Yokohama BayStars

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Yokohama Baystars
League	Central League
Location	Yokohama
Ballpark	Yokohama Stadium
Year Founded	1950
Nickname(s)	Yokohama (横浜), BayStars (ベイスターズ), Bay (ベイ)
League championships	1960, 1998
Japan Series championships	1960, 1998
Former name(s)	Taiyō Whales (1950–1952, 1955–1977), Shochiku Robins (1950–1952), Taiyō-Shochiku Robins (1953–1955), Yokohama Taiyō Whales (1978–1992)
Colors	Blue and white
Uniforms
Home	Away

The Yokohama BayStars (横浜ベイスターズ, Yokohama Beisutāzu^?) are a professional baseball team in the Japan's Central League.

The team was founded as Taiyō Whales (大洋ホエールズ, Taiyō Hoeeruzu^?) in 1950. It merged with Shochiku to become the Taiyō-Shochiku Robins (大洋松竹ロビンス, Taiyō Shōchiku Robinsu^?) in 1953 but named Taiyō Whales again in 1955. The team moved its hometown from Kawasaki, Kanagawa Prefecture, to Yokohama, the prefectural capital in 1978 and changed its name to the Yokohama Taiyō Whales (横浜大洋ホエールズ, Yokohama Taiyō Hoeeruzu^?). It adopted the current name, Yokohama BayStars, in 1993.

The home stadium is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama.

They team won both the Central League pennant and the Japan Series in 1960 and 1998.

Contents 1 Players 1.1 Current Players 1.2 Retired numbers 1.3 Former players 2 See also 3 External link

[edit] Players

[edit] Current Players

•  6 Hitoshi Tamura
• 18 Daisuke Miura
• 59 Ryoji Aikawa

[edit] Retired numbers

• 100 (Team)
• 22 Kazuhiro Sasaki

[edit] Former players

• Daisuke Yamashita
• Felix Millan
• Clete Boyer
• Kazuhiko Endo
• Robert James Reynolds
• Glenn Braggs
• Norihiro Komada
• Tyrone Woods
• Takashi Saito
• Masaji　Hiramatsu
• Rafael Betancourt
• Lou Merloni

[edit] See also

• Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.(TBS)

[edit] External link

• (Japanese) Yokohama BayStars official web site

Japanese Professional Baseball
Central League			Pacific League
Yomiuri Giants	Chunichi Dragons	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	Chiba Lotte Marines
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	Hanshin Tigers	Yokohama BayStars	Seibu Lions	Orix Buffaloes	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series - Japanese Baseball League (former) - edit table