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| 1984: Kintetsu and Rakuten pitcher Hideki Asai is born. |
| 1974: Takeo Shigemitsu takes over as owner of the Lotte Orions. |
| 1974: Kintetsu, Orix and Lotte pitcher Kevin Beirne is born. |
| 1972: Chunichi infielder Kazuhito Yoshimura is born. |
| 1962: Orix and Yakult pitcher Koji Mori is born. |
| 1958: Yakult catcher Shinya Ashizawa is born. |
| 1955: The Taiyo-Shochiku Robins, the result of a merger between the two teams, becomes just the Taiyo Whales. |
| 1949: Hanshin pitcher Hideo Hirayama is born. |
| 1948: Yomiuri catcher Koji Ano is born. |
| 1947: Tadashi Wakabayashi takes over as Osaka's manager. |
| 1946: Hanshin outfielder Shoichi Ogasawara is born. |
| 1944: Nankai, Hiroshima and Taiheiyo Club infielder Yasuhiro Kunisada is born. |
| 1943: Lotte outfielder Hideo Iijima is born. |
| 1943: Lotte and Taiyo pitcher Motohiko Sato is born. |
| 1942: Kintetsu pitcher Satomi Bando is born. |
| 1942: Hanshin outfielder Hiromi Takigawa is born. |
| 1942: Toei and Nishitetsu pitcher Masayuki Nagayasu is born. |
| 1940: Toei Flyers pitcher Hiroo Ishihara is born. |
| 1940: Toei and Chunichi infielder Hisao Yamamoto is born. |
| 1936: Hankyu catcher Hiroshi Tomiyama is born. |
| 1936: Taiyo outfielder Motoyasu Kuroki is born. |
| 1935: Hanshin pitcher Yoshio Ikeda is born. |
| 1935: Toei and Yomiuri infielder Yuji Shimada is born. |
| 1935: Daiei Stars and Daimai outfielder Kaiji Takano is born. |
| 1935: Daiei Stars infielder Yosuke Sano is born. |
| 1935: Hankyu, Chunichi and Nishitetsu infielder Akiteru Kono is born. |
| 1934: Kintetsu pitcher Ken Arai is born. |
| 1933: Tokyu pitcher Koichi Yamamoto is born. |
| 1933: The Kokumin Shimbun runs a headline reading, "Movement Toward the Birth of Professional Baseball Teams in Japan" |
| 1931: Hanshin pitcher Yoshio Ikeda is born. |
| 1929: Kokutetsu and Chunichi pitcher Mototoshi Tahara is born. |
| 1926: Shochiku and Kokutetsu infielder Masao Chihara is born. |
| 1926: Gooldstar, Shochiku, Taiyo Whales and Kintetsu pitcher Tsuneo Kobayashi is born. |
| 1925: Kinki Great Ring pitcher Ichiro Ohashi is born. |
| 1923: Nankai, Takahashi and Toei catcher Keizo Tsutsui is born. |
| 1921: Hanshin and Kintetsu infielder Hiroyuki Watanabe is born. |
| 1921: Goldstar infielder Isao Sakamoto is born. |
| 1920: Goldstar outfielder Kiyoshi Ishizaki is born. |
| 1920: Eagles outfielder Jiro Iwakaki is born. |
| 1918: Tokyu, Taiyo and Hiroshima outfielder Eikichi Nagamochi is born. |
| 1911: Osaka Tigers catcher Toshiyasu Ogawa is born. |
| 1907: Nagoya Golden Dolphins and Nagoya Hiroyoshi Kinoshita is born. |
| 2006: Former Nishitetsu, Yomiuri and Chunichi pitcher Sadao Kondo dies at age 80 of respiratory failure. |
| 2002: Yakult pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii is put up for bid under the posting system to MLB teams. Los Angeles won the auction and signed him. |
| 1994: Pacific League umpire Tadayoshi Hayashi is arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol. |
| 1967: Seibu pitcher Robert Wishnevski is born. |
| 1962: Hiroshima infielder Kozo Shoda is born. |
| 1953: Yomiuri and Taiyo catcher Mitsuyoshi Uo is born. |
| 1952: Yakult pitcher Shinichiro Ihara is born. |
| 1949: Hanshin pitcher Toshiteru Okuda is born. |
| 1947: Chunichi and Nittaku Home infielder outfielder Akira Hishikawa is born. |
| 1946: Yomiuri pitcher Osamu Ogihara is born. |
| 1940: Taiyo and Sankei catcher Masanobu Shimano is born. |
| 1937: Hankyu infielder Hiroyoshi Kigoro is born. |
| 1932: Hanshin outfielder Atsushi Otsu is born. |
| 1932: Tokyu pitcher Tomio Kimura is born. |
| 1930: Hiroshima pitcher Hiroshi Kurokawa is born. |
| 1926: Yomiuri infielder Katsuyoshi Imaizumi is born. |
| 1925: Yomiuri infielder Shigeo Sugie is born. |
| 1924: Nishitetsu infielder Akira Harada is born. |
| 1919: Tokyo Giants catcher Masaki Yoshiwara is born. |
| 1915: Osaka Tigers and Eagles pitcher Masao Furukawa is born. |
| 1906: Nagoya and Eagles catcher Harris "Bucky Harris" McGaillard is born. |
