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| 2006: Spring training opens. |
| 2005: Spring training opens. |
| 2004: Players report for spring training. |
| 2003: Nippon Ham catcher Katsuhiko Yamada severs a rotator muscle in his leg. |
| 2003: MLB rules that Kevin Millar rightfully belongs to the Chunichi Dragons. |
| 2003: Spring training opens. |
| 2002: In order to teach Yokohama players about the new higher strike zone, the Central League sends umpires to their spring camp. |
| 2002: Spring training opens. |
| 1999: The Yakult Swallows report for spring training in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1998: The Yakult Swallows report for spring training in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1997: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma, Arizona for their spring training camp. |
| 1996: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma, Arizona for their spring training camp. |
| 1995: Orix announces the acquisition of infielder Troy Neel. |
| 1995: The Yakult Swallows for their spring training camp in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1993: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma Arizona for thier spring training camp. |
| 1992: After skipping having their camp abroad the previous year due to the Persian Gulf War, the Yakult Swallows return to Yuma, Arizona for spring training. |
| 1991: Seibu and Yakult cancel plans to hold training camps overseas due to the Gulf War. |
| 1990: Lotte announces the acquisition of outfielder Dave Hengel. |
| 1988: Former Osaka and Mainichi outfielder Kaoru Betto is inducted into the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1987: Nippon Ham outfielder Atsushi Ukumori is born. |
| 1987: Nagoya, Dai Tokyo, Lion and Toiei outfielder Naoto Asahara dies at age 70. |
| 1978: Hanshin, Lotte and Orix outfielder Koji Hirashita is born. |
| 1978: Nippon Ham infielder Erick Almonte is born. |
| 1976: 55,000 fans turn out for the first day of Yomiuri's spring training camp. |
| 1970: Orix pitcher Edwin Hurtado is born. |
| 1967: Yomiuri catcher Hiromoto "Dave" Okubo is born. |
| 1961: Hanshin catcher Katsuhiko Kido is born. |
| 1959: Lotte pitcher Katsuo So is born. |
| 1956: Fumio Fujimura becomes manager of Osaka. |
| 1955: Nippon Ham infielder Noboru Shinya is born. |
| 1947: Nippon Ham infielder Kunizo Umeda is born. |
| 1947: Yomiuri and Hiroshima pitcher Kunikazu Ogawa is born. |
| 1946: Sangyo becomes the Chubu Nihon Dragons. |
| 1946: Hankyu outfielder Hidetaka Togin is born. |
| 1945: Hankyu DH Yasuhiro Takai is born. |
| 1940: Hanshin, Taiheiyo Club and Hankyu outfielder Eiji Fujii is born. |
| 1937: Nankai pitcher Yutaka Nishio is born. |
| 1937: Daiei Stars, Tokyo Orions and Hanshin catcher Minoru Tanimoto is born. |
| 1934: Nishitetsu infielder Sadao Hiyama is born. |
| 1934: Hankyu pitcher Fumio Kura is born. |
| 1932: Kokutetsu and Taiyo infielder Jun Hakota is born. |
| 1927: Hankyu infielder Isamu Uchio is born. |
| 1925: Yomiuri and Kintetsu pitcher Takumi Otomo is born. |
| 1920: Daiei Stars and Hankyu pitcher Giichi Hayashi is born. |
| 1917: Tokyo Giants pitcher Eiji Sawamura is born. |
| 2004: Yakult rookie pitcher Masaru Sato suffers a severe allergic reaction during a workout and goes into anaphylactic shock, but quickly rebounds after he is taken to hospital. |
| 2004: Hiroshima pitcher Yasuhiro Oyamada suffers a right knee injury during a workout and will require arthroscopic surgery, itg is announced. The procedure would keep him out until June. |
| 1999: Hiroshima approves the bid for outfielder Alejandro Quezada, who became the first player ever to be posted under the new player movement system. |
| 1999: Orix sends pitcher Nobuyuki Hoshino and outfielder Ichiro Suzuki to participate in Seattle's spring camp. |
| 1999: Seibu infielder Taisei Takagi injures a right ankle ligament. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham and Lotte pitcher Takeaki Yamasaki dies at age 53. |
| 1994: Kintetsu pitcher Osamu Sasaki has left knee joint surgery. |
| 1993: Former Tokyo Orions manager Hitoshi Tamaru dies at age 66. |
| 1989: Former Hankyu coach Masao Date and Baseball Magazine Company president Tsuneo Ikeda are selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1984: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma Arizona for the start of their spring camp. |
| 1983: Hiroshima pitcher Toshikazu Yokomatsu is born. |
| 1977: Former Osaka pitcher Yukio Nishimura and ex-Osaka and Eagles skipper Shigeo Mori are inducted into the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1972: Hiroshima pitcher Jared Fernandez is born. |
| 1971: Seibu pitcher Kiyoshi Toyoda is born. |
| 1971: Orix pitcher Yoshihisa Ashikari is born. |
| 1971: Seibu and Yomiuri pitcher Kiyoshi Toyoda is born. |
| 1962: Taiyo pitcher Kazushi Ebata is born. |
| 1961: Yakult infielder Yuji Ono is born. |
| 1959: Chunichi catcher Yuichi Nakahara is born. |
| 1955: Yomiuri goes on a seven country tour of Central and South America. They would return to Japan on March 16th. |
| 1954: Marilyn Monroe and Joe Dimaggio create a sensation when they arrive in Japan. On the same plane was Takahashi Unions manager Shinji Hamazaki, who was returning to Japan from a scouting trip to the U.S. Hamazaki is now in the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1954: The Takahashi Unions formally come into being. |
| 1937: Taiheiyo and Nankai outfielder Don Buford is born. |
| 1932: Taiyo catcher Kunio Nakamura is born. |
| 1928: Nankai catcher Shuichi Kitamura is born. |
| 1927: Nankai infielder Teruo Shimabara is born. |
| 2004: Yokohama formally adds former Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki to its roster, the first time since 1999 he has been in a Bay Stars uniform. He gets his old number 22 back from pitcher Yuji Yoshimi, who accepts the number 21 instead while that number's previous wearer,pitcher Kenichi Wakatabe, dons number 14. |
| 1999: Nobody bids on outfielder Timoniel Perez when he's posted, so he re-signs with Hiroshima. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham and Lotte pitcher Takeaki Yamasaki dies at age 53. |
| 1995: Former Tokyo Giants, Osaka and Mainichi outfielder Shosei Go is selected to the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1994: Former Seibu pitcher Tetsuya Haraguchi signs with Daiei. |
| 1988: Taiyo infielder Katsuya Okubo suffers a thumb fracture and is out for three weeks. |
| 1964: Hiroshima and Hanshin pitcher Kiyotoshi Katase is born. |
| 1948: The application of the Daiei Stars for admittance to the Japanese pro league is rejected. They then merge with the Tokyu Fliers to become the Kyuei Flyers. |
| 1946: Asahi becomes Pacific. |
| 1941: Daimai and Kintetsu pitcher Dick Dessa is born. |
