Nagoya Kinko

Nagoya Kinko
Information
LeagueJapanese Baseball League
Established1936
Folded1940; merged with Tsubasa Baseball Club
Former name(s)Nagoya Golden Dolphins (1936)
OwnershipNagoya Shimbun
ManagerGenzaburo Okada (1936–1940)
Harris McGalliard with Nagoya in 1936.

Nagoya Kinko (long name: Nagoya Kinnosachihiko)[citation needed] 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.[citation needed] Notable players for the team over the course of its existence included Harris McGalliard, Herb North, and Toshio Kurosawa.

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,[citation needed]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

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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  

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