736 1940–1941 & 1950–1954 824 460 352 12. 565 1942–1944 & 1947–1949 620 334 262 24. 558 1946 & 1956–1957 365 211 150 4. 584 Ichiro Kishi 1958–1959 260 134 117 9. 533 1960–1961 & 1973–1974 520 245 252 23. 493 1962–1965 & 1967–1968 822 437 20. 544 Shigeru Sugishita 1969 & 1978 109 139 12. 442 1970–1972 & 1988–1989 650 310 321 19.
[1] The team was first called "the Ōsaka Tigers". In 1940, amid anti-foreign sentiment, the Tigers changed the name to "Hanshin" and in 1947 changed the name back to "Ōsaka Tigers". The current team name was assumed in 1961. The Tigers won four titles before the establishment of the two league system in 1950. Since the league was split into the Central League and the Pacific League, the Tigers have won the Central League pennant five times (1962, 1964, 1985, 2003, 2005) and the Japan Series once (1985). When the 2004 Major League Baseball season opened in Japan, the Tigers played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees at the Tokyo Dome on March 29.
The summer tournament takes place in the middle of the Tigers' season, forcing the Tigers to go on a road trip and play their home games at Kyocera Dome Osaka. Fans call this "The Road of Death". Famous players in Hanshin Tigers history include Fumio Fujimura, Masaru Kageura, Minoru Murayama, Yutaka Enatsu, Masayuki Kakefu, Randy Bass Taira Fujita, and many others. Koshien Stadium[edit] The home field of the Tigers, Hanshin Koshien Stadium, is one of three major natural grass baseball stadiums in Japan. The others are the Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima (Hiroshima Toyo Carp), and Hotto Motto Field Kobe (part-time home of the Orix Buffaloes). Of the three, only Koshien has an all-dirt infield (the other two have an American-style infield).
GB 1936 – Spring/Summer Season Shigeo Mori 15 9 6 0. 600 N/A (1 tournament won) 1936 – Fall Season Shuichi Ishimoto 31 24 1. 774 Runners-up (2. 5 tournaments won) 1937 – Spring Season 56 41 14 1. 741 0. 5 2nd (out of 8) 1937 – Fall Season 49 39 1. 806 -. - 1st (out of 8) 1938 – Spring Season 35 29 0. 829 1938 – Fall Season 40 27 13 0. 675 3. 5 2nd (out of 9) 96 63 30 3. 672 Hanshin (Japanese Baseball League) Kenjiro Matsuki 104 64 37 3. 630 10. 5 84 43 0. 488 21. 0 5th (out of 8) Tadashi Wakabayashi 105 52 48 5. 519 3rd (out of 8) 36 7. 530 11.
According to legend, because none of the fans resembled first baseman Randy Bass, fans grabbed a life-sized statue of Kentucky Fried Chicken mascot Colonel Sanders and threw it into the river (like Bass, the Colonel had a beard and was not Japanese). After many seasons without a pennant win, the Tigers were said to be doomed never to win the season again until the Colonel was rescued from the river. In 2003, when the Tigers returned to the Japan Series after 18 years with the best record in the Central League, many KFC outlets in Kōbe and Ōsaka moved their Colonel Sanders statues inside until the series was over to protect them from Tigers fans. The top half of the statue (excluding both hands) was finally recovered on March 10, 2009, and the bottom half and right hand shortly after, in the canal by construction workers while constructing a new boardwalk area as part of a beautification project.
0 2. 800 1st (out of 6) Fumio Fujimura 59 46 0. 562 7. 0 119 79 3. 676 140 70 66 4. 514 17. 0 137 65 69 3. 485 20. 5 6th (out of 8) Osaka Tigers 67 3. 511 30. 0 116 61 3. 539 120 1. 663 130 74 0. 569 16. 0 71 57 2. 554 Ichiro Kishi (Interim: Fumio Fujimura) 50 1. 612 4. 5 73 54 3. 573 1. 0 Yoshio Tanaka 72 58 0. 554 5. 5 62 9. 512 13. 0 Masayasu Kaneda 4. 508 6. 0 Hanshin Tigers Masayasu Kaneda (Interim: Sadayoshi Fujimoto) 60 3. 473 12. 5 Sadayoshi Fujimoto 133 75 55 3. 575 1st 1. 496 14. 5 80 4. 586 3. 518 19. 5 Shigeru Sugishita (Interim: Sadayoshi Fujimoto) 135 5. 493 25.