| 1940: Yomiuri and Lotte pitcher Kunio Jonouchi is born. |
| 1935: Mainichi and Takahashi infielder Heiichi Iiyama is born. |
| 1934: Taiyo pitcher Noboru Akiyama is born. |
| 1999: Daiei announces the acquisition of former Nippon Ham infielder Koichi Ogawa. |
| 1999: Orix pursues pitcher Nobuyuki Hoshino and minor league pitching coach Yoshinori Sato participating in Seattle's spring camp. |
| 1988: Lotte owner Masakazu Nagata, Pacific League umpire Saburo Yokozawa and Kintetsu manager and president Takeo Akuta are selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1983: Pacific League chairman Shintaro Fukushima rules that catcher Hiroshi Takahashi, who had been released by Lotte, is still part of that team's roster. |
| 1981: The game winning hit, one of the phoniest numbers ever created, becomes an official part of a player's stats. |
| 1975: Orix and Rakuten pitcher Hisashi Tokano is born. |
| 1973: Nippon Ham outfielder Tsutomu Ishimoto is born. |
| 1973: Yokohama infielder Hiroshi Miyauchi is born. |
| 1965: Daiei catcher Hiroyuki Mori is born. |
| 1959: Taiyo infielder Hiroshi Okubo is born. |
| 1953: Kintetsu, Hiroshima and Yakult outfielder Yoshitaka Terada is born. |
| 1938: The league office asks that teams try to economize on the use of leather and hand woven items in their equipment. |
| 1937: Hanshin pitcher Masahiro Yamanaka is born. |
| 2003: Kevin Millar cancels a scheduled conference call with Chunichi. The Dragons begin to lose hope that he will join them. |
| 1999: The KBO splits into two leagues, the Dream League and the Magic League, each having four teams. |
| 1986: Hiroshima, Nankai and Yomiuri pitcher Motoyasu Kaneshiro joins a team in the KBO. |
| 1980: Lotte pitcher Shinichi Nagasaki is born. |
| 1975: Nippon Ham pitcher Masaki Ikoma is born. |
| 1966: Seibu catcher Hideshi Nakada is born. |
| 1962: Lotte infielder Yoshihiko Morita is born. |
| 1962: Hanshin pitcher Shinji Kawahara is born. |
| 1949: Yakult and Lotte outfielder Yoichi Inoue is born. |
| 1947: Hiroshima infielder Masayuki Kobayashi is born. |
| 1939: Nankai infielder Kenji Koike is born. |
| 1939: Nishitetsu pitcher Shoji Kuwabara is born. |
| 1938: Hiroshima outfielder Takuzo Mihara is born. |
| 1937: The Korakuen Yakyu Club (soon to be known as the Eagles) is permitted to join the Japanese pro league. |
| 1936: A meeting is held at the Nihon Kogyo Club in Tokyo that establishes the Japan Professional Baseball League (Nihon Yakyu Renmei). The orginal teams admitted to the new league are the Tokyo Giants, the Osaka Tigers, The Nishi Nihon Yakyu Renmei Nagoya Kyokai (Nagoya Club for short---now the Chunichi Dragons), The Tokyo Yakyu Kyokai (soon known thereafter as the Tokyo Senators), The Osaka Hankyu Yakyu Kyokai (Hankyu---now the Orix Buffaloes), the Dai Nihon Yakyu Renmei Tokyo Club (Dai Tokyo), and the Nagoya Yakyu Club (soon to be known as the Nagoya Kinko, or "Golden Dolphins"), |
| 1936: Takahashi catcher Kazuo Takahashi is born. |
| 1936: Nankai infielder Lee Thomas is born. |
| 1935: Chunichi pitcher Shinichi Miyazaki is born. |
| 1935: Hanshin and Kintetsu pitcher Hitoshi Nagao is born. |
| 1932: Yakult and Lotte outfielder Yoichi Inoue is born. |
| 1923: Kokutetsu outfielder Shigeru Enomoto is born. |
| 1917: Nishi Nihon catcher Taro Sakurai is born. |
| 1914: Hankyu outfielder Den Yamada is born. |
| 2005: Former Nankai Hawks sidearmer Mutsuo Minagawa dies at age 69 of internal bleeding. |
| 2003: Hiroshima accepts the $300,000 bid of the New York Yankees for pitcher Ramon Ramirez, who the Carp had posted. |
| 1998: Orix catcher Takashi Miwa is sentenced to one year in jail suspended for three years and fined five million yen for his part in a player tax evasion scandal. |
| 1997: The documents for Kintetsu pitcher Shigeki Sano's arbitration request arrive at the Pacifiv League office. |
| 1997: Hankyu, Taiyo and Nishitetsu infieolder Kinji Uno dies at age 79. |
| 1996: Orix signs pitcher Shigetoshi Hasegawa. |
| 1991: Former Japanese league chairman Yoshio Nakagawa is voted into the Hall of Fame. |
| 1985: Nankai pitcher Hitoshi Hatayama is admitted to hospital with chicken pox. |
| 1984: Former Yomiuri, Taiyo, Kintetsu and Yakult manager Osamu Mihara dies at age 72. |
| 1980: Lotte outfielder Takashi Kita is born. |
| 1975: Orix outfielder Chad Allen is born. |
| 1962: Lotte outfielder Kazuhito Sato is born. |
| 1960: Chunichi pitcher Norihide Goto is born. |
| 1956: Taiyo pitcher Fumiaki Kadota is born. |
| 1941: Kokutetsu, Hanshin and Lotte pitcher Kiyotake Suzuki is born. |
| 1937: Taiyo pitcher Keiichi Nakamura is born. |
| 1937: Toei infielder Heihachiro Tanaka is born. |
| 1934: Mainichi pitcher Isamu Wada is born. |
| 1931: Nankai and Toei infielder Kunihisa Taneda is born. |
| 1931: Nishi Nihon pitcher Tamotsu Tamagawa is born. |
| 2003: Yokohama first baseman Steve Cox injures his knee. |
| 2003: Yakult outfielder Munehiro Shida injures a groin muscle. |
| 2003: Daiei pitcher Tomohiro Nagai suffers an elbow inflammation. |
| 2003: The Western League institutes a playoff between the winner of the first and second halves of the schedule. |
| 2002: Hanshin pitcher Taiyo Fujita is diagnosed with a muscle pull. |
| 1999: Hiroshima announces the signing of former Yomiuri pitcher Masami Uno. |
| 1996: Hirsohima pitcher Robinson Checo decides he will sign with Boston. |
| 1996: Yoshikazu Tanaka is named Umpire of the Year. |
| 1987: The NPB rules committee allows the use of the DH during exhibition games by Central League teams. |
| 1987: The NPB rules committee allows brown bats as the only type of colored bat. |
| 1986: Former Osaka Tigers outfielder Isamu Fujii, who had drilled the first homer in Japanese pro history,on 5/4/1936 against the Tokyo Senators off of Akira Noguchi at Koshien Stadium, dies at age 75. |
| 1986: The Pacific League dictates that any advance scout attempting to relay signs to a player be immediately ejected. |
| 1986: The Pacific League allows six warmup pitches before the beginning of an inning. |
| 1984: Yomiuri pitcher Hiroki Sanada is born. |
| 1979: The Japanese Diet takes up the Suguru Egawa matter. |
| 1974: NPB Commissioner Ohama asks that bat makers refrain from the use of resins in their products. |
| 1973: Toei sells its interest in the Flyers to Nittaku Home. |
| 1956: Hankyu pitdcher Masato Hirayama is born. |
| 1945: Kintetsu, Nishitetsu and Lotte infielder Shojiro Kikukawa is born. |
| 1938: Taiyo infielder John Werhas is born. |
| 1938: Toei infielder Masayoshi Takashima is born. |
| 1935: Hiroshima outfielder Seiji Ehara is born. |
| 1920: Nankai catcher Seizo Sano is born. |
| 1919: Tokyo Senators catcher Senichi Toguchi is born. |
| 2005: Chunichi announces it has signed former Montreal famrhand Chritian Berroa and ex-Toronto minor leaguer Luis Brown. |
