td> <td>2.20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%AD%E6%9D%91%E8%BC%9D%E5%A4%AB_(%E9%87%8E%E7%90%83)" class="extiw" title="ja:中村輝夫 (野球)">Teruzo Nakao</a> </th> <td>1939–1957 </td> <td>516 </td> <td>209 </td> <td>127 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>3057 </td> <td>1597 </td> <td>2.48 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Horiuchi" title="Tsuneo Horiuchi">Tsuneo Horiuchi</a> </th> <td>1966–1983 </td> <td>560 </td> <td>203 </td> <td>139 </td> <td>6 </td> <td>3045 </td> <td>1865 </td> <td>3.27 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Victor_Starffin" title="Victor Starffin">Victor Starffin</a> </th> <td>1936–1944 </td> <td>311 </td> <td>199 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2245 </td> <td>1225 </td> <td>1.37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hideo_Fujimoto" title="Hideo Fujimoto">Hideo Fujimoto</a> </th> <td>1942–1946 1948–1955 </td> <td>332 </td> <td>183 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>2353 2/3 </td> <td>1100 </td> <td>1.90 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Masaki_Saito_(baseball)" title="Masaki Saito (baseball)">Masaki Saito</a> </th> <td>1983–2001 </td> <td>426 </td> <td>180 </td> <td>96 </td> <td>11 </td> <td>2375 2/3 </td> <td>1707 </td> <td>2.77 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> </th> <td>1986–2006 </td> <td>442 </td> <td>173 </td> <td>141 </td> <td>14 </td> <td>2761 2/3 </td> <td>1980 </td> <td>3.53 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Hiromi_Makihara" title="Hiromi Makihara">Hiromi Makihara</a> </th> <td>1982–2001 </td> <td>463 </td> <td>159 </td> <td>108 </td> <td>56 </td> <td>2485 </td> <td>2111 </td> <td>3.19 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%9F%8E%E4%B9%8B%E5%86%85%E9%82%A6%E9%9B%84" class="extiw" title="ja:城之内邦雄">Kunio Jonouchi</a> </th> <td>1962–1971 </td> <td>354 </td> <td>141 </td> <td>88 </td> <td>0 </td> <td>1966 2/3 </td> <td>927 </td> <td>2.56 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Suguru Egawa</a> </th> <td>1979–1987 </td> <td>266 </td> <td>135 </td> <td>72 </td> <td>3 </td> <td>1857 1/3 </td> <td>1366 </td> <td>3.02 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sourse:Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB)<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 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_leading_hit_players">Top leading hit players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Top leading hit players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="sortable wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: center;"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Player </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Years </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Games </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Number </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Hit </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Homerun </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">RBI </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Stolen base </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Strikes </th> <th scope="col" style="width:10%;">Batting average </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </th> <td>1959–1980 </td> <td>2831 </td> <td>9250 </td> <td>2786 </td> <td>868 </td> <td>2170 </td> <td>84 </td> <td>1319 </td> <td>.301 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> </th> <td>1958–1974 </td> <td>2186 </td> <td>8094 </td> <td>2471 </td> <td>444 </td> <td>1522 </td> <td>190 </td> <td>729 </td> <td>.305 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> </th> <td>1938–1955 </td> <td>1979 </td> <td>7500 </td> <td>2351 </td> <td>181 </td> <td>1319 </td> <td>220 </td> <td>422 </td> <td>.313 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><b><a href="/wiki/Hayato_Sakamoto" title="Hayato Sakamoto">Hayato Sakamoto</a></b> </th> <td>2008–ongoing </td> <td>1985 </td> <td>7580 </td> <td>2205 </td> <td>266 </td> <td>944 </td> <td>160 </td> <td>1315 </td> <td>.291 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a> </th> <td>2001–2019 </td> <td>2282 </td> <td>7514 </td> <td>2132 </td> <td>406 </td> <td>1285 </td> <td>13 </td> <td>1306 </td> <td>.284 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Isao_Shibata" title="Isao Shibata">Isao Shibata</a> </th> <td>1962–1981 </td> <td>2208 </td> <td>7570 </td> <td>2018 </td> <td>194 </td> <td>708 </td> <td>579 </td> <td>1087 </td> <td>.267 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Takahashi" title="Yoshinobu Takahashi">Yoshinobu Takahashi</a> </th> <td>1998–2015 </td> <td>1819 </td> <td>6028 </td> <td>1753 </td> <td>321 </td> <td>986 </td> <td>29 </td> <td>1173 </td> <td>.291 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Kazunori_Shinozuka" title="Kazunori Shinozuka">Kazunori Shinozuka</a> </th> <td>1976–1994 </td> <td>1651 </td> <td>5372 </td> <td>1696 </td> <td>92 </td> <td>628 </td> <td>55 </td> <td>580 </td> <td>.309 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Tatsunori Hara</a> </th> <td>1981–1995 </td> <td>1697 </td> <td>6012 </td> <td>1675 </td> <td>382 </td> <td>1093 </td> <td>82 </td> <td>899 </td> <td>.279 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Shigeru_Chiba_(baseball)" title="Shigeru Chiba (baseball)">Shigeru Chiba</a> </th> <td>1938–1956 </td> <td>1512 </td> <td>5645 </td> <td>1605 </td> <td>96 </td> <td>691 </td> <td>155 </td> <td>575 </td> <td>.284 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sourse:Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB)<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 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Top_leading_homerun_players">Top leading homerun players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Top leading homerun players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;""> <caption>Most caps </caption> <tbody><tr> <th width="35">Rank </th> <th>Player </th> <th width="40">Homeruns </th> <th width="80">Years </th></tr> <tr> <td>1 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a> </td> <td>868 </td> <td>1959–1980 </td></tr> <tr> <td>2 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shigeo_Nagashima" title="Shigeo Nagashima">Shigeo Nagashima</a> </td> <td>444 </td> <td>1958–1974 </td></tr> <tr> <td>3 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a> </td> <td>406 </td> <td>2001–2019 </td></tr> <tr> <td>4 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Tatsunori Hara</a> </td> <td>382 </td> <td>1981–1995 </td></tr> <tr> <td>5 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> </td> <td>332 </td> <td>1993–2002 </td></tr> <tr> <td>6 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Takahashi" title="Yoshinobu Takahashi">Yoshinobu Takahashi</a> </td> <td>321 </td> <td>1998–2015 </td></tr> <tr> <td>7 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><b><a href="/wiki/Hayato_Sakamoto" title="Hayato Sakamoto">Hayato Sakamoto</a></b> </td> <td>266 </td> <td>2008–ongoing </td></tr> <tr> <td>8 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Isao_Shibata" title="Isao Shibata">Isao Shibata</a> </td> <td>194 </td> <td>1962–1981 </td></tr> <tr> <td>9 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Kazuhiro_Kiyohara" title="Kazuhiro Kiyohara">Kazuhiro Kiyohara</a> </td> <td>185 </td> <td>1997–2005 </td></tr> <tr> <td>10 </td> <td style="text-align:left"><a href="/wiki/Tetsuharu_Kawakami" title="Tetsuharu Kawakami">Tetsuharu Kawakami</a> </td> <td>181 </td> <td>1938–1958 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Sourse:Nippon Professional Baseball League (NPB)<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. (July 2023)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Season-by-season_record">Season-by-season record</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Season-by-season record"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><i><b>Note:</b> GP = Games played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, % = Win Percentage</i> </p> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr style="font-weight:bold; background:#ddd;"> <td>Season</td> <td>GP</td> <td>W</td> <td>L</td> <td>T</td> <td>%</td> <td>Finish</td> <td>Playoffs </td></tr> <tr> <td>2017</td> <td>143</td> <td>72</td> <td>68</td> <td>3</td> <td>.514</td> <td>4th, Central</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td>2018</td> <td>143</td> <td>67</td> <td>71</td> <td>5</td> <td>.486</td> <td>3rd, Central</td> <td>Lost in League Final Stage, 0–4 (Carp) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2019</td> <td>143</td> <td>77</td> <td>64</td> <td>2</td> <td>.546</td> <td>1st, Central</td> <td>Lost in Japan Series, 0–4 (Hawks) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2020</td> <td>120</td> <td>67</td> <td>45</td> <td>8</td> <td>.598</td> <td>1st, Central</td> <td>Lost in Japan Series, 0–4 (Hawks) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2021 </td> <td>143 </td> <td>61 </td> <td>62 </td> <td>20 </td> <td>.496 </td> <td>3rd, Central </td> <td>Lost in League Final Stage, 0–3 (Swallows) </td></tr> <tr> <td>2022</td> <td>143</td> <td>68</td> <td>72</td> <td>3</td> <td>.514</td> <td>4th, Central</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr> <tr> <td>2023</td> <td>143</td> <td>71</td> <td>70</td> <td>2</td> <td>.504</td> <td>4th, Central</td> <td>Did not qualify </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id=""Japan's_team"_and_allegations_of_corruption"><span id=".22Japan.27s_team.22_and_allegations_of_corruption"></span>"Japan's team" and allegations of corruption</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: "Japan's team" and allegations of corruption"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg/220px-Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg/330px-Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg/440px-Tokyo_Dome_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3710" data-file-height="2167" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Tokyo_Dome" title="Tokyo Dome">Tokyo Dome</a> is the Giants' home field since 1988</figcaption></figure> <p>Due to the Yomiuri company's vast influence in Japan as a major media conglomerate, the Giants have long been branded as "Japan's Team". In fact, for some years the Giants' uniforms had "Tokyo" on