Hiroshima Toyo Carp
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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 Japanese professional baseball.
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History [change]
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.
League titles [change]
- Japan series titles(3) 1979,1980,1984
- Central League Championship (6) 1975,1979,1980,1984,1986,1991
Notable players [change]
- Kōji Yamamoto (山本 浩二 Yamamoto Kōji)[4]
- Sachio Kinugasa (衣笠 祥雄 kinugasa Sachio)[5]
Current manager [change]
- 77
Kenjiro Nomura (野村 謙二郎 Nomura Kenjiro) [6]
Current players [change]
- 1 Tomonori Maeda (前田 智徳 Maeda Tomonori) [7]
- 2 Akihiro Higashide (東出 輝裕 Nomura Kenjiro) [8]
- 5 Kenta Kuirhara (栗原 健太 Kurihara Kenta) [9]
- 6 Eishin Soyogi (梵 英心 Soyogi Eishin) [10]
- 18 Kenta Maeda (前田 健太 Maeda Kenta) [11]
- 25 Takuro Ishii (石井 琢朗 Ishii Takuro) [12]
- 66 Shogo Kimura (木村 昇吾 Kimura Shogo) [13]
MLB players [change]
- Hiroki Kuroda (黒田 博樹 Kuroda Hiroki)[14]
- Alfonso Guilleard Soriano[15]
- Colby Lewis
- Ken Takahashi (高橋 建 Takahashi Ken)[16]
Gallery [change]
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The field at Mazda Stadium
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Outside Mazda Stadium
Related pages [change]
References [change]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Heiden, Marc. (2009). Wikitravel Hiroshima and Western Japan, p. 23.
- ↑ Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB), "Teams (Rosters, Schedules/Scores, Individual Stats); retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ Bjarkman, Peter C. (2005). Diamonds Around The Globe: The Encyclopedia Of International Baseball, p. 151.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Koji Yamamoto; retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Sachio Kinugasa; retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Kenjiro Nomura; retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Tomonori Maeda; retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Akihiro Higashide; retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Kenta Kuirhara; retrieved 2012-7-17.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Eishin Soyogi; retrieved 2012-7-18.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Kenta Maeda; retrieved 2012-7-18.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Takuro Ishii; retrieved 2012-7-18.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Shogo Kimura; retrieved 2012-7-18.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Hiroki Kuroda; retrieved 2012-7-18.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Alfonso Soriano; retrieved 2012-7-18.
- ↑ BaseballReference.com, Ken Takahashi; retrieved 2012-7-18.
Other websites [change]
Media related to Hiroshima Toyo Carp at Wikimedia Commons- (Japanese) Hiroshima Carp official web site
- (Japanese) japanesebaseball.com Carp page
- (Japanese) Carp train (operated by Hiroden)
