Hanshin Tigers

TheHanshin Tigers(Phản thần タイガース,Hanshin Taigāsu)are aNippon Professional Baseballteam playing in theCentral League.The team is based inNishinomiya,Hyōgo Prefecture,Japan, next to their main stadium,Hanshin Koshien Stadium.

Hanshin Tigers
Phản thần タイガース
Team logo Cap insignia
Information
League	Nippon Professional Baseball Central League(1950–present) Japanese Baseball League(1936–1949)
Location	HQ inNishinomiya,Hyōgo,Japan
Ballpark	Hanshin Koshien Stadium(1936–present) Kyocera Dome Osaka(interim)
Founded	December 10, 1935(1935-12-10)
Nickname(s)	Tora(トラ,tigers) Mōko(Mãnh hổ,fierce tigers)
CL pennants	6(1962,1964,1985,2003,2005,2023)
Japan Serieschampionships	2(1985,2023)
JBL championships	4(1937 Fall, 1938 Spring, 1944, 1947)
Former name(s)	Osaka Tigers (1946–1960) Hanshin Club (1940–1944) Osaka Tigers (1935–1940)
Colors	Yellow, Black, White
Mascot	To-Lucky, Lucky, and Kita
Playoff berths	12(2007,2008,2010,2013,2014,2015,2017,2019,2021,2022,2023,2024)
Retired numbers	10 11 23
Ownership	Takaoki Fujiwara
Management	Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd.
Manager	Kyuji Fujikawa
Uniforms

The Tigers are owned byHanshin Electric RailwayCo., Ltd., a subsidiary ofHankyu Hanshin HoldingsInc.

The Hanshin Tigers are one of the oldest professional clubs in Japan. They played their first season in 1936 as the Osaka Tigers and assumed their current team name in 1961.

History

Kōshien Stadium in 2009

The Hanshin Tigers, the second-oldest professional club in Japan, were founded on December 10, 1935, with the team being formed in 1936.The team was first called Ōsaka Tigers. In 1940, amid anti-foreign sentiment and theTojo government's ban on English nicknames, the Tigers changed the name to simply Hanshin. In 1947, the team reverted to Ōsaka Tigers after the JPBL mandated English nicknames. The current team name was assumed in 1961 due to the team playing in the suburb ofNishinomiya,which is not inOsaka Prefecture.

The Tigers won four titles before the establishment of the two-league system in 1950. Since the league was split into theCentral LeagueandPacific League,the Tigers have won the Central League pennant six times (1962, 1964, 1985, 2003, 2005, 2023) and Japan Series twice (1985, 2023).

When the 2004Major League Baseballseason began in Japan, the Tigers played an exhibition game against theNew York Yankeesat theTokyo Domeon March 29. The Tigers won 11–7.

In 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, more than three million people attended games hosted by the Tigers, the only one of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams to achieve this.

The home field,Koshien Stadium,is used by high school baseball teams from all over Japan for thenational championship tournamentsin spring and summer. The summer tournament takes place in the middle of the Tigers' season, forcing the Tigers to go on a road trip and play their home games atKyocera Dome Osaka.Fans call this "The Road of Death".

Famous players in Hanshin Tigers history includeFumio Fujimura,Masaru Kageura,Minoru Murayama,Yutaka Enatsu,Masayuki Kakefu,Randy Bass,Taira Fujita,and many others.

Koshien Stadium

The home field of the Tigers,Hanshin Koshien Stadium,is one of three major natural grass baseball stadiums in Japan. The others are theMazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima(Hiroshima Toyo Carp), andHotto Motto Field Kobe(part-time home of theOrix Buffaloes). Of the three, only Koshien has an all-dirt infield (the other two have an American-style infield). There are numerous smaller grass field ballparks around the country; Japanese baseball teams frequently play games in small cities.

Koshien Stadium is the oldest ballpark in Japan; built in 1924, the stadium was once visited by American baseball legendBabe Ruthon a tour ofMajor Leaguestars in 1934.There is a monument commemorating this visit within the stadium grounds, in an area called Mizuno Square.

