List of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters seasons

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Pacific League. The team is based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. The team began play in 1946 for the Japanese Baseball League as the Senators in Tokyo. They changed their named to the Tokyu Flyers the following year and did a handful of name changes over the years, most notably playing as the Toei Flyers (1954–1972). In 1973, the team was purchased by Nippon Ham and rebranded as the Nippon-Ham Fighters. In 2004, the team moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido and changed the name of the team to add Hokkaido to it. The team moved to Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima in 2023. In 80 seasons, the team has won the Japan Series three times (1962, 2006, 2016) while winning seven Pacific League pennants. They have appeared in the league playoffs 15 times.[1]

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 Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award
MVP Pacific League Most Valuable Player Award
ESA Eiji Sawamura Award[b]
MSA Matsutaro Shoriki Award
Series MVP Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award

Season-by-season records

Japan Series Champions
(1950–present) † 		Pacific League Pennant
(1950–present) 		Pacific League Regular Season Champions
(1950–present) ^ 		Climax Series Berth
(2004–present) ¤
Season League Finish Wins Losses Ties Win% GB Playoffs Awards
Senators
1946 JBL 5th 47 58 0 .448 19
Tokyu / Kyeui / Tokyu / Toei / Nittaku Home Flyers
1947 JBL 6th 51 65 3 .440 28
1948 JBL 5th 59 70 11 .457 24.5
1949 JBL 7th 64 73 1 .467 23
1950 Pacific 6th 51 69 0 .425 32.5
1951 Pacific 6th 38 56 8 .404 33
1952 Pacific 6th 49 59 0 .454 21
1953 Pacific 6th 50 67 3 .427 20
1954 Pacific 7th 52 86 2 .377 38.5
1955 Pacific 7th 51 89 3 .364 48
1956 Pacific 6th 58 92 4 .390 39.5
1957 Pacific 5th 56 73 3 .436 28
1958 Pacific 5th 57 70 3 .450 22
1959 Pacific 3rd 67 63 5 .515 21
1960 Pacific 5th 52 78 2 .400 30
1961 Pacific 2nd 83 52 5 .611 2.5
1962 Pacific 1st 78 52 3 .600 — Won Japan Series (Tigers) 4–2 Isao Harimoto (MVP)
Masayuki Dobashi (Series MVP)
Masayuki Tanemo (Series MVP)
1963 Pacific 3rd 76 71 3 .517 10.5
1964 Pacific 3rd 78 68 4 .534 5.5
1965 Pacific 2nd 76 61 3 .555 12
1966 Pacific 3rd 70 60 6 .538 9
1967 Pacific 3rd 65 65 4 .500 10
1968 Pacific 6th 51 79 5 .392 29
1969 Pacific 4th 57 70 3 .449 19.5
1970 Pacific 5th 54 70 6 .435 24.5
1971 Pacific 5th 44 74 12 .373 35.5
1972 Pacific 4th 63 61 6 .508 15
1973 Pacific 5th/3rd 55 69 6 .444
Nippon-Ham Fighters
1974 Pacific 6th/6th 49 75 6 .395
1975 Pacific 4th/4th 55 63 12 .466
1976 Pacific 4th/5th 52 67 11 .437
1977 Pacific 4th/4th 58 61 11 .487
1978 Pacific 3rd/4th 55 63 12 .466
1979 Pacific 3rd/4th 63 60 7 .512
1980 Pacific 2nd/2nd 66 53 11 .555 Isamu Kida (MVP)
1981 Pacific 4th/1st 68 54 8 .557 Won Pacific League playoffs (Orions) 3–1–1
Lost Japan Series (Giants) 4–2 		Yutaka Enatsu (MVP)
1982 Pacific 4th/1st 67 52 11 .563 Lost Pacific League playoffs (Lions) 3–1
1983 Pacific 3rd 64 59 7 .520 20.5
1984 Pacific 6th 44 73 13 .376 29.5
1985 Pacific 5th 53 65 12 .449 23
1986 Pacific 5th 57 65 8 .467 13.5
1987 Pacific 3rd 63 60 7 .512 11.5
1988 Pacific 3rd 62 65 3 .488 12.5
1989 Pacific 5th 54 73 3 .425 18
1990 Pacific 4th 66 63 1 .512 16.5
1991 Pacific 4th 53 72 5 .424 28.5
1992 Pacific 5th 54 73 3 .425 26
1993 Pacific 2nd 71 52 7 .577 1
1994 Pacific 6th 46 79 5 .368 28.5
1995 Pacific 4th 59 68 3 .465 22
1996 Pacific 2nd 68 58 4 .540 7
1997 Pacific 4th 63 71 1 .470 14
1998 Pacific 2nd 67 65 3 .508 3.5
1999 Pacific 5th 60 73 2 .451 18.5
2000 Pacific 3rd 69 65 1 .515 4.5
2001 Pacific 6th 53 84 3 .387 24.5
2002 Pacific 5th 61 76 3 .445 28
2003 Pacific 5th 62 74 4 .456 19.5
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2004 Pacific 3rd 66 65 2 .504 12 Lost Pacific League playoffs (Lions) 2–1
2005 Pacific 5th 62 71 3 .466 26.5
2006 Pacific 1st 82 54 0 .603 — Won Pacific League playoffs (Hawks) 3–0
Won Japan Series (Dragons) 4–1 		Michihiro Ogasawara (MVP)
Atsunori Inaba (Series MVP)
2007 Pacific 1st 79 60 5 .568 — Won Climax Series Final Stage (Marines) 3–2
Lost Japan Series (Dragons) 4–1 		Yu Darvish (MVP)
2008 Pacific 3rd 73 69 2 .514 4 Won Climax Series First Stage (Buffaloes) 2–0
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Lions) 4–2
2009 Pacific 1st 82 60 2 .577 — Won Climax Series Final Stage (Golden Eagles) 4–1
Lost Japan Series (Giants) 4–2 		Yu Darvish (MVP)
2010 Pacific 4th 74 67 3 .525 3
2011 Pacific 2nd 72 65 7 .526 17.5 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Lions) 2–0
2012 Pacific 1st 74 59 11 .556 — Won Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–0
Lost Japan Series (Giants) 4–2 		Mitsuo Yoshikawa (MVP)
2013 Pacific 6th 64 78 2 .451 18.5
2014 Pacific 3rd 73 68 3 .518 6.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (Buffaloes) 2–1
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–3
2015 Pacific 2nd 79 62 2 .560 12 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Marines) 2–1
2016 Pacific 1st 87 53 3 .621 – Won Japan Series (Carp) 4–2 Shohei Ohtani (MVP)
Brandon Laird (Series MVP)
2017 Pacific 5th 60 83 0 .420 34
2018 Pacific 3rd 74 66 3 .529 13.5 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Hawks) 2–1
2019 Pacific 5th 65 73 5 .471 13
2020 Pacific 5th 53 62 5 .461 20
2021 Pacific 5th 55 68 20 .447 14
2022 Pacific 6th 59 81 3 .421 16.5
2023 Pacific 6th 60 82 1 .423 27.5
2024 Pacific 2nd 75 60 8 .556 13.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (Marines) 2–1
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–0
2025 Pacific 2nd 83 57 3 .593 4.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (Buffaloes) 2–0
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–3

Notes

a This is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
[b] The award was not open to the Pacific League until 1989. The award was not given out in the following years: 1971, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2019, and 2024.

References

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