The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are a professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Hawks play in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They began play in 1938 as the Nankai Club for the Japanese Baseball League that played in Osaka. They subsequently rebranded as the Kinki Nippon Club and Kinki Great Ring before playing the next 41 years as the Nankai Hawks, starting in 1947. They won the JBL pennant twice in 1946 and 1948. They rebranded again to become the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in 1989 with the purchase by department store chain Daiei, who moved the team to Fukuoka. In 2004, they became the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks after the sale to SoftBank Group on January 28, 2005.

Since the formation of NPB in 1950, in their 76 seasons, the franchise has won 12 Japan Series championships, third most in NPB history while finishing first in the Pacific League 26 times with 22 appearances in the Series. Since the introduction of the playoff system in the Pacific League in 2004, the Hawks have made the Climax Series 19 times.

Season-by-season records

Key to colors Japan Series championsJapanese Baseball League championsPacific League champions^Playoff berth

Key to abbreviations JBL - Japanese Baseball League PL – Pacific League W – Wins L – Losses T – Ties GB - Games behind CS – Climax Series

Key to awards ESA – Eiji Sawamura Award JS MVP – Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award MSA – Matsutaro Shoriki Award MVP – Most Valuable Player Award ROY – Rookie of the Year Award

SeasonLeagueRegular seasonPostseason(Climax & Japan Series)Manager(s)AwardsHomeattendanceNotesFinishNankai Club1938 fallJBL11263.29718—1939JBL40506.44425—Hachiro Mitani1940JBL28716.283—1941JBL43410.51219—1942JBL49560.467—Kisaku Kato1943JBL26562.317—Kisaku KatoKinki Nippon Club1944JBL11231.324—1945Season canceledKinki Great Ring1946JBL*1st65382.631——Nankai Hawks1947JBL59555.51819—1948JBL*87494.640——1949JBL67671.500—1950PL66495.57415Unknown1951PL*72248.750—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) Unknown1952PL*76441.633—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 656,0021953PL*71481.597—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 769,5001954PL91490.650736,5001955PL*99413.707—Lost in Japan Series (Yomiuri) 749,3001956PL96526.643713,9001957PL78531.5957603,7001958PL77485.6121743,6001959†PL*88424.677—Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 858,8691960PL78526.6004701,4171961PL*85496.629—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 897,0901962PL73573.5625628,8771963PL85614.5821727,4681964†PL*84633.571—Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 646,2351965PL*88493.642—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 556,8111966PL*79513.608—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 572,3711967PL64663.49211532,4931968PL79516.6081632,4501969PL50764.39726474,0721970PL69574.548453,9801971PL61654.484452,4001972PL65614.51614475,2001973PL*68584.540—13Won PL Playoffs (Hankyu) Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 657,7001974PL595516.51875564,1001975PL57658.4679472,9001976PL71563.5592554,0001977PL635512.5344641,0001978PL427711.353444,0001979PL467311.3871812466,0001980PL48775.384716603,5001981PL536512.4496546,5001982PL53716.4278439,0001983PL52699.430650,0001984PL536512.44921610,0001985PL447610.36733553,0001986PL49738.402603,0001987PL576310.47516883,0001988PL58711.450918,000Fukuoka Daiei Hawks1989PL59647.480111,251,0001990PL41854.325401,346,0001991PL53734.421291,573,0001992PL57721.442241,677,0001993PL45805.360282,462,0001994PL69601.5352,525,0001995PL54724.4292,493,0001996PL54742.422222,207,0001997PL63711.470142,307,0001998PL67671.5002,163,0001999†PL*78543.591—Won Japan Series (Chunichi) 2,390,0002000PL*73602.549—Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 2,786,0002001PL76631.5473,087,0002002PL73652.5293,108,0002003†PL*82553.599—Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 3,228,0002004PL77525.597—Lost Playoffs Second Stage (Seibu) 3,070,000Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks2005PL89452.664—Lost Playoffs Second Stage (Lotte) 2,115,9772006PL75565.573Won Playoffs First Stage (Seibu) Lost Playoffs Second Stage (Nippon-Ham) 2,037,5562007PL73665.5256Lost CS First Stage (Lotte) 2,307,1602008PL64773.4542,250,0442009PL74655.532Lost CS First Stage (Rakuten) 2,245,9692010PL*76635.547—Lost CS Final Stage (Lotte) 2,164,4302011†PL*884610.657—Won CS Final Stage (Seibu) Won Japan Series (Chunichi) 2,293,8992012PL676512.508Won CS First Stage (Seibu) Lost CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 2,447,5012013PL73692.5142,408,9932014†PL*78 606.565—Won CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 2,468,4422015†PL*90494.647—Won CS Final Stage (Lotte) Won Japan Series (Yakult) 2,535,8772016PL83546.606Won CS First Stage (Lotte) Lost CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 2,492,9832017†PL*94490.657—Won CS Final Stage (Rakuten) Won Japan Series (DeNA) 2,526,7922018†PL82601.577Won CS First Stage (Nippon-Ham) Won CS Final Stage (Seibu) Won Japan Series (Hiroshima) 2,566,5542019†PL76625.5512Won CS First Stage (Rakuten) Won CS Final Stage (Seibu) Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 2,656,1822020†PL*73425.635—Won Climax Series (Lotte) Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 532,7232021PL606221.492462,0602022PL76652.539Won CS First Stage (Seibu) Lost CS Final Stage (Orix) 2,247,8982023PL71693.507Lost CS First Stage (Lotte) 2,535,0612024PL*91493.650—Won CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) Lost Japan Series (DeNA) 2,726,0582025†PL*87524.626—Won CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 2,717,929Total：87 seasons, 11,304 games5,7945,101409.532Pennants：21, Championships：14 Statistics current through the 2025 season

Notes Games behind is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two. Pacific League pitchers were not eligible to receive the Eiji Sawamura Award until 1989. From 1973 to 1982, the Pacific League employed a split season format. Each season was divided into two halves and had their own winner. For sorting purposes, these seasons are sorted by the team's cumulative season performance unless the team won the PL playoff series and thus the league. In that case, the team is considered to be the first place winner of the league and is sorted as such. The Pacific League did not report exact attendance figures until the 2005 season. The final stage of the Climax Series awards the regular season champion an automatic one-win advantage. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific League decided to modify the traditional Climax Series format and eliminate the first stage series to instead only play one modified final stage series. Nippon Professional Baseball shortened the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Games that were played had their fan attendance either entirely prohibited or significantly limited. Attendance continued to be limited into the 2021 season.

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