Koshien is revered as a "sacred" ballpark, and players traditionally bow before entering and before leaving its hallowed field. The stadium hosts the annualJapanese High School Baseball Championshipin the summer andJapanese High School Baseball Invitational Tournamentin the spring. The losing team in any high school baseball game played at the ballpark is allowed to scoop up handfuls of Koshien infield dirt, stuffing holy soil into their cleat bags as hordes of Japanese media snap photos at arm's length.

Curse of the Colonel

Main article:Curse of the Colonel

As with many other underachieving baseball teams, acurseis believed to lurk over the Tigers.In 1985 the Tigers had just clinched the Central League pennant, fans celebrated by having people who looked like Tigers players jump into theDōtonbori Canal.According to legend, because none of the fans resembledfirst basemanRandy Bass,fans grabbed a life-sized statue of theKFCmascot,Colonel Sanders,and threw it into the river (like Bass, the Colonel had a beard and was not Japanese). After this the Tigers managed to defeat theSeibu Lionsin the 1985 Japan Series four games to three. After many seasons after the incident without a pennant win, the Tigers were said to be doomed never to win the season again until the Colonel was rescued from the river.

In 2003, when the Tigers returned to the Japan Series after 18 years with the best record in the Central League, many KFC outlets in Kōbe and Ōsaka moved their Colonel Sanders statues inside until the series was over to protect themselves from Tigers fans.

In 2005, like 2003, they clinched the pennant and made it back to the Japan Series, but lost toBobby Valentine's Chiba Lotte Marines. They were outscored 35–6 in four games.

The top half of the statue (excluding both hands) was finally recovered on March 10, 2009, and the bottom half and right hand shortly after, in the canal by construction workers while constructing a new boardwalk area as part of a beautification project. The statue is still missing its left hand and glasses. The KFC outlet where this statue once stood has since closed; the statue is now at the KFC headquarters in Yokohama. It is not viewable by the public. Since then, the Hanshin Tigers made the2014 Japan Series,but lost to theFukuoka SoftBank Hawksin 5 games. The curse was finally broken, after the Hanshin Tigers managed to defeat the rivalOrix Buffaloesin the2023 Japan Seriesfour games to three.

Fandom

Tigers fans at a home game at Koshien Stadium

Tigers fans release balloons at the Kyocera Dome, the home stadium of the Orix Buffaloes

Tigers fans are known as perhaps the most fanatical and dedicated fans in all of Japanese professional baseball. They often outnumber the home team fans at Tigers "away" games. Tigers fans also once had a reputation for rough behavior and a willingness to brawl with other fans or with each other, although fights are rare these days.

A famous Tigers fan tradition (done by other teams of NPB as well) is the release, by the fans, of hundreds of air-filled balloons immediately following the seventh-inning stretch and the singing of the Tigers' fight song. This tradition is carried out at all home and away games, except at games against theYomiuri Giantsin the Tokyo Dome due to the Giants' notoriously authoritarian and heavy-handed rules for controlling behavior by visiting fans.

The Tigers-Giants rivalry is considered the national Japanese rivalry, on par with theDodgers–Giants rivalryandYankees–Red Sox rivalryin Major League Baseball orEl ClásicoinSpanish football.The two teams have historically had a relatively close record of games with the Giants taking 1127 wins over the Tigers whereas the Tigers have taken 888 games over the Giants. 77 of the total games between the two have ended in tie.

Fight song

"The Hanshin Tigers' Song(Phản thần タイガース の ca,Hanshin Tigers no Uta)",as known as" Rokko Oroshi(Lục giáp 颪, lục giáp おろし,lit.The (Downward) Wind ofMount Rokko)",lyrics by Sonosuke Sato(Tá đằng tổng chi trợ)and composed byYuji Koseki(Cổ quan dụ mà),is a popular song in theKansaiarea. It is the official fight song of the Tigers. In Japan, wind which blows down from a mountain is known to be cold and harsh, hence the song symbolizes the Tiger's brave challenge under hardship. The song can be found onkaraokeboxes.