the jersey instead of "Yomiuri" or "Giants", seeming to imply that the Giants represent the vast metropolis and geopolitical center of Japan, even though the <a href="/wiki/Yakult_Swallows" class="mw-redirect" title="Yakult Swallows">Yakult Swallows</a> are also based in Tokyo and three other teams play in the <a href="/wiki/Greater_Tokyo_Area" title="Greater Tokyo Area">Greater Tokyo Area</a>. This bandwagon appeal has been compared with the marketability of the <a href="/wiki/New_York_Yankees" title="New York Yankees">New York Yankees</a>, <a href="/wiki/Real_Madrid_C.F." class="mw-redirect" title="Real Madrid C.F.">Real Madrid</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Manchester_United_F.C." title="Manchester United F.C.">Manchester United</a>, except that support for the Giants nearly exceeds 50% of those polled, while in the United States and England, support is judged to be between 30% and 40% for the Yankees and Manchester United, respectively. Correspondingly, fans of other professional baseball teams in Japan are often openly derisive and contemptuous of the Giants' bandwagon marketing tactics, and an "anti-Giants" movement exists in protest of the Giants' near-hegemony.<sup id="cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In addition, despite the Giants having employed many foreign players over the years, many Japanese point proudly to the "pure-blooded period" of 1958–1974 when the team enjoyed continued success — 13 pennants — despite having no foreign players.<sup id="cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It has also long been alleged that the Giants rely on underhanded tactics to recruit the best players, involving bribes to players and amateur coaches, or using their influence on the governing council of Japanese professional baseball to pass rules that favors their recruiting efforts. This may be one explanation for the Giants' abundance of success in league play.<sup id="cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In August 2004, Yomiuri president <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Watanabe" title="Tsuneo Watanabe">Tsuneo Watanabe</a> resigned after it was revealed that the club had violated scouting rules by paying ¥2 million to pitching prospect Yasuhiro Ichiba. Ten months later, Watanabe was hired as chairman of the Yomiuri corporation.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes.co.jp_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes.co.jp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2012, <i><a href="/wiki/Asahi_Shimbun" class="mw-redirect" title="Asahi Shimbun">Asahi Shimbun</a></i> discovered that the Giants had violated NPB rules by secretly paying pitcher <a href="/wiki/Takahiko_Nomaguchi" title="Takahiko Nomaguchi">Takahiko Nomaguchi</a> while he was still an amateur playing in Japan's corporate league.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2009, the Giants played the <a href="/wiki/Japan_national_baseball_team" title="Japan national baseball team">Japan national baseball team</a> in an unofficial goodwill game before the <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Classic" title="World Baseball Classic">World Baseball Classic</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Controversies">Controversies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: Controversies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1973_First_nine_consecutive_victories_in_professional_baseball_history">1973 First nine consecutive victories in professional baseball history</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=20" title="Edit section: 1973 First nine consecutive victories in professional baseball history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As of October 21 before this game was played, the teams only had a 0.5 game difference the <a href="/wiki/Hanshin_Tigers" title="Hanshin Tigers">Hanshin Tigers</a>, this game resulted 9 to 0 win over Tigers on October 22, <a href="/wiki/Infielder" title="Infielder">infielder</a> <a href="/wiki/Shozo_Doi" title="Shozo Doi">Shozo Doi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Catcher" title="Catcher">catcher</a> <a href="/wiki/Masaaki_Mori_(baseball)" title="Masaaki Mori (baseball)">Masaaki Mori</a> each had 3 hits and Doi hit a two run homerun in the fifth inning off Kenji Furusawa in the Giants 4 to 1 win from <a href="/wiki/Nankai_Hawks" class="mw-redirect" title="Nankai Hawks">Nankai Hawks</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Fukuoka_SoftBank_Hawks" title="Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks">Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a>, starter <a href="/wiki/Kazumi_Takahashi_(baseball)" title="Kazumi Takahashi (baseball)">Kazumi Takahashi</a> (23 wins, 13 losses) contribution this season.<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> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Oh_home_run_controversy">Oh home run controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Oh home run controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <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, one short of manager <a href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">Sadaharu Oh</a>'s single-season record of 55. Bass was intentionally walked four times on four straight pitches each time, leading Bass to famously hold his bat upside down. 