Nagoya Kinko
Nagoya Kinko (long name: Nagoya Kinnosachihiko)[1] was a Japanese baseball team that played in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL) before it merged with another team. It was owned by the daily broadsheet Nagoya Shimbun.[1] Notable players for the team over the course of its existence included Harris McGalliard and Toshio Kurosawa.
| Nagoya Kinko | |
|---|---|
| Information | |
| League | Japanese Baseball League |
| Year established | 1936 |
| Year folded | 1940; merged with Tsubasa Baseball Club |
| Former name(s) | Nagoya Golden Dolphins (1936) |
| Ownership | Nagoya Shimbun |
| Manager | Genzaburo Okada (1936–1940)[1] |
The club was founded as the Nagoya Golden Dolphins before the 1936 JBL season. In 1937 the team changed its name to Nagoya Kinko.
The franchise never had a winning record and never placed higher than fourth in the league standings. Few players wanted to play for the team,[1] and it merged with the Tsubasa Baseball Club after the 1940 season to form the Taiyō Baseball Club (that franchise was itself dissolved following the 1943 JBL season).
Team statistics
| Year | Team name | Games | Wins | Losses | Ties | Win/Loss Percentage | Standings | Games behind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1936 (fall) | Golden Dolphins | 28 | 9 | 19 | 0 | .321 | 6/7 | 14 |
| 1937 | Kinko | 105 | 25 | 30 | 1 | .455 | 5/8 | 16.5 |
| 23 | 25 | 1 | .479 | 4/8 | 16 | |||
| 1938 | 75 | 13 | 22 | 0 | .371 | 6/9 | 10 | |
| 11 | 29 | 0 | .275 | 9/9 | 19.5 | |||
| 1939 | 96 | 36 | 56 | 4 | .391 | 7/9 | 30 | |
| 1940 | 104 | 34 | 63 | 7 | .351 | 8/8 | 38.5 | |
| Overall record | 408 | 151 | 244 | 13 | .386 | |||
References
- "Nagoya Kinko", Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed Mar. 8, 2015.