| 2002: Chunichi, Hankyu and Mainichi catcher Shigejiro Kanbayasyhi dies at age 85. |
| 2001: The cafeteria at Yomiuri's minor league spring camp burns down. |
| 1999: Yakult second baseman Katsuyuki Dobashi has surgery to remove a torn ligament in his right knee. |
| 1995: Seibu formally signs outfielder Darrin Jackson. |
| 1994: Yakult's top team decides to do its spring training at home, but their minor league club reports to Yuma, Arizona, the first time ever that a Japanese minor league squad has trained by itself outside of Japanese borders. |
| 1989: Yomiuri and Kintetsu infielder Shigeru Sakamoto dies at age 77. |
| 1988: Daiei formally announces the formal signing of infielder Tony Bernazard. |
| 1984: The Japanese Scholastic Baseball Association allows former pro players with ten years or more of high school teaching experience to caoch high school players. |
| 1983: Hankyu takes out a 200 million yen insurance policy to protect itself from injuries incurred by fans who might get hurt by one of Boomer Wells homers. |
| 1979: NPB Commissioner Kaneko resigns. |
| 1975: Yakult pitcher Tony Mounce is born. |
| 1974: It is decided to tear down Tokyo Stadium, the one time home of the Tokyo Orions. |
| 1955: Taiyo catcher Mitsuhiro Asari is born. |
| 1951: Yomiuri first baseman Tetsuharu Kawakami goes to the U.S. along with three other players to participate in a San Francisco Seals spring camp. |
| 1944: Yomiuri outfielder Isao Shibata is born. |
| 1936: Chunichi and Kokutetsu outfielder Fumitaka Ota is born. |
| 1935: Kintetsu infielder Ryoichi Atsuda is born. |
| 1934: Mainichi infielder Tsuneyuki Shimada is born. |
| 1933: Shochiku outfielder Yukio Kodama is born. |
| 1924: Tokyu pitcher Kenji Araki is born. |
| 1922: Hanshin, Shochiku and Taiyo infielder Seitaro Watanabe is born. |
| 1921: Eagles and Yamato catcher Yukio Yoshimizu is born. |
| 1920: Kinki Nihon, Taiyo, Shochiku and Hiroshima infielder Jiro Miyazaki is born. |
| 1914: Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa and Taiyo outfielder Saburo Asaoka is born. |
| 1914: Nagoya pitcher Shozo Sakurai is born. |
| 2006: Former Yomiuri pitcher and manager Motoshi Fujita dies at age 74 of cardiac arrest. |
| 2004: Hanshin righthander Hideki Irabu is reprimanded and fined 300,000 yen after an incident in which he reportedly struck a woman in a bar two nights before. The woman and Irabu settled the matter privately. |
| 2002: Tsuneo Ikeda, president of the Baseball Magazine Company that publishes Shukan Baseball, dies. |
| 1999: The Central League decides it will not send players to the Sydney Olympics. |
| 1999: Yakult outfielder Mark Smith suffers a hairline fracture in his left pinky finger. |
| 1999: It is announced that Cincinatti has acquired the negotiating rights to Hiroshima outfielder Alejandro Quezada. |
| 1998: NPB Commissioner Ichiro Yoshikuni, Central League chairman Hiromi Kawashima and Pacific League chairman Kazuo Harano meet and decide the final disposition of the players involved in a tax evasion scandal. Daiei third baseman Hiroki Kokubo is suspended for eight weeks and pitcher Hidekazu Watanabe and Orix catcher Takashi Miwa are suspended for seven weeks, Yokohama outfielder Toshio Haru is suspended for six weeks, Chunichi pitcher Hiroshi Yamada is suepnded for five weeks, and Yakult pitcher Tetsuya Kitagawa and shortstop Shinya Miyamoto, along with Yokoham infielder Takashi Manei and catcher Yoshifumi Kawasaki are all suspended four four weeks. Also earning a four week suspension was Chunichi infielder Yusuke Torigoe. The fines engendered ranged from 700,000-4 million yen. Other unnamed players are suspended for three weeks and fined 500,000 yen. |
| 1993; Seibu pitcher Taigen Kaku has a nerve lump removed from the back of his right hand. |
| 1989: Orix pitcher Yoshihisa Ashikari is critically injured in an auto accident. |
| 1988: Orix outfielder Takahiro Okada is born. |
| 1983: The NPB rules committee decides that if a pitched ball is stopped by the catcher's mask or other object, the runners get the next base. |
| 1979: Yakult infielder Akinori Iwamura is born. |
| 1976: Kintetsu and Rakuten infielder Yosuke Takasu is born. |
| 1973: Orix and Yomiuri outfielder Yoshitomo Tani is born. |
| 1971: Nippon Ham pitcher Masaru Imazeki is born. |
| 1971: Hiroshima pitcher Chris Brock is born. |
| 1968: Yakult, Hiroshima and Daiei pitcher Tsutomu Yamada is born. |
| 1968: Orix pitcher Koji Noda is born. |
| 1963: Hanshin trains at Detroit's spring training site in Lakeland, Florida. |
| 1954: Yomiuri, Taiyo and Yakult infielder Kaoru Hirata is born. |
| 1950: Lotte pitcher Nobutaka Otaki is born. |
| 1947: Hanshin pitcher Kazuhiko Ikejima is born. |
| 1944: Kintetsu and Yakult outfielder Katsukuni Yamada is born. |
| 1936: Hankyu pitcher Yasuyuki Tahara is born. |
| 1936: Kokutetsu pitcher Seiji Mitsubayashi is born. |
| 1936: The Tokyo Giants and the Nagoya Golden Dolphins faceoff in
the first ever league game between two pro teams in Japanese history
at Harumi Stadium in Nagoya in the start of a pro tournament. |
| 1932: Yomiuri infielder Tatsuro Hirooka is born. |
| 1928: Hankyu and Takahashi outfielder Shigeru Yabe is born. |
| 1920: Nagoya, Asahi, Nishitetsu and Kintetsu infielder Masakazu Kito is born. |
| 1917: Osaka Tigers and Lion outfielder Shigeharu Murata is born. |
| 2003: Orix announces the signing of former Chunichi pitcher Shigeki Sano. |
| 2003: Hiroshima reliever Kanei Kobayashi has a herniated disk removed from his back. |
| 1998: Daiei announces the signing of pitcher Ryan Hancock. |
| 1996: Former Chunichi outfielder Darnell Coles signs with St. Louis. |
| 1990: Nippon Ham infielder Tony Solaita is murdered at home in Samoa at age 43. |
| 1988: The Japan nanshiki baseball federation allows eight former pros to join its leagues. All had been retired at least three years. |
| 1985: Former Nippon Ham pitcher Yutaka Enatsu leaves for the U.S. to try out for Milwaukee. |
| 1982: Hanshin pitcher Ryo Watanabe is born. |
| 1979: The Central League office fines a Yomiuri official 100,000 yen and reprimands him for his actions in the Suguru Egawa matter. |
| 1978: Yokohama pitcher Cedrick Bowers is born. |
| 1975: Hiroshima pitcher Hiroki Kuroda is born. |
| 1971: Yomiuri infielder Yoshikazu Komura is born. |
| 1969: Lotte pitcher Kenji Omi is born. |
| 1968: The Yomiuri Giants arrive in Taiwan for their spring camp. |
| 1968: Tokyu infielder Kenichi Sumoto dies at age 42. |
| 1965: Yakult infielder Toshifumi Baba is born. |
| 1965: Daiei, Orix and Yakult infielder Kenji Yamanaka is born. |
| 1952: Taiyo catcher Teruyuki Uno is born. |
| 1950: The Kokutetsu Swallows play their first regular seaosn game at Shimonoseki against Taiyo and lose 2-1. |