Japanese	Romaji	English
Lục giáp 颪(ろっこうおろし)にHiên ngang(さっそう)と Trời xanh(そうてん)Tường(か)けるThiên luân(にちりん)の Thanh xuân の bá khíMỹ(うるわ)しく Huy く ta が danh ぞ phản thần タイガース オウ オウ オウオウ phản thần タイガース フレフレフレフレ Đấu chí(とうし)溌 lạt(はつらつ)Khởi(た)つや nay Nhiệt huyếtĐã(すで)に địch をHướng(つ)く Thú vương の ý khí cao らかに Vô địch の ta chờ ぞ phản thần タイガース オウ オウ オウオウ phản thần タイガース フレフレフレフレ Thiết cổ tay cường đánhMấy ngàn(いくち)Độ(た)び Rèn えてここに giáp viên Thắng lợi に châm ゆる vinh quan は Huy く ta chờ ぞ phản thần タイガース オウ オウ オウオウ phản thần タイガース フレフレフレフレ	Rokkō oroshi ni sassō to Sōten kakeru nichirin no Seishun no haki uruwashiku Kagayaku wagana zo Hanshin Tigers Ō-ō-ō-ō Hanshin Tigers Fure-fure-fure-fure Tōshi hatsuratsu tatsu ya ima Nekketsu sude ni teki o tsuku Jūō no iki takaraka ni Muteki no warera zo Hanshin Tigers Ō-ō-ō-ō Hanshin Tigers Fure-fure-fure-fure Tetsuwan kyōda ikuchitabi Kitaete koko ni Kōshien Shōri ni moyuru eikan wa Kagayaku warera zo Hanshin Tigers Ō-ō-ō-ō Hanshin Tigers Fure-fure-fure-fure	an official English version, not a direct translation Dashing swiftly through the wind blowin' from Rokko Like the big sun soaring in the clear blue sky Mighty spirit of the youth shows the victor's grace The name that shines in glory "Hanshin Tigers" Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Hanshin Tigers Go, Go, Go, Go! Powerful hits and skillful pitch achieved a thousand times Trained with every discipline here at Koshien Crowned with constant victory glorious, matchless feat Always proud, invincible "Hanshin Tigers" Oh! Oh! Oh! Oh! Hanshin Tigers Go, Go, Go, Go!