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 Keith Comstock, an American pitcher for the Giants, later stated that an unnamed Giants coach 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. For the most part the Japanese media remained silent on the incident as did league commissioner Takeso Shimoda.<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> A similar situation to this was presented in the 1992 movie <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Baseball" title="Mr. Baseball">Mr. Baseball</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_Central_League_tie-breaker_game">1994 Central League tie-breaker game</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: 1994 Central League tie-breaker game"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div><p> With the Giants and <a href="/wiki/Chunichi_Dragons" title="Chunichi Dragons">Chunichi Dragons</a> tied 69-60 after 129 games, and the makeup for the 129th game, originally scheduled for September 27, was postponed to September 29 by rain (the 130th scheduled game was played September 28 as planned), and it again was not played because of rain, the final game of the regular season was rescheduled for October 8, 1994. The winner advances to the Japan Series, with Chunichi having the advantage in case the game ends in a tie, Chunichi would advance by rule (the previous year's better record). The Giants won 6 to 3 against Chunichi, and took the Central League pennant and advanced to the <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a>. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style></p><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Further information: <a href="/wiki/1994_Central_League_tie-breaker_game" title="1994 Central League tie-breaker game">1994 Central League tie-breaker game</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1996_Nagashima_controversy">1996 Nagashima controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: 1996 Nagashima controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The team accelerates at a stretch when winning in nine consecutive hits of professional baseball tie-record in one inning of July 9 against <a href="/wiki/Hiroshima_Carp" class="mw-redirect" title="Hiroshima Carp">Hiroshima Carp</a>'s game. Both main starter, <a href="/wiki/Masaki_Saito_(baseball)" title="Masaki Saito (baseball)">Masaki Saito</a>, <a href="/wiki/Dominica" title="Dominica">Dominican</a> <a href="/wiki/Balvino_Galvez" class="mw-redirect" title="Balvino Galvez">Balvino Galvez</a> raised 16 won games the most wins on this season, <a href="/wiki/Relief_pitcher" title="Relief pitcher">relief pitcher</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mario_Brito" title="Mario Brito">Mario Brito</a> who reinforced during the season and Hirofumi Kono supported the team, <a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> was very success as a main season. Rookies <a href="/wiki/Toshihisa_Nishi" title="Toshihisa Nishi">Toshihisa Nishi</a> and <a href="/wiki/Takayuki_Shimizu_(baseball)" title="Takayuki Shimizu (baseball)">Takayuki Shimizu</a> were active and generation change was also decided admirably. At the time I reached the biggest 11.5 game difference in league history and accomplished the league championship. Although defeated lost 1 to 4 games by <a href="/wiki/Orix_BlueWave" class="mw-redirect" title="Orix BlueWave">Orix BlueWave</a> (now <a href="/wiki/Orix_Buffaloes" title="Orix Buffaloes">Orix Buffaloes</a>) on <a href="/wiki/Japan_Series" title="Japan Series">Japan Series</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (November 2017)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2008_Miracle_season">2008 Miracle season</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: 2008 Miracle season"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Despite losing five consecutive games from the opening game on March 28, On May 26, a banned drug was detected to be used by <a href="/wiki/Luis_Gonz%C3%A1lez_(infielder)" title="Luis González (infielder)">Luis Gonzalez</a>, so he was suspended for 1 year from Nippon Professional Baseball for violating league anti-doping policies,<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> and on the following day, the Giants decided to release Gonzalez from his contract. At the time, October reached the biggest 13 game (as July) difference in league history and accomplished the league championship, from September 19, including their 3rd consecutive victory against the Hanshin Tigers, they recorded a total of 12 consecutive victories for the first time in 32 years, followed by 3 to 1 winning the final direct confrontation on October 8. Contributors included <a href="/wiki/Shinnosuke_Abe" title="Shinnosuke Abe">Shinnosuke Abe</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yoshinobu_Takahashi" title="Yoshinobu Takahashi">Yoshinobu Takahashi</a>, <a href="/wiki/Michihiro_Ogasawara" title="Michihiro Ogasawara">Michihiro