Nishitetsu Baseball Club

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

This article is about the Japanese baseball franchise founded in 1936. For the franchise founded in 1946 that was also known as the Tokyo Senators, see Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Nishitetsu Baseball Club
Information
LeagueJapanese Baseball League
BallparkKorakuen Stadium
Year established1936; 1943 as Nishitetsu
Former name(s)Tokyo Senators (1936–1939)
Tsubasa Baseball Club (1940)
Taiyō Baseball Club (1941–1942)
OwnershipYoriyasu Arima (1941–1942)
Nishitetsu (1943)
ManagerSaburo Yokozawa (1936–1937)
Shuichi Ishimoto (1942–1943)

Franchise history

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

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

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

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

Nishitetsu Clippers

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

Team season-by-season records
YearTeam nameWinsLossesTiesWin/Loss PercentageStandingsGames behind
1936 (fall)Senators12160.429511
1937 (spring)Senators30260.536312
1937 (fall)Senators20271.426518.5
1938 (spring)Senators13211.545410
1938 (fall)Senators19201.487411
1939Senators49389.563414.5
1940Tsubasa563910.589415.5
1941Taiyo47373.560315
1942Taiyo60396.606212.5
1943Nishitetsu39378.513512.5
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References
  1. "Kurowashi," Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed Mar. 7, 2015.
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