Regular season records

Osaka Tigers (Japanese Baseball League)
Year	Manager	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	GB	Place
1936 – Spring/Summer Season	Shigeo Mori	15	9	6	0	.600	N/A	(1 tournament won)
1936 – Fall Season	Shuichi Ishimoto	31	24	6	1	.774	N/A	Runners-up (2.5 tournaments won)
1937 – Spring Season	Shuichi Ishimoto	56	41	14	1	.741	0.5	2nd (out of 8)
1937 – Fall Season	Shuichi Ishimoto	49	39	9	1	.806	-.-	1st (out of 8)
1938 – Spring Season	Shuichi Ishimoto	35	29	6	0	.829	-.-	1st (out of 8)
1938 – Fall Season	Shuichi Ishimoto	40	27	13	0	.675	3.5	2nd (out of 9)
1939	Shuichi Ishimoto	96	63	30	3	.672	3.5	2nd (out of 9)
Hanshin (Japanese Baseball League)
Year	Manager	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	GB	Place
1940	Kenjiro Matsuki	104	64	37	3	.630	10.5	2nd (out of 9)
1941	Kenjiro Matsuki	84	41	43	0	.488	21.0	5th (out of 8)
1942	Tadashi Wakabayashi	105	52	48	5	.519	21.0	3rd (out of 8)
1943	Tadashi Wakabayashi	84	41	36	7	.530	11.0	3rd (out of 8)
1944	Tadashi Wakabayashi	35	27	6	2	.800	-.-	1st (out of 6)
1946	Fumio Fujimura	105	59	46	0	.562	7.0	3rd (out of 8)
Osaka Tigers (Japanese Baseball League)
Year	Manager	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	GB	Place
1947	Tadashi Wakabayashi	119	79	37	3	.676	-.-	1st (out of 8)
1948	Tadashi Wakabayashi	140	70	66	4	.514	17.0	3rd (out of 8)
1949	Tadashi Wakabayashi	137	65	69	3	.485	20.5	6th (out of 8)
Osaka Tigers
Year	Manager	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	GB	Place
1950	Kenjiro Matsuki	140	70	67	3	.511	30.0	4th
1951	Kenjiro Matsuki	116	61	52	3	.539	20.5	3rd
1952	Kenjiro Matsuki	120	79	40	1	.663	3.5	2nd
1953	Kenjiro Matsuki	130	74	56	0	.569	16.0	2nd
1954	Kenjiro Matsuki	130	71	57	2	.554	16.0	3rd
1955	Ichiro Kishi (Interim: Fumio Fujimura)	130	71	57	2	.554	20.5	3rd
1956	Fumio Fujimura	130	79	50	1	.612	4.5	2nd
1957	Fumio Fujimura	130	73	54	3	.573	1.0	2nd
1958	Yoshio Tanaka	130	72	58	0	.554	5.5	2nd
1959	Yoshio Tanaka	130	62	59	9	.512	13.0	2nd
1960	Masayasu Kaneda	130	64	62	4	.508	6.0	3rd
Hanshin Tigers
Year	Manager	Games	Wins	Losses	Ties	Pct.	GB	Place
1961	Masayasu Kaneda (Interim: Sadayoshi Fujimoto)	130	60	67	3	.473	12.5	4th
1962	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	133	75	55	3	.575	-.-	1st
1963	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	140	69	70	1	.496	14.5	3rd
1964	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	140	80	56	4	.586	-.-	1st
1965	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	140	71	66	3	.518	19.5	3rd
1966	Shigeru Sugishita (Interim: Sadayoshi Fujimoto)	135	64	66	5	.493	25.0	3rd
1967	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	136	70	60	6	.537	14.0	3rd
1968	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	133	72	58	3	.553	5.0	2nd
1969	Tsuguo Goto	130	68	59	3	.535	6.5	2nd
1970	Minoru Murayama	130	77	49	4	.608	2.0	2nd
1971	Minoru Murayama	130	57	64	9	.473	12.5	5th
1972	Minoru Murayama(Interim: Masayasu Kaneda)	130	71	56	3	.558	3.5	2nd
1973	Masayasu Kaneda	130	64	59	7	.519	0.5	2nd
1974	Masayasu Kaneda	130	57	64	9	.473	14.0	4th
1975	Yoshio Yoshida	130	68	55	7	.550	6.0	3rd
1976	Yoshio Yoshida	130	72	45	13	.604	2.0	2nd
1977	Yoshio Yoshida	130	55	63	12	.469	21.0	4th
1978	Tsuguo Goto	130	41	80	9	.350	30.5	6th (last)
1979	Don Blasingame	130	61	60	9	.504	8.0	4th
1980	Don Blasingame(Interim: Futoshi Nakanishi)	130	54	66	10	.454	20.5	5th
1981	Futoshi Nakanishi	130	67	58	5	.535	8.0	3rd
1982	Motoo Andoh (Interim: Takao Sato)	130	65	57	8	.531	4.5	3rd
1983	Motoo Andoh	130	62	63	5	.496	11.5	4th
1984	Motoo Andoh	130	53	69	8	.438	23.0	4th
1985	Yoshio Yoshida	130	74	49	7	.596	-.-	1st – Won Japan Series
1986	Yoshio Yoshida	130	60	60	10	.500	13.5	3rd
1987	Yoshio Yoshida	130	41	83	6	.338	37.5	6th (last)
1988	Minoru Murayama	130	51	77	2	.400	29.5	6th (last)
1989	Minoru Murayama	130	54	75	1	.419	30.5	5th
1990	Katsuhiro Nakamura	130	52	78	0	.400	36.0	6th (last)
1991	Katsuhiro Nakamura	130	48	82	0	.369	26.0	6th (last)
1992	Katsuhiro Nakamura	132	67	63	2	.515	2.0	2nd/3rd (tied)
1993	Katsuhiro Nakamura	132	63	67	2	.485	17.0	4th
1994	Katsuhiro Nakamura	130	62	68	0	.477	8.0	4th/5th (tied)
1995	Katsuhiro Nakamura (Interim: Taira Fujita)	130	46	84	0	.354	36.0	6th (last)
1996	Taira Fujita (Interim: Takeshi Shibata)	130	54	76	0	.415	23.0	6th (last)
1997	Yoshio Yoshida	136	62	73	1	.460	21.0	5th
1998	Yoshio Yoshida	135	52	83	0	.385	27.0	6th (last)
1999	Katsuya Nomura	135	55	80	0	.407	26.0	6th (last)
2000	Katsuya Nomura	136	57	78	1	.423	21.0	6th (last)
2001	Katsuya Nomura	140	57	80	3	.418	20.5	6th (last)
2002	Senichi Hoshino	140	66	70	4	.486	19.0	4th
2003	Senichi Hoshino	140	87	51	2	.629	-.-	1st
2004	Akinobu Okada	138	66	70	2	.485	13.0	4th
2005	Akinobu Okada	146	87	54	5	.617	-.-	1st
2006	Akinobu Okada	146	84	58	4	.592	3.5	2nd
2007	Akinobu Okada	144	74	66	4	.529	4.5	3rd
2008	Akinobu Okada	144	82	59	3	.582	2.0	2nd
2009	Akinobu Mayumi	144	67	73	4	.479	24.5	4th
2010	Akinobu Mayumi	144	78	63	3	.553	1.0	2nd
2011	Akinobu Mayumi	144	68	70	6	.493	9.0	4th
2012	Yutaka Wada	144	55	75	14	.423	31.5	5th
2013	Yutaka Wada	144	73	67	4	.521	12.5	2nd
2014	Yutaka Wada	144	75	68	1	.524	7.0	2nd
2015	Yutaka Wada	143	70	71	2	.496	6.0	3rd
2016	Tomoaki Kanemoto	143	64	76	3	.457	24.5	4th
2017	Tomoaki Kanemoto	143	78	61	4	.561	10.0	2nd
2018	Tomoaki Kanemoto	143	62	79	2	.440	20.0	6th
2019	Akihiro Yano	143	69	68	6	.504	6.0	3rd
2020	Akihiro Yano	120	60	53	7	.531	7.5	2nd
2021	Akihiro Yano	143	77	56	10	.579	1	2nd
2022	Akihiro Yano	143	68	71	10	.579	12	3rd
2023	Akinobu Okada	143	85	53	5	.616	-.-	1st – Won Japan Series
2024	Akinobu Okada	143	74	63	6	.540	3.5	2nd