Ogasawara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Alex_Ramirez" class="mw-redirect" title="Alex Ramirez">Alex Ramirez</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seth_Greisinger" title="Seth Greisinger">Seth Adam Greisinger</a>, <a href="/wiki/Marc_Kroon" title="Marc Kroon">Marc Jason Kroon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hisanori_Takahashi" title="Hisanori Takahashi">Hisanori Takahashi</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Tetsuya_Utsumi" title="Tetsuya Utsumi">Tetsuya Utsumi</a>, The Giants, however, lost 3 games to 4 to the <a href="/wiki/Saitama_Seibu_Lions" title="Saitama Seibu Lions">Saitama Seibu Lions</a> in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Japan_Series" title="2008 Japan Series">2008 Japan Series</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citing_sources" title="Wikipedia:Citing sources"><span title="This citation requires a reference to the specific page or range of pages in which the material appears. (November 2017)">page needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The Yomiuri Giants drew an average home attendance of 39,948 in 2008.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2011_Kiyotake_controversy">2011 Kiyotake controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: 2011 Kiyotake controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 18 November 2011, Giants' general manager Hidetoshi Kiyotake was fired by the Yomiuri organization for "defamation of the team and Yomiuri newspaper group". Kiyotake had recommended that Kaoru Okazaki be retained as the team's 2012 head coach. After Yomiuri chairman <a href="/wiki/Tsuneo_Watanabe" title="Tsuneo Watanabe">Tsuneo Watanabe</a> ordered Kiyotake to replace Okazaki with <a href="/wiki/Suguru_Egawa" title="Suguru Egawa">Suguru Egawa</a>, Kiyotake called a public press conference on 11 November 2011 to complain about Watanabe's interference in the club's decision-making processes. Yomiuri's response was to fire Kiyotake.<sup id="cite_ref-japantimes.co.jp_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-japantimes.co.jp-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Okazaki was eventually selected to remain as the next season's coach. The story made major headlines in the Japanese media.<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> On 13 December 2011, Kiyotake sued Yomiuri for ¥62 million for unfair dismissal and defamation and demanded that the company issue him a formal apology, printed in the <i>Yomiuri Shimbun</i>.<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> Yomiuri counter-sued Kiyotake for ¥100 million, saying that he had damaged the team's image. The suits, combined into one case, opened in Tokyo District Court on 2 February 2012.<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> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2012_Hara_controversy">2012 Hara controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: 2012 Hara controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2012 Japanese weekly <i><a href="/wiki/Shukan_Bunshun" class="mw-redirect" title="Shukan Bunshun">Shukan Bunshun</a></i> reported that current team manager <a href="/wiki/Tatsunori_Hara" title="Tatsunori Hara">Tatsunori Hara</a> had paid ¥100 million to a former <a href="/wiki/Yakuza" title="Yakuza">yakuza</a> gangster in response to a threat to go public on an extra-marital affair that Hara had been involved in. The Yomiuri corporation admitted that the payout had been made, but sued <i>Shukan Bunshun</i> for insinuating that the incident had underworld connections. The suit is pending.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2015_gambling_controversy">2015 gambling controversy</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: 2015 gambling controversy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2015, an investigation by the league found that three Giants pitchers: <a href="/wiki/Shoki_Kasahara" title="Shoki Kasahara">Shoki Kasahara</a>, <a href="/wiki/Ryuya_Matsumoto" title="Ryuya Matsumoto">Ryuya Matsumoto</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Satoshi_Fukuda" title="Satoshi Fukuda">Satoshi Fukuda</a> had bet on NPB and other sporting events with underworld bookmakers. The Giants claimed that the three did not bet on Giants games. Placing wagers on baseball games or associating with criminal elements is expressly prohibited in the contracts that all NPB players must sign, a rule similar to Major League Baseball's Rule 21 in North America, intended to prevent a repeat of the <a href="/wiki/Black_Sox_Scandal" title="Black Sox Scandal">Black Sox Scandal</a> of 1919 in Chicago, Illinois, USA.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 9 November 2015, the Giants organization terminated the contracts of all three players, with an indefinite suspension from <i>all</i> <a href="/wiki/World_Baseball_Softball_Confederation" title="World Baseball Softball Confederation">World Baseball Softball Confederation</a> leagues on the players. The offending players must be reinstated by the WBSC before they can participate in any league. