Nishitetsu Baseball Club

The Nishitetsu Baseball Club was a team in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Senators, the team went through a number of name changes and mergers before being dissolved after the 1943 season.

This article is about the Japanese baseball franchise founded in 1936. For the franchise founded in 1946 that was also known as the Tokyo Senators, see Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters.
Nishitetsu Baseball Club
Information
LeagueJapanese Baseball League
BallparkKorakuen Stadium (Tokyo)
Established1936; 1943 as Nishitetsu
Folded1944
Division championshipsNone
Post-season championshipsNone
Former name(s)Tokyo Senators (1936–1939)
Tsubasa Baseball Club (1940)
Taiyō Baseball Club (1941–1942)
ColorsBlack, red, white
OwnershipYoriyasu Arima (1936–1942)
Nishitetsu (1943)
ManagerSaburo Yokozawa (1936–1937)
Shuichi Ishimoto (1942–1943)

The team's undisputed star for most of its history was two-way player Jirō Noguchi, who excelled as a pitcher. Other notable players for the franchise included Chujiro Endo, Yutaka Ishii, Sadao Kondoh, Toshio Kurosawa, and Jirō's brother Akira Noguchi.

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