NOTE: The 1944 Japanese Baseball League season was cut-short, the 1945 season was cancelled due to the ongoing war (World War II) with many players being enlisted to fight, and the 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season was cut short due to theCOVID-19 pandemic.

List of managers

Name	Term	Regular Season
		GC	W	L	T	Win%
Osaka Tigers and Hanshin Tigers
Shigeo Mori	1936 (Spring – Summer)	15	9	6	0	.600
Shuichi Ishimoto	1936 (Fall)-1939	307	223	78	6	.736
Kenjiro Matsuki	1940–1941 & 1950–1954	824	460	352	12	.565
Tadashi Wakabayashi	1942–1944 & 1947–1949	620	334	262	24	.558
Fumio Fujimura	1946 & 1956–1957	365	211	150	4	.584
Ichiro Kishi	1955	130	71	57	2	.554
Yoshio Tanaka	1958–1959	260	134	117	9	.533
Masayasu Kaneda	1960–1961 & 1973–1974	520	245	252	23	.493
Sadayoshi Fujimoto	1962–1965 & 1967–1968	822	437	365	20	.544
Shigeru Sugishita	1966	135	64	66	5	.493
Tsuguo Goto	1969 & 1978	260	109	139	12	.442
Minoru Murayama	1970–1972 & 1988–1989	650	310	321	19	.491
Yoshio Yoshida	1975–1977, 1985–1987 & 1997–1998	1051	484	511	56	.487
Don Blasingame	1979–1980	260	115	126	19	.479
Futoshi Nakanishi	1981	130	67	58	5	.535
Motoo Andoh	1982–1984	390	180	189	21	.488
Katsuhiro Nakamura	1990–1995	784	338	442	4	.434
Taira Fujita	1996	130	54	76	0	.415
Katsuya Nomura	1999–2001	411	169	238	4	.416
Senichi Hoshino	2002–2003	280	153	121	6	.557
Akinobu Okada	2004–2008 & 2023–2024	1004	554	423	27	.567
Akinobu Mayumi	2009–2011	432	213	206	13	.508
Yutaka Wada	2012–2015	575	273	281	21	.493
Tomoaki Kanemoto	2016–2018	429	204	216	9	.486
Akihiro Yano	2019–2022	143	274	248	27	.525
Kyuji Fujikawa	2025–	0	0	0	0	.000