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="MLB_players">MLB players</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: MLB players"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg/220px-A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg/330px-A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg/440px-A%27s_vs_Yanks_4406402_Derek_Jeter_and_Hideki_Matsui.jpg 2x" data-file-width="800" data-file-height="608" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a></figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Active</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Miles_Mikolas" title="Miles Mikolas">Miles Mikolas</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Matt_Andriese" title="Matt Andriese">Matt Andriese</a> (2022)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rougned_Odor" title="Rougned Odor">Rougned Odor</a> (2024–present)</li></ul> <dl><dt>Retired</dt> <dd></dd></dl> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Takashi_Kashiwada" title="Takashi Kashiwada">Takashi Kashiwada</a> (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Takahito_Nomura" title="Takahito Nomura">Takahito Nomura</a> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joe_Dillon" title="Joe Dillon">Joe Dillon</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Masumi_Kuwata" title="Masumi Kuwata">Masumi Kuwata</a> (2007)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ken_Kadokura" title="Ken Kadokura">Ken Kadokura</a> (2009)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Matsui" title="Hideki Matsui">Hideki Matsui</a> (2003–2012)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hideki_Okajima" title="Hideki Okajima">Hideki Okajima</a> (2007–2011, 2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hisanori_Takahashi" title="Hisanori Takahashi">Hisanori Takahashi</a> (2010–2013)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koji_Uehara" title="Koji Uehara">Koji Uehara</a> (2009–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Taylor_Jungmann" title="Taylor Jungmann">Taylor Jungmann</a> (2015–2017)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gerardo_Parra" title="Gerardo Parra">Gerardo Parra</a> (2020)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eric_Thames" title="Eric Thames">Eric Thames</a> (2021)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Justin_Smoak" title="Justin Smoak">Justin Smoak</a> (2021)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Mascots">Mascots</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Mascots"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Giants have 6 mascots, known as the Giabbits. They are based on one of the older logos of the Giants. They have 2 adult male mascots named Giabyi and Giabba (their jersey numbers are 333 and 555 respectively), an adult female mascot named Vicky, and 2 children mascots (a boy and a girl respectively), Tsuppy and Chappy (the former wears shorts and the latter wears a skirt and a headband on their left ear). The most recent one, Grandpa Giabbit, was introduced in 2014, the team's 80th anniversary. His jersey number is 1934, the year the team was founded. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Minor_League_team">Minor League team</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Minor League team"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Giants farm team plays in the <a href="/wiki/Eastern_League_(Japanese_baseball)" title="Eastern League (Japanese baseball)">Eastern League</a>. It was founded in 1949. </p> <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=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=31" 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 li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Whiting,_You_Gotta_have_Wa_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text">Whiting, Robert. <i>You Gotta have Wa</i> (Vintage Departures, 1989).</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><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><cite id="CITEREFGaijin_Baseball2023" class="citation audio-visual cs1">Gaijin Baseball (2023-01-25). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OgnoIofl-QE"><i>The Yankees of the East - A Brief History of the Yomiuri Giants</i></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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(2005). <i>Remembering Japanese Baseball: An Oral History of the Game</i>. Southern Illinois University Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-8093-2630-2" title="Special:BookSources/0-8093-2630-2"><bdi>0-8093-2630-2</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Remembering+Japanese+Baseball%3A+An+Oral+History+of+the+Game&rft.pub=Southern+Illinois+University+Press&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-8093-2630-2&rft.aulast=Fitts&rft.aufirst=Robert+K.&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYomiuri+Giants" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhiting2005" class="citation book cs1">Whiting, Robert (2005). <i>The Samurai Way of Baseball: The Impact of Ichiro and the New Wave from Japan</i>. Grand Central Publishing. