List of Hiroshima Toyo Carp seasons

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp are a professional baseball team based in Hiroshima, Japan. The team have played in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball since they were first formed in 1950 (after being founded in December 1949) as the Hiroshima Carp that has become in some circles a symbol of the "post-war reconstruction" of the city, which had been the target of the first atomic bombing.https://japanball.com/articles-features/japanese-baseball-introduction/a-city-and-their-carp-history-of-hiroshima-baseball/?srsltid=AfmBOoo1PhWbFPz-j2ssH_XmzXf8H5QyoSvY4CPwZ6sVARugozheqkcL The team struggled in the first decade of play, with the first season over .500 not coming until 1960. In 1968, Toyo Kogyo became the chief sponsor of the team that saw their name inserted in the team name. The Matsuda family primarily owns the team, making the Carp the only NPB team to be privately owned.https://news.northeastern.edu/2023/09/21/baseball-analytics-hiroshima-japan/

In 76 seasons, they have won the Japan Series three times (1979, 1980, 1984) while winning the league pennant nine times. In the Climax Series era since 2007, they have reached the playoffs six times, recently doing so in 2023. They have the longest Japan Series championship drought as currently the only NPB team to not win the championship in the 21st century; the 41-year drought is the 4th longest in league history.

Table key + Key to symbols and terms in season tableWNumber of regular season winsLNumber of regular season lossesTNumber of regular season tiesGBGames behind from league's first-place teamROYCentral League Rookie of the Year AwardMVPCentral League Most Valuable Player AwardESAEiji Sawamura AwardMSAMatsutaro Shoriki AwardSeries MVPJapan 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(2004–present) ¤ Season LeagueFinishWinsLossesTiesWin%GBPlayoffsAwardsHiroshima Carp 1950 Central 8th 41 96 1 .299591951 Central7th32 64 3 .333 411952 Central6th37 80 3 .316 44.51953 Central4th53 75 2 .414 361954 Central4th56 69 5 .448 29.51955 Central4th58 70 2 .453 33.51956 Central5th45 82 3 .358 37.51957 Central5th54 75 1 .419 211958 Central5th54 68 8 .446 19.51959 Central5th59 64 7 .481 171960 Central4th62 61 7 .504 6.51961 Central5th58 67 5 .465 13.51962 Central5th56 74 4 .431 191963 Central6th58 80 2 .420 251964 Central4th64 73 3 .467 16.51965 Central5th59 77 4 .434 311966 Central4th57 73 6 .438 321967 Central6th47 83 8 .362 37Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1968 Central3rd68 62 4 .523 91969 Central6th56 70 4 .444 181970 Central4th62 60 8 .508 151971 Central4th63 61 6 .508 81972 Central6th49 75 6 .395 241973 Central6th60 67 3 .472 6.51974 Central6th54 72 4 .42919.51975 Central1st72 47 11 .605 —Lost Japan Series (Braves) 4–0–2 Koji Yamamoto (MVP)1976 Central3rd61 58 11 .513 141977 Central5th51 67 12 .432 251978 Central3rd6250 18 .554 51979 Central1st67 50 13 .573 —Won Japan Series (Buffaloes) 4–3Yutaka Enatsu (MVP)Yoshihiko Takahashi (Series MVP)1980 Central1st73 44 13 .624 —Won Japan Series (Buffaloes) 4–3 Koji Yamamoto (MVP)Jim Lyttle (Series MVP)1981 Central2nd67 54 9 .554 61982 Central4th59 58 13 .504 81983 Central2nd65 55 10 .542 61984 Central1st75 45 10 .625 —Won Japan Series (Braves) 4–3Sachio Kinugasa (MVP)Kiyoyuki Nagashima (Series MVP)1985 Central2nd68 57 5 .544 71986 Central1st73 46 11 .613 —Lost Japan Series (Lions) 4–3–1Manabu Kitabeppu (MVP)1987 Central3rd65 55 10 .542 11.51989 Central3rd65 62 3 .512 151989 Central2nd73 51 6 .589 91990 Central2nd66 64 2 .508 221991 Central1st74 56 2 .569 —Lost Japan Series (Lions) 4–3Shinji Sasaoka (MVP)1992 Central4th66 64 0 .508 31993 Central6th53 77 1 .408 271994 Central3rd66 64 0 .508 41995 Central2nd74 56 1 .569 81996 Central3rd71 59 0 .546 61997 Central3rd66 69 0 .489 171998 Central5th6075 0 .444 191999 Central5th57 78 0 .422 242000Central5th65 70 1 .481 132001Central4th68 65 7 .511 ? 2002Central5th64 72 4 .471 212003Central5th67 71 2 .486 202004Central5th60 77 1 .438 202005Central6th58 84 4 .408 29.52006Central5th62 79 5 .440 252007Central5th60 822 .423 19.52008Central4th69 70 5 .496 142009Central5th65 75 4 .464 26.52010Central5th58 84 2 .408 21.52011Central5th60 768 .441 162012Central4th6171 12 .462 26.52013Central3rd69 72 3 .489 17Won Climax Series First Stage (Tigers) 2–0Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Giants) 4–02014Central3rd74 68 2 .521 7.5Lost Climax Series (Tigers) 1–0–12015Central4th69 71 3 .493 6.52016Central1st89 52 2 .631 —Won Climax Series Final Stage (BayStars) 4–1Lost Japan Series (Fighters) 4–2Takahiro Arai (MVP)2017Central1st88 51 4 .633 —Lost Climax Series Final Stage (BayStars) 4–2Yoshihiro Maru (MVP)2018Central1st82 59 2 .582 —Won Climax Series FInal Stage (Giants) 4–0Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 4–1–1Yoshihiro Maru (MVP)2019Central4th70 70 3 .500 6.52020Central5th5256 12 .481 132021Central4th63 68 12 .481 132022Central5th6674 3 .471 14.52023Central2nd74 65 4 .532 11.5Won Climax Series First Stage (BayStars) 2–0Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Tigers) 4–02024Central4th68 70 5 .493 102025Central5th59 79 5 .428 25.5

References

External links Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yearly results - NPB.jp