| 2005: Former Chunichi outfielder Itsuro Honda dies at age 73 of liver disease. |
| 2000: Kokutetsu outfielder Tetsuro Iwasaki dies at age 66. |
| 1985: Japanese pro baseball's first ever advance scout, Hisatsugu Owari, Dies. Remarkably, he never played pro ball, but came to the job for Nankai from the daily sports press. His analysis of Yomiuri was credited with helping the Hawks win the Japan Series. Later worked for Seibu. |
| 1985: Yakult pitcher Yasuharu Fujio's childhood home is burned in a fire. |
| 1978: Former Tokyo Giants, Hankyu and Nagoya/Sangyo manager Daisuke Miyake dies at age 84. |
| 1976: Orix, Yakult and Lotte pitcher Hirotsugu Maeda is born. |
| 1965: Chunichi Dragons rookie pitcher Takeshi Kato dies in an auto accident at age 20. |
| 1964: Hankyu and Orix pitcher Osamu Takemoto is born. |
| 1948: Nippon Ham, Chunichi and Lotte infielder Yoshiyuki Suenaga is born. |
| 1947: Nittaku Home pitcher Manichiro Fukumoto is born. |
| 1945: Lotte and Seibu infielder Kazuo Hasegawa is born. |
| 1944: As Japan's fortunes in WWII have turned for the worse, the Japanese Professional Baseball League (Nihon Yakyu Renmei) changes its name to the Nihon Yakyu Hokokukai and it is decided that games would be held only on Saturdays and Sundays as long as they can continue to play them. The regular season would then be cancelled the following year. |
| 1943: Hiroshima infielder Adrian Garrett is born. |
| 1941: Nippon Ham outfielder Kesaharu Misawa is born. |
| 1941: Chunichi pitcher Hisanobu Mizutani is born. |
| 1926: Chunichi infielder Suguru Takemoto is born. |
| 1923: Yomiuri infielder Chikara Miyoshi is born. |
| 1919: Nagoya outfielder Minoru Suzuki is born. |
| 1912: Nagoya Golden Dolphins infielder Kiyomi Hirakawa is born. |
| 2000: The formation of the Shonan Sea Rex, Yokohama's Eastern League team, is announced. |
| 1999: Yakult announces the formal signing of infielder Roberto Petagine, pitcher Jason Jacome and outfielder Mark Smith. |
| 1999: It is announced that Yakult outfielder Atsunori Inaba had arthroscopic shoulder surgery as well as elbow surgery to remove some loose cartilage. |
| 1995: Yomiuri decides to sign outfielder Shane Mack. |
| 1985: Former Nankai infielder/outfielder Yuji Kubodera dies suddenly at his home at age 37. |
| 1980: Seibu catcher Toru Hosokawa is born. |
| 1979: Hiroshima infielder Kazunori Okagami is born. |
| 1978: Seibu pitcher Chris Gissel is born. |
| 1971: Hiroshima aand Kintetsu infielder Hiroyuki Sato is born. |
| 1971: Yakult pitcher Futoshi Yamabe is born. |
| 1965: Chunichi and Seibu pitcher Masami Miyashita is born. |
| 1965: Chunichi pitcher Takeshi Kato dies at age 20 in an auto accident. |
| 1963: Nippon Ham manager Trey Hillman is born. |
| 1950: Yomiuri and Lotte pitcher Tadao Yokoyama is born. |
| 1948: Yakult infielder Shigeo Nagai is born. |
| 1944: Chunichi pitcher Tatsumi Yamanaka is born. |
| 1940: Chunichi infielder Bart Shirley is born. |
| 1919: Tokyo Giants outfielder Masao Santa is born. |
| 1914: Dai Tokyo infielder Yoshiteru Naruse is born. |
| 1906: Nagoya Golden Dolphins infiedler Ryosaku Kawakami is born. |
| 2006: As a compensation pick for Yomiuri sitgning free agent pitcher Kiyoshi Toyoda, Seibu receives infielder Akira Etoh. |
| 2006: Yomiuri announces the acquisition of infielder Joe Dillon. |
| 2005: Rakuten announces the acquisition of former Yakult pitcher Kevin Hodges. |
| 2000: It is announced that Kawasaki Stadium, once the home ballpark of the Taiyo Whales and the Lotte Orions, will be torn down at the end of March. |
| 1998: Yakult announces the signing of pitcher Travis Driskill. |
| 1998: Orix announces the acquisition of outfielder Harvey Pulliam's contract from Arizona. |
| 1998: Lotte announces the acquisition of infielder Julio Franco and pitcher Joe Crawford. |
| 1989: Taiyo catcher Yoshiharu Wakana ussues a written apology for some harsh words he said. He would then be traded to Nippon Ham shortly before Opening Day of the 1990 season. |
| 1985: The home that Yomiuri infielder Toshio Shinozuka grew up in was completely destroyed by fire. |