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-446-69403-7" title="Special:BookSources/0-446-69403-7"><bdi>0-446-69403-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Samurai+Way+of+Baseball%3A+The+Impact+of+Ichiro+and+the+New+Wave+from+Japan&rft.pub=Grand+Central+Publishing&rft.date=2005&rft.isbn=0-446-69403-7&rft.aulast=Whiting&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYomiuri+Giants" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFWhiting1990" class="citation book cs1">Whiting, Robert (1990). <i>You Gotta Have Wa</i>. Vintage. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-679-72947-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-679-72947-X"><bdi>0-679-72947-X</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=You+Gotta+Have+Wa&rft.pub=Vintage&rft.date=1990&rft.isbn=0-679-72947-X&rft.aulast=Whiting&rft.aufirst=Robert&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AYomiuri+Giants" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Yomiuri_Giants&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1235681985">.mw-parser-output .side-box{margin:4px 0;box-sizing:border-box;border:1px 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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 href="/wiki/Sadaharu_Oh" title="Sadaharu Oh">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)62" 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 aria-hidden="true" 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 href="/w/index.php?title=2002_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2002 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2002</a></b></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2003_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2003 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2003</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2004_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2004 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2004</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2005_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2005 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2005</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2006_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2006 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2006</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2007_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2007 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2007</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2008_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2008 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2008</a></i></li> <li><i><b><a href="/wiki/2009_Yomiuri_Giants_season" title="2009 Yomiuri Giants season">2009</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%">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><a href="/w/index.php?title=2010_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2010 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2010</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2011_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2011 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2011</a></li> <li><i><b><a href="/w/index.php?title=2012_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2012 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2012</a></b></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2013</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2014_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2014 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2014</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2015_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2015 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2015</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2016_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2016 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2016</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2017_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2017 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2017</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2018_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2018 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2018</a></li> <li><i><a href="/w/index.php?title=2019_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2019 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2019</a></i></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><a href="/w/index.php?title=2020_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2020 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2020</a></i></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2021_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2021 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2021</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2022_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2022 Yomiuri Giants season (page does not exist)">2022</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=2023_Yomiuri_Giants_season&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2023 Yomiuri Giants season 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