Nippon Professional Baseball team in the Central League From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (広島東洋カープ, Hiroshima Tōyō Kāpu) is a Japanese professional baseball team in the city of Hiroshima and Hiroshima Prefecture.[1] The Carp play in Japan's Central League or Ce League (セリーグ, Se reegu).[2]
The team's ballpark is Mazda Stadium.
The Carp is a team with the greatest number of perfect games in Japanese professional baseball.
The team joined the Central League as the Hiroshima Carp in 1949.[3] Carp Won Central League Championship for the first time in 1975.
The team mascot "Slyly" bears resemblance to the Phillie Phanatic of the Philadelphia Phillies.[1] "Carp Boya" is another team mascot.
Kenjiro Nomura (野村 謙二郎, Nomura Kenjiro) [6] Tomonori Maeda (前田 智徳, Maeda Tomonori) [7] Akihiro Higashide (東出 輝裕, Nomura Kenjiro) [8] Kenta Kuirhara (栗原 健太, Kurihara Kenta) [9] Eishin Soyogi (梵 英心, Soyogi Eishin) [10] Kenta Maeda (前田 健太, Maeda Kenta) [11] Takuro Ishii (石井 琢朗, Ishii Takuro) [12] Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾, Kimura Shogo) [13]
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