Current roster

Hanshin Tigersroster
First squad				Second squad
Pitchers 00Javy Guerra 13Suguru Iwazaki 14Yuta Iwasada 15Junya Nishi 16Yuki Nishi 17Koyo Aoyagi 27Masashi Itoh 35Hiroto Saiki 36Masumi Hamachi 37Masaki Oyokawa 41Shoki Murakami 46Hiroya Shimamoto 47Takuma Kirishiki 49Kotaro Ohtake 54Ren Kajiya 65Atsuki Yuasa 69Daichi Ishii 99Jeremy Beasley Catchers 2Ryutaro Umeno 12Seishiro Sakamoto 39Yuki Sakaeda 57Kenya Nagasaka		Infielders 0Seiya Kinami 3Yusuke Ohyama 4Takahiro Kumagai 8Teruaki Sato 33Kento Itohara 38Ryuhei Obata 51Takumu Nakano 94Fumihito Haraguchi Outfielders 1Shota Morishita 5Koji Chikamoto 7Sheldon Neuse 53Kairi Shimada 55Taishi Kusumoto 60Dan Onodera Manager 22Kyuji Fujikawa Coaches Head coach 78Katsuo Hirata Pitching 88Yuya Andoh 90Tomoyuki Kubota Battery 83Munehiko Shimada Hitting 73Eiji Mizuguchi 77Makoto Imaoka Infield defense/Base running/Sacrifice bunt Infield defense/Base running 74Atsushi Fujimoto 81Toshifumi Baba Outfield defense/Base running/Analytical 96So Tsutsui		Pitchers 19Kaito Shimomura 20Daichi Moriki 21Takumi Akiyama 26Tsuyoshi Shiiba 28Yuto Suzuki 29Haruto Takahashi 30Keito Monbetsu 34Taisei Urushihara 48Hidetoshi Ibaragi 50Ren Tomida 63Yuya Ishiguro 64Hidetaka Okadome 66Junya Tsuda 92Riku Kawahara 93Masaki Iwata 98Ren Satoh Catchers 59Kento Fujita 68Hayato Nakagawa 95Yuya Katayama		Infielders 43Yuto Takahama 44Reiji Toi 45Jo Endo 52Shuya Yamada 56Aoi Momosaki 62Kai Ueda 67Nozomu Takatera Outfielders 32Kouta Inoue 40Hinase Itsubo 58Ukyo Maegawa 61Hiroshi Toyoda 97Kyosuke Noguchi Manager 86Yutaka Wada Coaches Head coach Pitching 85Shinobu Fukuhara 72Hirotaka Egusa 89Ryo Watanabe Battery 87Katsunori Nomura Hitting/Analytical 84Takeshi Hidaka Hitting 75Noriharu Yamazaki 91Hirotoshi Kitagawa Infield defense/Base running 70Shuta Tanaka Outfield defense/Base running 76Takahito Kudo Development coach 71Hiroki Uemoto
Development Players
122Ippei Ogawa(P) 124Atsushi Mochizuki(P) 125Ryo Itoh(P) 126Kein Fukushima(OF) 131Jose Betances(P) 132Anthony Martinez(P)
Updated February 29, 2024				→All NPB rosters