The stadium hosts the annual Japanese High School Baseball Championship in the summer and Japanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournament in the spring. The losing team in any high school baseball game played at the ballpark is allowed to scoop up handfuls of Koshien infield dirt, stuffing holy soil into their cleat bags as hordes of Japanese media snap photos at arm's length. Curse of the Colonel[edit] As with many other underachieving baseball teams, a curse is believed to lurk over the Tigers. [3] After their 1985 Japan Series win, fans celebrated by having people who looked like Tigers players jump into the Dōtonbori Canal.
Hanshin Tigers - WikipediaHanshin Tigers Team logo Cap insignia InformationLeagueNippon Professional Baseball Central League (1950–present) Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949)LocationNishinomiya, Hyōgo, JapanBallparkHanshin Koshien Stadium (1936–present)Year foundedDecember 10, 1935Nickname(s) Tora (トラ, tigers) Mōko (猛虎, fierce tigers) Central League6 (1962, 1964, 1985, 2003, 2005, 2014)Nippon Series championships1 (1985)Former name(s) Osaka Tigers (1946–1960) Hanshin Club (1940–1944) Osaka Tigers (1935–1940) ColorsYellow, Black, White MascotTo-Lucky, Lucky, and KitaPlayoff berths10 (2007, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2022)Retired numbers101123OwnershipTakaoki FujiwaraManagementHanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd. ManagerAkihiro YanoUniforms HANSHIN Tigers Company, LimitedNative name株式会社阪神タイガースTypeSubsidiary (Kabushiki gaisha)FoundedNishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan (December 10, 1935, Osaka Baseball Club Co.
479 24. 5 6. 493 9. 0 Yutaka Wada 14. 423 31. 5 4. 521 1. 524 143 2. 496 Tomoaki Kanemoto 3. 457 4. 561 10. 440 20. 0 Akihiro Yano 6. 504 7. 531 7. 5 10. 579 1 12 NOTE: The 1944 Japanese Baseball League season was cut-short, the 1945 season was cancelled due to the ongoing war (World War II) with many players being enlisted to fight, and the 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season was cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic. List of managers[edit] Name Term Regular Season GC W L T Win% Osaka Tigers and Hanshin Tigers 1936 (Spring – Summer) 1936 (Fall)-1939 307 223 6.
(株式会社廣済堂出版, Kabushikigaisha Kōsaidō Shuppan) guidebook. Season Place Manager Former Japanese Baseball League 1936 Spring: Did not placeSummer: Did not placeAutumn: 2nd Shigeo Mori (森 茂雄, spring, summer)→ Shuichi Ishimoto (石本 秀一, autumn) 1937 Spring: 2ndAutumn: 1st (League Champion)Annual League Champion Shuichi Ishimoto (石本 秀一) 1938 Spring: 1st (League Champion)Autumn: 2ndAnnual League Champion 1939 2nd 1940 Kenjiro Matsuki (松木 謙治郎) 1941 5th 1942 3rd Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林 忠志) 1943 1944 1st (League Champion) 1945 No league play 1946 Fumio Fujimura (藤村 富美男) 1947 1948 1949 6th In the Central League 1950 4th 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 Ichiro Kishi (岸 一郎)→ Fumio Fujimura (藤村 富美男) 1956 1957 1958 Yoshio Tanaka (田中 義雄) 1959 1960 Masayasu Kaneda (金田 正泰) 1961 Masayasu Kaneda (金田 正泰)→ Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本 定義) 1962 Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本 定義) 1963 1964 1965 1966 Shigeru Sugishita (杉下 茂)→ Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本 