| 1948: The umpires receive a ten thousand yen salary raise. |
| 1945: Yomiuri outfielder Adelano Rivera dies at age 35. |
| 2006: Chunichi signs pitcher Cladio Galva after he worked out for them. |
| 2004: Yakult pitcher Shohei Tateyama is diagnosed with an elbow injury. It would ultimately require reconstructive surgery on March 19 that put him on the shelf for a year. |
| 1998: Yokohama decides that the four players on its team who were involved in the tax evasion scam will not only be banned for a period from playing in games with the top team, but they are prohibited from playing in the minors for the same time frame as well. |
| 1997: Kintetsu signs former Chunichi pitcher Shigeki Sano. |
| 1997: Chunichi infielder Teiji Kojima dies at age 69. |
| 1997: Hanshin outfielder Mike Greenwell returns to the U.S. due to a business conference. |
| 1996: Daiei buys the contract of outfielder Scott Lydy. They also release outfielder Kevin Reimer. |
| 1978: Hankyu, Goldstar, Taiyo, Shochiku and the other Taiyo pitcher Takashi Eda dies at age 54. |
| 1974: Yakult and Lotte outfielder Takenori Daita is born. |
| 1964: The NPB rules committee approves the use of Meiji Jingu Stadium as Kokutetsu's home ballpark. |
| 1951: A team of Pacific League all stars leaves to play overseas. |
| 1949: Kintetsu outfielder Ben Oglivie is born. |
| 1942: Kintetsu outfielder Hirobumi Itoh is born. |
| 1941: Yomiuri infielder Yasuharu Taki is born. |
| 1939: Nankai outfielder Willie Smith is born. |
| 1936: The Osaka Tigers hold their first practice. |
| 1928: Hanshin and Daimai outfielder Kenjiro Tamiya is born. |
| 1927: Mainichi pitcher Toshinobu Sueyoshi is born. |
| 1926: Chunichi pitcher Kimio Osawa is born. |
| 1926: Chunichi infielder Tatsuo Yamamoto is born. |
| 1925: Nankai infielder Masakazu Sakamoto is born. |
| 1921: Hanshin outfielder Kinichi Nakata is born. |
| 1913: Hankyu infielder Toshio Watanabe is born. |
| 1913: Nagoya Golden Dolphins outfielder Masaji Takatani is born. |
| 1911: Dai Tokyo and Lion catcher Mitsuo Fujinami is born. |
| 2006: Yakult signs pitcher Shingo Takatsu. |
| 2005: About $2,000 worth of equipment is stolen from Chunichi's spring training workout site, Yomitan Stadium in Okinawa Prefecture |
| 2003: Yokohama first baseman Steve Cox has knee surgery in a Yokohama area hospital. |
| 1998: Yokohama announces the addition of former Orix pitcher Nobuhiko Watanabe. |
| 1998: Nankai, Hanshin, Nishitetsu, Mainichi and Takahashi pitcher Zenzo Hasegawa dies. |
| 1995: It is revealed that Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta has a fractured right hand. |
| 1988: Nippon Ham pitchers Masahiro Mizusawa, Manabu Tanaka, Hiromu Watanabe and Takahashi combine for a no hitter during an exhibition game. |
| 1986: The Central League holds a meeting to explain the new strike zone. |
| 1983: Lotte sells infielder Leon Lee to Taiyo. |
| 1982: Chunichi pitcher Shinsuke Saito is born. |
| 1979: Chunichi pitcher Hiroki Kongo is born. |
| 1974: The save point is introduced. They also go from using horsehide to cowhide baseballs. |
| 1967: Hanshin catcher Toru Iwata is born. |
| 1959: Hankyu infielder Shigeru Imai is born. |
| 1955: Hanshin outfielder Greg Johnston is born. |
| 1952: Kintetsu pitcher Kinya Toki is born. |
| 1948: Kintetsu infielder Susumu Aikawa is born. |
| 1946: Chunichi infielder Steve Fox is born. |
| 1937: Taiyo outfielder Stan Johnson is born. |
| 1935: Nishitetsu, Kokutetsu and Sankei infielder Yasumitsu Toyoda is born. |
| 1933: Chunichi catcher Shizuo Kawai is born. |
| 1926: Nishi Nihon, Nishitetsu and Takahashi pitcher Isao Kyuki is born. |
| 1924: Hiroshima pitcher Motoo Takemura is born. |
| 1918: Nankai and Toei infielder Shoji Nagasawa is born. |
| 2004: Orix outfielder Ryota Aikawa suffers a broken left ankle and is expected to miss the next six weeks. |
| 1995: Former Kintetsu pitcher Hideo Nomo signs a deal with Los Angeles for a total of about $2 million. |
| 1991: Chunichi infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai decides to file for arbitration. He would become the first player in history to do that. |
| 1989: The game winning hit stat is done away with. |
| 1986: Ancient evidence of a thousands year old dwelling is found on the property of Kintetsu catcher Masataka Nashida. |
| 1986: Hankyu pitcher Tomoyuki Sekiguchi makes his first appearance in two years. |
| 1985: Yomiuri returns from its Guam camp. |
| 1979: The Yakult Swallows open their spring camp in Yuma, Arizona. They would stay until March 21st. |
| 1976: Kintetsu and Softbank outfielder Naoyuki Omura is born. |
| 1976: Kintetsu and Yomiuri pitcher Masaki Maki is born. |
| 1964: Yomiuri pitcher Kazutomo Miyamoto is born. |
| 1956: It is decided that in the matter of pitcher Tetsuya Yoneda signing with both Hanshin and Hankyu, that the Hanshin contract is invalid |
| 1948: The Daiei Stars merge with the Tokyu Flyers and become the Kyuei Flyers. |
| 1948: Kintetsu and Nippon Ham infielder Toshikazu Hattori is born. |
| 1946: Hankyu, Hiroshima and Taiheiyo Club pitcher Yoshihiro Kodama is born. |
| 1944: Chunichi outfielder Takashi Ide is born. |
| 1941: Hanshin outfielder Takao Yamao is born. |
| 1938: Toei and Hankyu catcher Masayuki Tanemo is born. |
| 1931: Nankai pitcher Kiyoshi Fujie is born. |
| 1930: Hanshin and Hiroshima pitcher Etsuo Sakaeya is born. |
| 1930: Taiyo pitcher Al Grunwald is born. |
| 1928: Hanshin and Daiei Stars infielder Shinsuke Yogi is born. |
| 1925: Nishi Nihon infielder Kazuhiko Teshirogi is born. |
| 1918: Tokyo Senators infielder Kenjiro Imaoka is born. |
| 1915: Hankyu outfielder Usaburo Shintani is born. |
| 2004: Hiroshima backup catcher Kazuyoshi Kimura has his jaw broken in two places a bar fight on the 12th, it is revealed, and he is subsequently fined 300,000 yen by the team. He would have to have a plate inserted into the jaw to help it heal properly and was gone until early May. |
| 2002: Daiei catcher Naoki Matoba has arthroscopic shoulder surgery in the states. |
| 2001: A Kyushu Sangyo University player is arrested for rape. |
| 1999: Orix announces the acquisition of outfielder Robert Perez. |
| 1998: Lotte formally releases infielder Jason Thompson. |
| 1995: Hanshin outfielder Tadami Nakatani is diagnosed with an ankle ligament tear. |
| 1970: Yokohama pitcher Takashi Saito is born. |
| 1958: Kintetsu and Hanshin pitcher Kazuya Sumitomo is born. |
| 1939: Kintetsu infielder Shinjiro Tanino is born. |
| 1936: The Tokyo Giants leave for America. |
| 1935: The Dai Nihon Tokyo Yakyu Club (later the Tokyo Giants) leaves from the port of Yokohama for a barnstorming tour of the U.S. On that tour, second baseman Takeo Tabe would steal 110 bases in 105 games. However, when he came back to Japan, there was some kind of conflict in his family and he never played ball after the Japan pro league started. The team itself finished with a record of 75-34-1 playing mostly against minor league and semipro teams. |