Players of note

Former players

• Shinjiro Hiyama(Cối sơn tiến thứ lang) – OF
• Norihiro Akahoshi(Xích tinh hiến quảng) – OF
• Kenji Johjima(Thành đảo kiện tư) – C
• George Altman– OF
• Sohachi Aniya(An Nhân phòng tông tám) – P
• George Arias– IF
• Scott Atchison– P
• Gene Bacque– P
• Randy Bass– IF
• Kaoru Betto(Đừng đương huân) – OF
• Oh Seung-hwan(Ngô thăng Hoàn) – P
• Mike Blowers– IF
• Jamie Brown– P
• Darnell Coles– IF, OF
• Doug Creek– P
• Iván Cruz– IF
• Glenn Davis
• Rob Deer– OF
• Yutaka Enatsu(Giang hạ phong) – P
• Tom Evans– IF
• Cecil Fielder– IF
• Lew Ford– OF
• Atsushi Fujimoto(Đằng bổn đôn sĩ) – IF
• Fumio Fujimura(Đằng thôn phú mỹ nam) – P, IF
• Taira Fujita– IF(Đằng điền bình)
• Rich Gale– P
• Mike Greenwell– OF
• Shosei Go(Ngô xương chinh) – OF
• Dave Hansen– IF
• Jason Hardtke– IF
• Phil Hiatt– IF
• Katsumi Hirosawa(Quảng trạch khắc thật) – IF, OF
• Trey Hodges– P
• Osamu Hoshino(Tinh dã tu, tinh dã おさむ) – IF
• Nobuyuki Hoshino(Tinh dã duỗi chi) – P
• Makoto Imaoka(Nay cương thành) – IF
• Kei Igawa(Giếng xuyên khánh) – P
• Atsunori Itoh(Y đằng đôn quy) – P
• Mark Johnson– IF, OF
• Masaru Kageura(Cảnh phổ đem) – OF, IF, P
• Masayuki Kakefu(Quải bố nhã chi) – IF
• Tsuyoshi Shimoyanagi(Hạ liễu mới vừa) – P
• Tsutomu Kameyama(Quy sơn nỗ, quy sơn つとむ) – OF
• Tomoaki Kanemoto(Kim bổn biết hiến) – OF
• Atsushi Kataoka(Phiến cương đốc sử) – IF
• Tetsuro Kawajiri(Xuyên mông triết lang) – P
• Kozo Kawato(Xuyên đằng hạnh tam) – PH, OF
• Matt Keough– P
• Katsuhiko Kido(Mộc hộ khắc ngạn) – C
• Mike Kinkade– IF
• Willie Kirkland– OF
• Masaaki Koyama(Tiểu sơn chính minh) – P
• Kuo Lee Chien-Fu(Quách Lý kiến phu) – P
• Kojiro Machida(Đinh điền công Nhị Lang) – OF
• Kenjiro Matsuki(Tùng mộc khiêm trị lang) – IF
• Darrell May– P
• Akinobu Mayumi(Thật cung minh tin) – IF, OF
• Susumu Mikoshiba(Ngự tử sài tiến) – P
• Kurt Miller– P
• Toyozo Minamimure(Nam mưu lễ phong tàng) – IF, OF
• Takao Misonoo(Ngự viên sinh sùng nam) – P
• Trey Moore– P
• Ramón Morel– P
• Minoru Murayama(Thôn sơn thật) – P
• Rodney Myers– P
• Yutaka Nakamura(Trung thôn phong) – OF
• Kiyooki Nakanishi(Trung Quốc và Phương Tây thanh khởi) – P
• Toshihiro Noguchi(Dã khẩu thọ hạo) – C
• Atsushi Nomi(Có thể thấy đốc sử) – P
• Akinobu Okada(Cương điền chương bố) – IF
• Tom O'Malley– IF
• Curtis Olsen– P
• Chris Oxspring– P
• Eduardo Pérez– IF
• Larry Parrish– IF
• Alonzo Powell– OF
• Mike Reinbach– OF
• Jerrod Riggan– P
• Bienvenido Rivera– OF
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo(Tân trang mới vừa chí) – OF
• Shane Spencer– OF
• Kento Sugiyama(Sam sơn người tài) – P
• Koichi Tabuchi(Điền uyên hạnh một) – C
• Yasuaki Taiho(Đại phong thái chiêu, trần đại phong) – IF
• Yasushi Tao(Điền đuôi an chí) – OF
• Shuta Tanaka(Điền trung tú quá, tú quá) – IF
• Tony Tarasco– OF
• Katsunori Tomari(Độ thật lợi khắc tắc) – IF, OF, PH
• Shoji Toyama(Núi xa 奬 chí) – P
• Tomochika Tsuboi(Bình giếng trí thay) – OF
• Marc Valdes– P
• Ryan Vogelsong– P
• Yutaka Wada(Hòa điền phong) – IF
• Tadashi Wakabayashi(Nếu lâm trung chí) – P
• Jeff Williams– P
• Craig Worthington– IF
• Marvell Wynne– OF
• Keiichi Yabu(Tẩu huệ nhất) – P
• Hiroshi Yagi(Tám mộc dụ) – IF, OF, PH
• Kazuyuki Yamamoto(Sơn bổn cùng hành) – P
• Kazuhiro Yamauchi(Sơn nội một hoằng) – OF
• Akihiro Yano(Thỉ dã huy hoằng, thỉ dã diệu đại) – C
• Hiroshi Yoshida( cát điền hạo ) – OF
• Yoshio Yoshida(Cát điền nghĩa nam) – IF
• Toshiro Yufune(Canh thuyền mẫn lang) – P
• Kyuji Fujikawa(Đằng xuyên cầu nhi) – P

