Nishitetsu Baseball Club
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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.
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 after the 1943 season.
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League | Japanese Baseball League |
Ballpark | Korakuen Stadium (Tokyo) |
Established | 1936; 1943 as Nishitetsu |
Folded | 1944 |
Division championships | None |
Post-season championships | None |
Former name(s) | Tokyo Senators (1936–1939) Tsubasa Baseball Club (1940) Taiyō Baseball Club (1941–1942) |
Colors | Black, red, white |
Ownership | Yoriyasu Arima (1936–1942) Nishitetsu (1943) |
Manager | Saburo Yokozawa (1936–1937) Shuichi Ishimoto (1942–1943) |
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The team's undisputed star for most of its history was two-way player Jirō Noguchi, who excelled as a pitcher. Other notable players for the franchise included Chujiro Endo, Yutaka Ishii, Sadao Kondoh, Toshio Kurosawa, and Jirō's brother Akira Noguchi.