| 1924: Yomiuri infielder Hiroshi Watabe is born. |
| 2003: Orix outfielder Ryota Aikawa has surgery to remove a bone fragment from his knee. |
| 2003: Yomiuri infielder Keiji Fukui is hit by a pitch in an intrasquad game. |
| 2002: Yakult infielder Katsuyuki Dobashi injures his left knee. |
| 2001: Aichi Kogyo University gives up on attempting to join another league and goes back to the Aichi University League. |
| 1999: Yomiuri first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara is diagnosed with an injury to the cartilage of his left knee and will miss a month. |
| 1994: Hiroshima adds a player from its Dominican Academy, pitcher Carlos Rivera Nunez, to its roster. |
| 1993: An NPB research committee reaches concensus on the introduction of a free agency system that will start with the 1994 season. |
| 1988: Former Pacific League chairman Yu Okano dies. |
| 1986: Mainichi and Nishitetsu second baseman Sunao Imakurusu dies at age 67. |
| 1977: Yomiuri and Daiei pitcher Matt Randell is born. |
| 1971: Due to his suspected association with gamblers, Lotte pitcher Fumio Narita is suspended for a month beginning with the start of the regular season. |
| 1969: Daiei pitcher Brian Williams is born. |
| 1966: Yakult pitcher Yoshihiro Yamauchi is born. |
| 1956: Chunichi outfielder Don Cosey is born. |
| 1954: Hiroshima catcher Takayoshi Inase is born. |
| 1954: Joe Dimaggio and Lefty O'Doul conduct a baseball clinic at Koshien Stadium. |
| 1953: Yomiuri leaves for its spring training camp in Santa Maria, California to workout with the New York Giants. |
| 1951: Nippon Ham outfielder Tommy Cruz is born. |
| 1945: Nippon Ham, Hiroshima, Seibu and Yomiuri pitcher Naoki Takahashi is born. |
| 1945: Lotte and Chunichi pitcher Shichiro Sakota is born. |
| 1941: Chunichi catcher Taketoshi Nakamura is born. |
| 1936: The Dai Tokyo club is formed. |
| 1936: The first game ever in the Kansai region between two pro teams is played in Takarazuka between the Tokyo Senators and the Nagoya Golden Dolphins. |
| 1936: Chunichi outfielder Tadao Toda is born. |
| 1935: Kintetsu pitcher Bill Griffin is born. |
| 1934: Daiei Stars infielder Toshihisa Taoka is born. |
| 1933: Nishitetsu pitcher Kenji Okamoto is born. |
| 1927: Hiroshima outfielder Muneyuki Kuroki is born. |
| 1918: Nankai outfielder Masao Nakano is born. |
| 2005: Former Nishitetsu pitcher Hisafumi Kawamura dies of respiratory problems at age 71. |
| 2003: It is learned that Chunichi has agreed to rescind its contract with Kevin Millar, though with feelings of betrayal expressed by fans and team management. Chunichi got the money back that it paid Florida for Millar's contract and used it to acquire outfielder Alex Ochoa. |
| 1998: Hiroshima announces the addition fo outfielder Alejandro Quezada from its Dominican academy. |
| 1997: Former Chunichi outfielder Motoaki Horikomi dies at age 57. |
| 1994: At an NPB executive meeting, it is decided to left the ban on pro players providing coaching to industrial leaguers. In addition, the number of foreigners allowed per team is expanded to three. |
| 1994: Seibu infielders Ken Suzuki and Norio Tanabe are reprimanded for their association with a police official who was arrested on bribery charges. |
| 1993: Yokohama infielder Yutaka Takagi is given a 5.5% raise by a salary arbitration committee. |
| 1988: Hankyu pitcher Yoshinori Sato is disciplined after being arrested for drunken driving. |
| 1981: Yakult pitcher Rodrigo Miyamoto is born. |
| 1970: Hanshin pitcher Shin Nakagomi is born. |
| 1969: A Japanese team, the Tokyo Dragons, is formed to play in the new (and ultimately shortlived) Global League. |
| 1956: Chunichi, Yomiuri and Seibu outfielder Takayoshi Nakao is born. |
| 1952: Hiroshima pitcher Ryohei Suzuki appeals to the commissioner's office claiming free agency. |
| 1937: Hiroshima catcher Nobuo Kotani is born. |
| 1933: Hankyu infielder Kenichiro Okamoto is born. |
| 1932: Toei and Hanshin infielder Shizuya Mizukami is born. |
| 1926: Daimai and Hankyu pitcher Atsushi Aramaki is born. |
| 2004: Former Seibu pitcher Katsuhiro Maeda joins the Shanghai Golden Eagles of the Chinese pro league. |
| 2003: Lotte infielder Bobby Rose returns to Tokyo. He would retire days later. |
| 2003: It is announced that Daiei will play the Taiwanese national team in Taiwan on November 14th. |
| 2002: The artificial turf at Nagoya Dome is renovated. |
| 1995: Yakult signs pitcher Terry Bross. |
| 1986: Yomiuri formally announces the addition of pitcher Luis Sanchez. |
| 1985: Yomiuri infielder Tatsunori Hara is injured. |
| 1983: Seibu infielder Yasuyuki Kataoka is born. |
| 1982: Lotte pitcher Yusuke Kawasaki is born. |
| 1978: Yakult holds its spring camp in Yuma, Arizona to train along side the San Diego Padres, its first spring training ever outside of Japan. |
| 1964: Yokohama pitcher Mike Campbell is born. |
| 1962: Hanshin catcher Munehiko Shimada is born. |
| 1955: Yakult outfielder Shinji Ramoto is born. |
| 1949: Yomiuri is fined 100,000 yen and pitcher Kaoru Bessho is suspended for two months for Bessho jumping to the Tokyo team from Nankai. However, the Giants are allowed to keep Bessho anyway. |
| 1948: Yomiuri, Chunichi and Hankyu infielder Masato Osumi is born. |
| 1944: Yomiuri outfielder Masahiro Saito is born. |
| 1943: Hanshin pitcher Yukio Itoh is born. |
| 1936: Toei outfielder Hitoshi Saida is born. |
| 1934: Hanshin outfielder Willie Kirkland is born. |
| 2003: An executive committee of the Pacific League stupidly decides to reintroduce a playoff system. It will begin with the 2004 season. |
| 2003: Yakult pitcher Shugo Fujii feels discomfort in his elbow, which would eventually require season ending surgery. |
| 2003: Chunichi formally announces the addition of outfielder Alex Ochoa. |
| 2000: In a meeting between the NPB commisisoner and the chairmen of the Pacific and Central Leagues, it is decided to make July 25th the deadline for putting players on the roster for the Sydney olympic baseball team. |
| 1987: Seibu outfielder Takanori Okamura breaks his elbow and will be out six weeks. |
| 1986: A Hankyu oendan (organized cheering group) comprised of all women comes into being. |
| 1983: It is announced that former Hanshin catcher Yoshiharu Wakana has signed with the AA Jacksonv Mets. |
| 1981: Former Yomiuri, Pacific, Taiyo, Goldstar, Daiei Stars, Hankyu and Hanshin manager Sadayoshi Fujimoto dies at age 76. Fujimoto was the first skipper that the Giants ever had when the new Japanese pro league was formed in 1936. |
| 1981: Chunichi pitcher Tetsuo Yaguchi is born. |