Retired numbers

• 10Fumio Fujimura(Đằng thôn phú thật nam)
• 11Minoru Murayama(Thôn sơn thật)
• 23Yoshio Yoshida(Cát điền nghĩa nam)

MLB players

• Kenji Johjima(2006–2009)
• Ryan Vogelsong(2000–2006, 2011–2017)
• Tsuyoshi Shinjo(2001–2003)
• Keiichi Yabu(2005, 2008)
• Masanori Murakami(1964–1965)
• Cecil Fielder(1989)
• Glenn Davis(1984–1993)
• Chris Oxspring(2005)
• Kei Igawa(2007–2010)
• Marvell Wynne(1983–1990)
• Craig Worthington(1988–1992, 1995–1996)
• Jeff Williams(1999–2002)
• Marc Valdes(1995–1998, 2000–2001)
• Tony Tarasco(1993–1999, 2002)
• Jerrod Riggan(2000–2003)
• Alonzo Powell(1987, 1991)
• Matt Murton(2005–2009)
• Leon McFadden(1972)
• Oh Seung-hwan(2016–2019)
• Kyuji Fujikawa(2013–2015)
• Pierce Johnson(2020–present)
• Robert Suarez(2022–present)
• Shintaro Fujinami(2023–present)

Media relating to the Tigers

Mascots

To Lucky(トラッキー,Torakkii)is a mascot character of the Tigers. With his girlfriend Lucky, he entertains spectators at team games. His uniform number is 1985, because his first appearance was in 1985. His name is a combination of two separate Japanese words,Tora(トラ),meaning tiger andRakkii(ラッキー)meaning lucky. His name therefore means "lucky tiger" in Japanese.

To Lucky's first appearance was on the screen at Hanshin Koshien Stadium in 1985. He appeared as a live-action character in 1987. His design was updated in 1992.

Aside from To Lucky, the other mascots of the Tigers are Lucky (ラッキーRakkii), his girlfriend, and the most recent addition, Keeta (キー quá), Lucky's little brother. Keeta's uniform number is 2011, because he was introduced to the Tigers in 2011. He wears a backwards cap. Lucky's cap is pink unlike her boyfriend's and his little brother's.

Newspapers

• Daily Sports(published by theKobe Shimbun,except Hiroshima region)
• Nikkan Sports(affiliated company of theAsahi Shimbun,Kansai region)
• Sankei Sports(published by theSankei ShimbunOsaka Head Office)
• Sports Nippon(affiliated company of theMainichi Shimbun,Kansai region)

Stations

Broadcasting:

• Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
• Asahi Broadcasting Corporation
• Kansai Telecasting Corporation
• Yomiuri Telecasting Corporation
• Television Osaka, Inc.
• SUN-TV

See also

• Central League
• Western League
• Hankyu Hanshin Toho Group–Hanshin Electric RailwayCo., Ltd.
• Tampere Tigers

External links

• Official website(in Japanese)
• Suicide Spurs Reflections on Japanese Baseball – The New York Times
• Appetite for Hanshin – Hanshin Tigers English news website