List of Hiroshima Toyo Carp seasons

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp are a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. The team have played in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball since they were first formed in 1950 (after being founded in December 1949) as the Hiroshima Carp that has become in some circles a symbol of the "post-war reconstruction" of the city, which had been the target of the first atomic bombing.[1][2] The team struggled in the first decade of play, with the first season over .500 not coming until 1960. In 1968, Toyo Kogyo became the chief sponsor of the team that saw their name inserted in the team name. The Matsuda family primarily owns the team, making the Carp the only NPB team to be privately owned.[3]

In 76 seasons, they have won the Japan Series three times (1979, 1980, 1984) while winning the league pennant nine times. In the Climax Series era since 2007, they have reached the playoffs six times, recently doing so in 2023. They have the longest Japan Series championship drought as currently the only NPB team to not win the championship in the 21st century; the 41-year drought is the 4th longest in league history.

Table key

Key to symbols and terms in season table
W Number of regular season wins
L Number of regular season losses
T Number of regular season ties
GB Games behind from league's first-place team[a]
ROY Central League Rookie of the Year Award
MVP Central League Most Valuable Player Award
ESA Eiji Sawamura Award
MSA Matsutaro Shoriki Award
Series MVP Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award

Season-by-season records

Japan Series Champions
(1950–present) † 		Central League Pennant
(1950–present) 		Central League Regular Season Champions
(1950–present) ^ 		Climax Series Berth
(2004–present) ¤
Season League Finish Wins Losses Ties Win% GB Playoffs Awards
Hiroshima Carp
1950 Central 8th 41 96 1 .299 59
1951 Central 7th 32 64 3 .333 41
1952 Central 6th 37 80 3 .316 44.5
1953 Central 4th 53 75 2 .414 36
1954 Central 4th 56 69 5 .448 29.5
1955 Central 4th 58 70 2 .453 33.5
1956 Central 5th 45 82 3 .358 37.5
1957 Central 5th 54 75 1 .419 21
1958 Central 5th 54 68 8 .446 19.5
1959 Central 5th 59 64 7 .481 17
1960 Central 4th 62 61 7 .504 6.5
1961 Central 5th 58 67 5 .465 13.5
1962 Central 5th 56 74 4 .431 19
1963 Central 6th 58 80 2 .420 25
1964 Central 4th 64 73 3 .467 16.5
1965 Central 5th 59 77 4 .434 31
1966 Central 4th 57 73 6 .438 32
1967 Central 6th 47 83 8 .362 37
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
1968 Central 3rd 68 62 4 .523 9
1969 Central 6th 56 70 4 .444 18
1970 Central 4th 62 60 8 .508 15
1971 Central 4th 63 61 6 .508 8
1972 Central 6th 49 75 6 .395 24
1973 Central 6th 60 67 3 .472 6.5
1974 Central 6th 54 72 4 .429 19.5
1975 Central 1st 72 47 11 .605 — Lost Japan Series (Braves) 4–0–2[4] Koji Yamamoto (MVP)
1976 Central 3rd 61 58 11 .513 14
1977 Central 5th 51 67 12 .432 25
1978 Central 3rd 62 50 18 .554 5
1979 Central 1st 67 50 13 .573 — Won Japan Series (Buffaloes) 4–3[5] Yutaka Enatsu (MVP)
Yoshihiko Takahashi (Series MVP)
1980 Central 1st 73 44 13 .624 — Won Japan Series (Buffaloes) 4–3[6] Koji Yamamoto (MVP)
Jim Lyttle (Series MVP)
1981 Central 2nd 67 54 9 .554 6
1982 Central 4th 59 58 13 .504 8
1983 Central 2nd 65 55 10 .542 6
1984 Central 1st 75 45 10 .625 — Won Japan Series (Braves) 4–3[7] Sachio Kinugasa (MVP)
Kiyoyuki Nagashima (Series MVP)
1985 Central 2nd 68 57 5 .544 7
1986 Central 1st 73 46 11 .613 — Lost Japan Series (Lions) 4–3–1[8] Manabu Kitabeppu (MVP)
1987 Central 3rd 65 55 10 .542 11.5
1989 Central 3rd 65 62 3 .512 15
1989 Central 2nd 73 51 6 .589 9
1990 Central 2nd 66 64 2 .508 22
1991 Central 1st 74 56 2 .569 — Lost Japan Series (Lions) 4–3[9] Shinji Sasaoka (MVP)
1992 Central 4th 66 64 0 .508 3
1993 Central 6th 53 77 1 .408 27
1994 Central 3rd 66 64 0 .508 4
1995 Central 2nd 74 56 1 .569 8
1996 Central 3rd 71 59 0 .546 6
1997 Central 3rd 66 69 0 .489 17
1998 Central 5th 60 75 0 .444 19
1999 Central 5th 57 78 0 .422 24
2000 Central 5th 65 70 1 .481 13
2001 Central 4th 68 65 7 .511 ?
2002 Central 5th 64 72 4 .471 21
2003 Central 5th 67 71 2 .486 20
2004 Central 5th 60 77 1 .438 20
2005 Central 6th 58 84 4 .408 29.5
2006 Central 5th 62 79 5 .440 25
2007 Central 5th 60 82 2 .423 19.5
2008 Central 4th 69 70 5 .496 14
2009 Central 5th 65 75 4 .464 26.5
2010 Central 5th 58 84 2 .408 21.5
2011 Central 5th 60 76 8 .441 16
2012 Central 4th 61 71 12 .462 26.5
2013 Central 3rd 69 72 3 .489 17 Won Climax Series First Stage (Tigers) 2–0
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Giants) 4–0
2014 Central 3rd 74 68 2 .521 7.5 Lost Climax Series (Tigers) 1–0–1
2015 Central 4th 69 71 3 .493 6.5
2016 Central 1st 89 52 2 .631 — Won Climax Series Final Stage (BayStars) 4–1
Lost Japan Series (Fighters) 4–2[10] 		Takahiro Arai (MVP)
2017 Central 1st 88 51 4 .633 — Lost Climax Series Final Stage (BayStars) 4–2 Yoshihiro Maru (MVP)
2018 Central 1st 82 59 2 .582 — Won Climax Series FInal Stage (Giants) 4–0
Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 4–1–1[11] 		Yoshihiro Maru (MVP)
2019 Central 4th 70 70 3 .500 6.5
2020 Central 5th 52 56 12 .481 13
2021 Central 4th 63 68 12 .481 13
2022 Central 5th 66 74 3 .471 14.5
2023 Central 2nd 74 65 4 .532 11.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (BayStars) 2–0
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Tigers) 4–0
2024 Central 4th 68 70 5 .493 10
2025 Central 5th 59 79 5 .428 25.5

References

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  3. ^ https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/09/21/baseball-analytics-hiroshima-japan/
  4. ^ 1975年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
  5. ^ 1979年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 21 June 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010.
  6. ^ 1980年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 14, 2017.
  7. ^ 1984年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 26, 2017.
  8. ^ 1986年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  9. ^ 1991年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved June 12, 2010.
  10. ^ Coskrey, Jason (October 30, 2016). "Fighters wrap up Japan Series title with dramatic eighth-inning fireworks". The Japan Times.
  11. ^ Nagatsuka, Kaz (November 4, 2018). "Dramatic Series ride for SoftBank". The Japan Times.
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