| 1968: Kintetsu pitcher Kyle Abbott is born. |
| 1965: MLB Commissioner Ford Frick announces that he is severing ties with NPB until the Masanori Murakami double contract problem is solved. |
| 1965: Yomiuri pitcher Masaaki Saito is born. |
| 1952: Seibu infielder Toshihiro Okita is born. |
| 1946: Goldstar comes into being. |
| 1943: Haruyasu Nakajima becomes Yomiuri manager. |
| 1938: Hanshin catcher Akira Taniguruma is born. |
| 1935: Chunichi outfielder Masahiro Yokoyama is born. |
| 1921: Kintetsu infielder Hisatoru Wada is born. |
| 2003: Lotte infielder Bobby Rose announces his retirement. |
| 2003: Yakult pitcher Shugo Fujii is diagnosed with an elbow inflammation that was attributed to fatigue. |
| 2002: An executive committee of the Pacific League institutes a yellow card warning system on a trial basis for acts that delay the game. However, this ultimately goes nowhere in practice. |
| 1998: Orix announces the addition of pitcher Edwin Hurtado. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham names Takeshi Kojima as team president while former president Saburo Mochida is kept on as a consultant. |
| 1997: Lotte pitcher Hideki Irabu appeals to the commissioner's office that he be made a free agent. |
| 1997: Lotte outfielder Mitsuchika Hirai complains of chest pains and will miss the secondary phase of the team's spring camp. |
| 1994: Yomiuri announces the acquisition of outfielder Henry Cotto. |
| 1979: Chunichi pitcher Lu Chen-gan is born. |
| 1974: Hanshin and Nippon Ham outfielder Tomochika Tsuboi is born. |
| 1970: Hiroshima catcher Takashi Matsumoto is born. |
| 1968: Orix pitcher Yuichi Kohama is born. |
| 1964: Hanshin catcher Eiju Tsukiyama is born. |
| 1951: A meeting between the chairmen of the Central and Pacific Leagues angrily splits over the disposition of the players for the defunct Nishi Nihon Pirates. At the end of the day, the team merges with the Nishitetsu Clippers to become the Nishitetsu Lions. |
| 1940: Yomiuri catcher Hiroshi Ogo is born. |
| 1935: Yomiuri and Nishitetsu infielder Shojiro Nanba is born. |
| 1935: Taiyo pitcher Ichiro Sekiguchi is born. |
| 1930: Daiei Stars infielder Yuzo Shimada is born. |
| 1919: Chunichi and Taiyo infielder Riichi Kodama is born. |
| 1914: Tokyo Giants first baseman Iso Utsumi is born. |
| 1908: Nagoya, Eagles and Yamato infielder Yoshio Takahashi is born. |
| 2005: Teenage Nippon Ham pitcher Yu Darvish is photographed smoking at a pachinko parlor by one of the weekly gossip magazines and is put on indefinite suspension by the team as a result. Minors (anyone under 20) are not allowed to smoke in Japan. |
| 2005: After he fails in his bid to find a job in MLB, Yakult free agent outfielder Atsunori Inaba decided to sign with Nippon Ham. |
| 2003: Nippon Ham infielder Kuniyuki Kimoto is diagnosed with a fracture of the ring finger on his right hand. |
| 2002: An NPB executive committee approves the use of bats treated with resins. They also approve the readmittance of retired players to the league if they have been in amateur ball at least two years. |
| 2001: A new rule is put into effect that allows the league chairman to take into account the opinion of a player, coach or manager who was ejected in determining the discipline he hads out to that individual. |
| 1998: Hiroshima infielder Alfonso Soriano is going through arbitration, it is revealed. Agent Dan Nomura says that because Soriano signed contracts while at the team's Dominican Academy as well as with the team, that constitutes an illegal double contract and asks to be let out of them. |
| 1997: The Japan Colleigiate Baseball Federation allows player's names on the backs of uniforms for the first time. |
| 1997: Seattle invites former Lotte pitcher Masayuki Nakayama to itsminor league camp. Nakayama had been in 15 career games in Chiba with an ERA of 6.98 before being released. However, he ultimately didn't cut it and was let go at the end of spring training. |
| 1995: Chunichi formally adds pitcher Rich Monteleone to its roster. |
| 1987: Nippon Ham names Saburo Mochida as its team president. |
| 1987: The Japan Nanshiki Baseball Federation allows former pro players to participate in its leagues as long as that player has been retired for at least three years. |
| 1986: Former Hanshin pitcher Yutaka Enatsu arrives at Milwaukee's spring training camp as an invitee. But he ultimately washed out and retired. |
| 1983: Orix catcher Kazuhiro Uemura is born. |
| 1978: Orix pitcher Kazuhiro Uemura is born. |
| 1978: Hanshin and Orix pitcher Atsushi Kubota is born. |
| 1974: Toei outfielder Bob Christian dies at age 28. |
| 1972: Hanshin outfielder Shane Spencer is born. |
| 1970: Yakult pitcher Yukinari Kaseda is born. |
| 1963: Orix infielder Yoshihiro Yamakoshi is born. |
| 1951: Yomiuri pitcher Bill Gullickson is born. |
| 1949: Chunichi pitcher Joji Onishi is born. |
| 1941: Yomiuri pitcher Clyde Wright is born. |
| 1937: Central League umpire Tomoyuki Kubo is born. |
| 1936: Yomiuri third baseman Shigeo Nagashima is born. |
| 1928: Hiroshima infielder Tomio Hirooka is born. |
| 1925: Chunichi infielder Mitsuhisa Fujino is born. |
| 1923: Goldstar pitcher Juichiro Akieda is born. |
| 1922: Tokyo Senators and Tokyu outfielder Takehiko Kumagami is born. |
| 1920: Nankai infielder Yosaburo Toda is born. |
| 1917: Hankyu infielder Kazuo Nakamura is born. |
| 1915: Tokyo Senators and Tsubasa catcher Tsugio Kojima is born. |
| 2003: Orix pitcher Makoto Suzuki is diagnosed with a muscle pull. |
| 2002: Lotte pitcher Tomohiro Kuroki injures a quadracep. |
| 2000: Orix' minor league team becomes Surpass Kobe and they move their home ballpark to Kita Kobe Denen Sports Koen. |
| 1997: Hanshin outfielder Mike Greenwell informs the team that he doesn't know when he will be back while he rehabs a back injury. He would ultimately return in May. |
| 1996: Daiei releases outfielder Kevin Reimer. |
| 1990: Seibu pitcher Hiromu Kojima's contract was invalidated, it is revealed. |
| 1986: Hanshin first baseman Kenjiro Matsuki dies at age 77. |
| 1981: Daiei pitcher Tsuyoshi Wada is born. |
| 1973: Hanshin pitcher Junji Hayashi is born. |
| 1958: Hanshin infielder Katsuyuki Hikima is born. |
| 1946: Toei pitcher Masatoshi Shii is born. |
| 1944: Hankyu outfielder Atsushi Nagaike is born. |
| 1925: Yomiuri infielder Bunji Kashiwaeda is born. |
| 1923: Tokyo Giants, Taiyo Robins and Nishitetsu outfieolder Rikizo Kogure is born. |
| 1922: Nishitetsu outfielder Hideo Yamada is born. |
| 1908: Nankai infielder Kisaku Kato is born. |
| 2003: Hanshin third baseman Atsushi Kataoka sprains an oblique muscle. |
| 2002: Daiei's parent company withdraws its demand for shares of the ballclub without compensation and the ousting of owner Tadashi Nakauchi. |