定義) 1967 1968 1969 Tsuguo Goto (後藤 次男) 1970 Minoru Murayama (村山 実) 1971 1972 Minoru Murayama (村山 実, - April 21)→ Masayasu Kaneda (金田 正泰, April 22 -) 1973 1974 1975 Yoshio Yoshida (吉田 義男) 1976 1977 1978 6th (last place) 1979 Don Blasingame (Don Blazer) 1980 Don Blasingame (Don Blazer)→ Futoshi Nakanishi (中西 太) 1981 Futoshi Nakanishi (中西 太) 1982 Motoo Andoh (安藤 統男)Takao Sato (佐藤 孝夫, June 13 – 15) 1983 Motoo Andoh (安藤 統男) 1984 1985 1st (League Champion)Japan Series Champion 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村 勝広) 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村 勝広, - July 23)→ Taira Fujita (藤田 平, July 24 -) 1996 Taira Fujita (藤田 平, - September 11)→ Takeshi Shibata (柴田 猛, September 12 -) 1997 1998 1999 Katsuya Nomura (野村 克也) 2000 2001 2002 Senichi Hoshino (星野 仙一) 2003 2004 Akinobu Okada (岡田 彰布) 2005 2006 2007 3rd (Advanced to the Climax Series) 2008 2nd (Advanced to the Climax Series) 2009 Akinobu Mayumi (真弓 明信) 2010 2011 2012 Yutaka Wada (和田 豊) 2013 2014 2nd (Advanced to the Japan Series) 2015 2016 Tomoaki Kanemoto (金本 知憲) 2017 2018 2019 Akihiro Yano (矢野耀大) 2020 2021 2022 Regular season records[edit] Osaka Tigers (Japanese Baseball League) Year Games Wins Losses Ties Pct.
The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and is owned by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc. The Hanshin Tigers are one of the oldest professional clubs in Japan. They played their first season in 1936 as the Osaka Tigers and assumed their current team name in 1961. History[edit] The Hanshin Tigers, second of the oldest professional clubs in Japan, were founded on December 10, 1935, with the team being formed in 1936.
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The statue is still missing its left hand and glasses. The KFC outlet where this statue once stood has since closed; the statue is now at the KFC headquarters in Yokohama. It is not viewable by the public; only employees and special guests are permitted to gaze into the rescued Colonel's eyes. Since then, the Hanshin Tigers made the 2014 Japan Series, but lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks in 5 games. Fandom[edit] Tigers fans at a home game at Koshien Stadium Tigers fans release balloons at the Kyocera Dome, the home stadium of the Orix Buffaloes Tigers fans are known as perhaps the most fanatical and dedicated fans in all of Japanese professional baseball.
0 136 6. 537 14. 0 3. 553 5. 0 Tsuguo Goto 68 3. 535 6. 5 Minoru Murayama 77 4. 608 2. 0 9. 473 Minoru Murayama (Interim: Masayasu Kaneda) 3. 558 7. 519 Yoshio Yoshida 7. 550 45 13. 604 12. 469 9. 350 30. 5 6th (last) Don Blasingame 9. 504 8. 0 Don Blasingame (Interim: Futoshi Nakanishi) 10. 454 Futoshi Nakanishi 5. 535 Motoo Andoh (Interim: Takao Sato) 8. 531 Motoo Andoh 5. 496 11. 5 53 8. 438 23. 0 7. 596 1st – Won Japan Series 10. 500 13.
5 83 6. 338 37. 5 51 2. 400 29. 5 1. 419 Katsuhiro Nakamura 78 0. 400 36. 0 82 0. 369 26. 0 132 2. 515 2nd/3rd (tied) 2. 485 0. 477 4th/5th (tied) Katsuhiro Nakamura (Interim: Taira Fujita) 0. 354 Taira Fujita (Interim: Takeshi Shibata) 76 0. 415 1. 460 0. 385 27. 0 Katsuya Nomura 0. 407 1. 423 3. 418 Senichi Hoshino 4. 486 19. 0 87 2. 629 Akinobu Okada 138 146 5. 617 4. 592 144 4. 529 3. 582 Akinobu Mayumi 4.
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