List of Yokohama DeNA BayStars seasons

The Yokohama DeNA BayStars are a professional baseball team based in Yokohama. The BayStars play in the Central League in Nippon Professional Baseball. Their home field is Yokohama Stadium, located in central Yokohama. The team has been known by several names since becoming a professional team in 1950, starting with the Taiyo Whales, Taiyo Shochiku Robins, Yosho Robins, Yokohama Taiyo Whales and Yokohama BayStars before obtaining their current moniker with the purchase of the team by software company DeNA in 2011.

In their 76 seasons of NPB play, the BayStars have won three Japan Series championships (1960, 1998, 2024), 9th most among all current NPB teams. They have finished first place in the Central League twice. In the Climax Series era since 2007, the BayStars have qualified for the playoffs seven times.

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 Rookie of the Year
MVP Most Valuable Player
ESA Eiji Sawamura Award
MSA Matsutaro Shoriki Award

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 Rookie of the Year
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
(2007–present) ¤
Season[1] League Finish Wins Losses Ties Win% GB Playoffs Awards
Taiyo Whales
1950 CL 5th 69 68 3 .504 31
1951 CL 6th 40 64 4 .385 37
1952 CL 4th 58 62 0 .483 25
Taiyo Shochiku / Yosho Robins
1953 CL 5th 52 77 1 .403 37.5
1954 CL 6th 32 96 2 .250 55
Taiyo Whales
1955 CL 6th 31 99 0 .238 61.5
1956 CL 6th 43 87 0 .331 41
1957 CL 6th 52 74 4 .415 21.5
1958 CL 6th 51 73 6 .415 23.5
1959 CL 6th 49 77 4 .392 28.5
1960 CL 1st 70 56 4 .554 — Won Japan Series (Orions) 4–0 Noboru Akiyama (MVP)
Akihito Kondō (Series MVP)
1961 CL 6th 50 75 5 .404 21.5
1962 CL 2nd 71 59 4 .546 4
1963 CL 5th 59 79 2 .428 24
1964 CL 2nd 80 58 2 .580 1
1965 CL 4th 68 70 2 .493 23
1966 CL 5th 52 78 0 .400 37
1967 CL 4th 59 71 5 .454 25
1968 CL 5th 59 71 3 .454 18
1969 CL 3rd 61 61 8 .500 11
1970 CL 3rd 69 57 4 .548 10 Masaji Hiramatsu (ESA)
1971 CL 3rd 61 59 10 .508 8
1972 CL 5th 57 69 4 .452 17
1973 CL 5th 60 64 6 .484 5
1974 CL 5th 55 69 6 .444 17.5
1975 CL 5th 51 69 10 .425 21.5
1976 CL 6th 45 78 7 .366 32
1977 CL 6th 51 68 11 .429 25.5
Yokohama Taiyo Whales
1978 CL 4th 64 57 9 .529 7.5
1979 CL 2nd 59 54 17 .522 6
1980 CL 4th 59 62 9 .488 16
1981 CL 6th 42 80 8 .344 31.5
1982 CL 5th 53 65 12 .449 14.5
1983 CL 3rd 61 61 8 .500 11 Kazuhiko Endo (ESA)
1984 CL 6th 46 77 7 .374 30.5
1985 CL 4th 57 61 12 .483 14.5
1986 CL 4th 56 69 5 .448 20
1987 CL 5th 56 68 6 .452 22.5
1988 CL 4th 59 67 4 .468 20.5
1989 CL 6th 47 80 3 .370 36.5
1990 CL 3rd 64 66 3 .492 24
1991 CL 5th 64 66 1 .492 10
1992 CL 5th 61 69 1 .469 8
Yokohama BayStars
1993 CL 5th 57 73 0 .438 23
1994 CL 6th 61 69 0 .469 9
1995 CL 4th 66 64 0 .508 16
1996 CL 5th 55 75 0 .423 22
1997 CL 2nd 72 63 0 .533 11
1998 CL 1st 79 56 1 .585 — Won Japan Series (Lions) 4–2 Kazuhiro Sasaki (MVP)
Takanori Suzuki (Series MVP)
Kazuhiro Sasaki (MSA)
1999 CL 3rd 71 64 0 .526 10
2000 CL 3rd 69 66 1 .512 9
2001 CL 3rd 69 67 4 .507 8
2002 CL 6th 49 86 5 .363 35.5
2003 CL 6th 45 94 1 .325 42.5
2004 CL 6th 59 76 3 .438 20
2005 CL 3rd 69 70 7 .496 16.5
2006 CL 6th 58 84 4 .408 29.5
2007 CL 4th 71 72 1 .497 9
2008 CL 6th 48 94 2 .340 36.5
2009 CL 6th 51 93 0 .354 42.5
2010 CL 6th 48 95 1 .337 32
2011 CL 6th 47 86 11 .353 27.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
2012 CL 6th 46 85 13 .351 41
2013 CL 5th 64 79 1 .448 23
2014 CL 5th 67 75 2 .472 14.5
2015 CL 6th 62 80 1 .437 14.5
2016 CL 3rd¤ 69 71 3 .493 19.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (Giants) 2–1
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Carp) 1–4
2017 CL 3rd 73 65 5 .529 14.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (Tigers) 2–1
Won Climax Series Final Stage (Carp) 2–4
Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 2–4
2018 CL 4th 67 74 2 .475 14
2019 CL 2nd ¤ 71 69 3 .519 4.5 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Tigers) 1–2
2020 CL 4th 56 58 6 .491 12
2021 CL 6th 54 73 16 .425 20
2022 CL 2nd ¤ 73 68 2 .518 8 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Tigers) 1−2
2023 CL 3rd ¤ 74 66 3 .529 12 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Carp) 0−2
2024 CL 3rd 71 69 3 .507 8 Won Climax Series First Stage (Tigers) 2–0
Won Climax Series Second Stage (Giants) 3–4
Won Japan Series (Hawks) 4–2[2] 		Masayuki Kuwahara (Series MVP)
Daisuke Miura (MSA)
2025 CL 2nd ¤ 71 66 6 .518 13 Won Climax Series First Stage (Giants) 2–0
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Tigers) 0–4

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "横浜DeNAベイスターズ 年度別成績 （1950–2018）". npb.jp.
  2. ^ "プロ野球 DeNAが日本一 26年ぶり3回目 ソフトバンクに4勝2敗" [DeNA wins Japan's top professional baseball title for the third time in 26 years, beating SoftBank 4–2] (in Japanese). NHK. November 4, 2024. Retrieved November 3, 2024.

Notes

  • a This is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
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