| 2002: Chunichi pitcher Atsushi Nakazato, who had taken a nasty fall two days earlier, is diagnosed with injuries to his shoulder. |
| 2001: Yomiuri pitcher Junichi Kawahara fractures a joint in his right middle finger and willmiss a month. |
| 1998: The exhibition schedule opens. |
| 1996: Hiroshima pitchers Felix Ramirez and Francisco de la Cruz as well as infielder Alfonso Soriano and outfielder Timoniel Perez all hire agent Dan Nomura and putoff their contract negotiations with the team. |
| 1996: Dodgers pitcher Hideo Nomo agrees a three year $4.3 million deal with L.A. |
| 1992: The MLB commissioner's office announces the cancellation for a game between a team of Japanese all stars and the St. Louis Cardinals that was to commemorate the Barcelona Olympics. |
| 1984: Hanshin, Goldstar, Taiyo and Hiroshima catcher Masato Monzen dies at age 66. |
| 1982: Orix pitcher Shinya Nakayama is born. |
| 1981: The exhibition schedule opens and Yomiuri rookie infielder Tatsunori Hara cracks a pair of hits. |
| 1978: Chunichi pitcher Martin Vargas is born. |
| 1968: Yokohama pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki is born. |
| 1949: Yakult and Yomiuri pitcher Keishi Asano is born. |
| 1947: Lotte, Chunichi and Seibu infielder Osamu Hirose is born. |
| 1943: Taiyo becomes Nishitetsu. |
| 1943: Nankai pinch runner Toru Nakajo is born. |
| 1940: Toei pinch hitter Shigenobu Takada is born. |
| 1935: Hankyu outfielder Masahiro Nakata is born. |
| 1935: Taiyo pitcher Katsuyoshi Kamamoto is born. |
| 1921: Mainichi outfielder Takuzo Miyake is born. |
| 1920: Eagles infielder Miyoshi Nakazawa is born. |
| 1913: Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa, Taiyo, Nishitetsu and Goldstar infielder Shinichi Nakamura is born. |
| 2006: Hiroshima signs pitcher Victor Marte out of their Dominican academy. |
| 2002: The exhibition schedule opens as part of a 109 game slate. |
| 1996: Hiroshima signs five players form its Dominican Academy. |
| 1996: Cleveland and Yakult sign a working agreement good for one year. |
| 1993: Hiroshima releases pitcher Robinson Checo. |
| 1991: The exhibition schedule opens. |
| 1977: Hanshin infielder Shuta Tanaka is born. |
| 1971: Lotte leaves for its spring training camp in Vero Beach, Florida. |
| 1969: Yokohama infielder Kazuhiko Miyakawa is born. |
| 1955: The five pro teams based in the Kanto (Tokyo-Yokohama, etc) region form the Eastern League minor league. |
| 1955: Yokohama pitcher Akio Saito is born. |
| 1955: Hankyu pitcher Yoshio Ishida is born. |
| 1953: Chunichi pitcher Fred Kuhaulua is born. |
| 1949: Yomiuri owner Matsutaro Shoriki assumes the post of NPB Commissioner. However, since the American occupation authorities have him on the list of purged persons for his actions during WWII, he resigns that following June. |
| 1945: Hiroshima infielder Toshihiko Sonoda is born. |
| 1941: Kintetsu, Sankei and Yomiuri infielder Kunimitsu Yanoura is born. |
| 1932: Kintetsu pitcher Yasuo Nagai is born. |
| 1920: Chunichi catcher Tsuguhiro Hattori is born. |
| 2005: Hanshin hands down a severe punishment for rookie pitcher Kazuya Tsutsui, who had been caught speeding by Hyogo Prefecture police on January 7th. The Tigers forbid him to compete against other teams for three weeks and he isn't allowed to drive for the next year and change. They also dock him 500,000 yen. (around $4,000). |
| 2003: Daiei infielder Manabu Morimoto is diagnosed with a dislocated shoulder and a muscle tear there as well as an uper arm fracture. |
| 2002: Hanshin formally announces the signing of outfielder Derrick White. |
| 2001: The exhibition schedule opens. |
| 2001: Nishitetsu and Yomiuri outfielder Kusuo Tanaka dies at age 65. |
| 1995: Chunichi fines outfielder Tadahiko Irei 500,000 yen after he falls and breaks his arm while out on the town and confines him to his home for an indefinite period. |
| 1995: The Japan Scolastic Federation removes restrictions on pro players providing instruction to players at their university alma maters. |
| 1994: Chunichi signs former Orix pitcher Tetsuhiro Nonaka. |
| 1992: Hiroshima formally concludes a coontract with its Dominican Academy alumnus Robinson Checo. |
| 1990: Tokyo Senators outfielder Jiro Moriguchi dies at age 83. |
| 1990: The exhibition schedule opens. |
| 1987: It is announced that Hiroshima outfielder Ryuzo Yamazaki will be out a month with a fracture of the little toe on his left foot. |
| 1986: Central League umpire Shinichiro Miura is arrested on a fraud charge. |
| 1984: Seibu pitcher Hironori Matsunaga is born. |
| 1981: Chunichi owner Takeo Koyama steps down but remains a consultant with the team. The new owner is Fujimi Kato. |
| 1968: Kintetsu outfielder Masahiro Takumi is born. |
| 1966: Seibu outfielder Rod Brewer is born. |
| 1955: Seibu and Hanshin catcher Takeshi Yamakawa is born. |
| 1951: Nankai outfielder Frank Ortenzio is born. |
| 1945: Nishitetsu and Lotte catcher Kimiyasu Murakami is born. |
| 1939: Taiyo outfielder Yukio Osada is born. |
| 1933: Kokutetsu pitcher Toshio Kitabatake is born. |
| 1932: Taiyo outfielder Masateru Takahashi is born. |
| 1924: Yomiuri, Goldstar, Daiei Stars and Taiyo pitcher Hiroyoshi Takano is born. |
| 2004: Former Takahashi, Toei, Daimai, Hankyu outfielder Susumu Ishikawa dies of respiratory arrest at age 71. |
| 1995: Hiroshima signs pitchers Robinson Checo and Felix Rodriguez from their Dominican Academy. |
| 1989: NPB buys computers to handle its statistical data. |
| 1978: Hiroshima and Lotte infielder Kazunori Iyoda is born. |
| 1971: Hiroshima and Rakuten pitcher Shigeo Tamaki is born. |
| 1971: Nippon Ham pitcher Noriyuki Takahashi is born. |
| 1959: Chunichi pitcher Yujiro Miyako is born. |
| 1957: It is revealed that the Takahashi Unions will be merged with the Daiei Stars. There had been talk that Takahashi would be merely dissolved before the merger plan was announced. |
| 1951: First baseman Tetsuharu Kawakami and three other Yomiuri players depart to attend the San Francisco Seals spring camp. |
| 1942: Nishitetsu outfielder Isao Sugimachi is born. |
| 1938: Hankyu pitcher Yasuo Kajimoto is born. |
| 1934: Mainichi outfielder Hajime Mizuno is born. |
| 1922: Nishi Nihon infielder Tadashi Suzuki is born. |
| 1917: Nishi Nohon outfielder Kenichi Kayano is born. |
| 2004: Hiroshima pitcher Chris Brock injures his shoulder and would require arthroscopic surgery that was performed on March 12. |
| 2001: Nippon Ham announces that the infield seating up in the second deck will be general admission. |
| 2000: The exhibition schedule opens. |
| 1999: Yokohama pitcher Hideki Igarashi will have surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow, it is announced. |
| 1998: Former Nippon Ham pitcher Akihito Kaneishi signs with Yomiuri. |
| 1996: Hiroshima pitcher Robinson Checo shows up at the team's spring training camp and signs the NPB common agreement. He also issues a written apology for criticisms he leveled at the club during the offseason. |
| 1994: Orix announces the addition of pitcher Jay Baller. |
| 1988: Seibu decides to send infielder Ken Suzuki to San Jose, a SF Giants affiliate, for some coaching. |
| 1975: Seibu catcher Koji Tahara is born. |
| 1974: Chunichi and Hiroshima infielder Takanobu Wakabayashi is born. |
| 1971: Chunichi and Nippon Ham outfielder Masahiko Harada is born. |
| 1970: Chunichi pitcher Koji Takahashi is born. |
| 1967: Lotte infielder Kiyoshi Hatsushiba is born. |
| 1967: Kintetsu, Hanshin and Hiroshima pitcher Shinichi Nishikawa is born. |
| 1967: Chunichi pitcher Scott Service is born. |
| 1966: Hiroshima and Nippon Ham pitcher Norihiro Akimura is born. |
| 1965: Orix catcher Osamu Shimabukuro is born. |
| 1964: Yomiuri, Daiei, Yakult and Kintetsu pitcher Hiroaki Hirota is born. |
| 1953: Kintetsu pitcher Hiroaki Hirota is born. |
| 1957: The Daiei Stars merge with the Takahashi Unions. |
| 1957: Yomiuri manager Shigeru Mizuhara, pitcher Tsuneo Horiuchi and catcher Shigeru Fujio leave to participate in the Dodgers spring camp. |
| 1950: Hiroshima plays its first exhibition game in its history against Shochiku at Hiroshima Sogo Stadium and loses 2-1. |
| 1948: The Kokumin League dissolves after one season. |
| 1948: The Kokumin League's Otsuka Athletics merges with Goldstar. Sadayoshi Fujimoto is named manager. |
| 1948: Hankyu catcher Kenichiro Kawamura is born. |
| 1948: Nankai and Orix outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota is born. |
| 1947: Nankai and Hanshin outfielder Kunihiro Fujita is born. |
| 1939: The Eagles and the Tokyo Senators combine as part of a game against the Tokyo Giants at Korakuen Stadium to celebrate the Giants return from a foreign tour. It is the first sellout in Korakuen history. |
| 1938: Yomiuri pitcher Masakatsu Takahashi is born. |
| 1933: Hanshin pitcher Shozo Watanabe is born. |
| 1931: Nankai infielder Isami Okamoto is born. |
| 1931: Hiroshima pitcher Masahiro Yoshiwaka is born. |
| 2004: Hiroshima pitcher Masayuki Hasegawa suffers a compound injury of his right wrist during defensive drills and would eventually have surgery that kept him out until September. |
| 2003: Daiei pitcher Taiki Mizuguchi and infielder Naoki Tanaka not only violate curfew, but are involved in a sideswipe auto accident. |
| 2003: Yakult pitcher Futoshi Yamabe is diagnosed with a catilage injury to his throwing elbow. |
| 2003: Daiei infielder Manabu Morimoto has surgery. |
| 2002: Chunichi pitcher Shigeki Noguchi is diagnosed with an injry to an elbow ligament. |
| 2000: Lotte announces the signing of pitcher Chris Roberts. |
| 2000: Hanshin and Daiei Stars infielder Jungo Igaue dies at age 82. |
| 2000: Smoking is banned in all seated areas of Kobe Green Stadium. |
| 1997: MLB hands down a decision giving San Diego sole negotiating rights to former Lotte righthander Hideki Irabu. |
| 1990: A friend of Yomiuri Giants pitcher Masumi Kuwata writes a book called "Kuwata Scandal." |
| 1985: Yakult returns from its camp in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1979: Lotte pitcher Yoshihide Kanda is born. |
| 1970: Asahi, Pacific, Taiyo, Hankyu and Nishitetsu infielder Junshi Nakatani dies at age 51. |
| 1969: Yomiuri pitcher Kazuya Tabata is born. |
| 1969: Orix pitcher Willie Banks is born. |
| 1968: Chunichi outfielder Matt Stairs is born. |
| 1961: Yomiuri leaves for its spring camp in Vero Beach. At that camp, Dodgers owner Walter O'Malley would offer the Giants a deal for third baseman Shigeo Nagashima, which was turned down. |
| 1961: Kintetsu outfielder Haruo Kato dies at age 43. |
| 1959: Nippon Ham and Chunichi pitcher Yukio Tanaka is born. |
| 1955: Taiyo pitcher Hiroshi Ikeda is born. |
| 1947: Hiroshima and Chunichi catcher Shiro Mizunuma is born. |
| 1946: Chunichi and Crown Lighter infielder Shinzaburo Tsuboi is born. |
| 1935: Daimai infielder Katsuyuki Tagiri is born. |
| 1935: In a San Francisco hotel lobby conversation, San Francisco Seals manager Lefty O'Doul suggests that the Japanese all star team's name is unwieldy. The end result is that it becomes the Tokyo Giants. O'Doul had ended his MLB career after the 1934 campaign as a member of the New York Giants. Thus, the name. |
| 1920: Taiyo infielder Yutaka Ishii is born. |
| 2008: Former Chunichi, Lotte, Taiyo and Taiheiyo Club infielder Shinichi Etoh dies at age 70 of liver cancer. |
| 2003: Hiroshima formally announces the addition of pitcher Chris Brock. |
| 2003: It comes to light that Daiei has suspended pitcher Taiki Mizoguchi and infielder Naoki Tanaka for curfew violations and has also forbidden them from attending their high school graduations and a rookie orientation. |
| 2003: The Kintetsu Buffaloes send a letter of objection to the Shukan Bunshun magazine objecting to an article that the team sabotaged reliever Akinori Otsuka's posting, resulting in no bids from MLB teams. |
| 1997: A Nagoya tax consultant reveals that 31 players attempted to avoid taxes in a scheme he created. |
| 1996: Yomiuri announces the addition of pitcher Balvino Galvez. |
| 1994: Yokohama pitcher Kazuhiro Sasaki has surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow. |
| 1991: The very first arbitration session ever held convenes to decide the salary dispute between Chunichi and first baseman Hiromitsu Ochiai. |
| 1990: The Seibu Lions are fined 500,000 yen by NPB commissioner Ichiro Yoshikuni over pitcher Hiromu Kojima's contract. That contract, by the way, would later be invalidated by Yoshikuni. |
| 1985: Seibu pitcher Shigekazu Mori retires to concentrate solely on rehabbing his elbow, from which he had bone chips removed. |
| 1986: Seibu infielder Hiromoto "Dave" Okubo retires so that he can play in the U.S. minors. |
| 1974: Seibu and Nippon Ham catcher Takao Watanabe is born. |
| 1958: Hankyu outfielder Dallas Williams is born. |
| 1956: Seibu and Kintetsu infielder Hideaki Keimoto is born. |
| 1952: Toei pitcher Hidefumi Uryu is born. |
| 1949: Taiyo infielder Yasuya Hondo is supended for one year for doing something that brought "considerable dishonor" to the Japanese pro league. |
| 1947: Yakult and Nippon Ham infielder Kuniaki Nakamura is born. |
| 1936: The Nagoya Golden Dolphins (note: the actual Japanese nickname was "shachihoko," which means "golden dolphin") come into being. |
| 1936: Nishitetsu pitcher Kei Kitahara is born. |
| 1933: Taiyo Whales outfielder Tsutomu Edamura is born. |
| 1932: Kintetsu and Taiyo infielder Takeshi Suzuki is born. |
| 2000: Hanshin signs former Kintetsu pitcher Hiroki Yamamura. |
| 2000: Smoking is banned in all areas of Yokohama Stadium. |