| 1983: Chunichi pitcher Yoshihiro Suzuki is born. |
| 1982: Yakult outfielder Norichika Aoki is born. |
| 1981: Yomiuri reverts back to its uniform style from the era when it won nine straight Japan Series titles. |
| 1981: Brothers Leron and Leon Lee sign new contracts with Lotte. |
| 1980: A trade for Yomiuri outfielder Isao Harimoto that would send him to Lotte is arranged. |
| 1976: Yokohama and Rakuten infielder Kevin Witt is born. |
| 1974: Rakuten infielder Damon Minor is born. |
| 1973: Nippon Ham pitcher Ramon Tatis is born. |
| 1969: Hanshin, Kintetsu and Rakuten pitcher Tetsuro Kawajiri is born. |
| 1961: Hanshin and Seibu outfielder Haruki Yoshitake is born. |
| 1961: Nippon Ham infielder Yasushi Oki is born. |
| 1961: Yomiuri outfielder Henry Cotto is born. |
| 1958: Former Mainichi manager Yoshio Yuasa dies at age 55. |
| 1949: Hankyu infielder Jiro Hirabayashi is born. |
| 1946: Nankai first baseman Masayoshi Motoda is born. |
| 1945: Kokutetsu, Taiyo and Taiheiyo Club outfielder Issei Sato is born. |
| 1940: Taiyo outfielder Shozo Shigematsu is born. |
| 1939: Daimai, Hanshin and Hankyu catcher Katsuya Fukutsuka is born. |
| 1938: Yomiuri and Toei outfielder Kazuhiko Sakazaki is born. |
| 1937: Chunichi pinch hitter Mitsuru Shimazu is born. |
| 1937: Hiroshima catcher Masakazu Kawahara is born. |
| 1937: Taiyo, Yomiuri and Yakult infielder Takeshi Kuwata is born. |
| 1936: Toei outfielder Tomomi Tamura is born. |
| 1935: Hankyu infielder Takeo Hitomi is born. |
| 1935: Daimai pitcher Yoshinobu Uemura is born. |
| 1933: Hiroshima infielder Mitsuo Yoneyama is born. |
| 1927: Mainichi and Takahashi infielder Akira Hagiwara is born. |
| 1919: Kokutetsu outfielder Mamoru Aihara is born. |
| 1917: Tokyo Senators infielder Sotaro Iemura is born. |
| 1917: Dai Tokyo and Yamato infielder Eiji Katayama is born. |
| 1916: Tokyu pitcher Hyutaro Akaneya is born. |
| 1916: Nagoya Golden Dolphins infielder Tadashiro Yasunaga is born. |
| 1891: Original Tokyo Giants manager Yoshio Asanuma is born. |
| 2006: Seibu signs pitcher Alex Graman. |
| 1993: Orix infielder Akiyoshi Sasaki is supended for a month and forbidden by the team to drive for two years after getting involved in an injury accident on the road. |
| 1993: Yokohama infielder Larry Sheets is formally released. |
| 1992: The Western League goes to a 90 game schedule. |
| 1992: Kintetsu infielder Yasuhiro Hiyama is released. |
| 1991: Hiroshima outfielder Kiyoyuki Nagashima is traded to Chunichi in exchange for infielder Kazutoshi Yamada and outfielder Shigeki Oto. |
| 1983: Hiroshima infielder Jitsuo Mizutani is traded to Hankyu for infielder Hideji Kato. |
| 1982: Hiroshima pitcher Takaya Kawauchi is born. |
| 1978: Chunichi, Lotte and Yokohama pitcher Shigetoshi Yamakita is born. |
| 1978: Softbank infielder Satoru Morimoto is born. |
| 1971: Yakult outfielder Mitsuru Manaka is born. |
| 1970: Nippon Ham outfielder Yoshinari Tokuda is born. |
| 1954: Yomiuri infielder Kiyoshi Nakahata is born. |
| 1933: Hankyu outfielder Ray Lee Walls is born. |
| 1931: Daiei Stars and Nishitetsu pitcher Akira Araoka is born. |
| 1930: Yomiuri and Taiyo infielder Onpei Minami is born. |
| 1927: Goldstar, Daiei Stars and Takahashi catcher Masao Itakura is born. |
| 1925: Hankyu and Nishitetsu pitcher Hachiro Abe is born. |
| 1923: Nankai, Hanshin, Nishitetsu, Mainichi and Takahashi infielder Zenzo Hasegawa is born. |
| 1920: Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa, Taiyo, Nishitetsu and Hankyu pitcher Jiro Noguchi is born. |
| 2005: Hiroshima announces that it is sending pitcher Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara to Orix in exchange for catcher Kazuhiro Uemura and infielder Koji Yamazaki. |
| 2003: Former Swallows and Kintetsu pitcher Masato Yoshii is formally signed by Orix after stints with the NY Mets and Montreal. |
| 1999: Orix signs infielder Paul Gonzales out of the Italian League. |
| 1999: Former Yomiuri and Yakult catcher Makoto Tsuchida dies of stomach cancer at age 55. |
| 1997: Hankyu outfielder Koichi Yamashita dies at age 84. |
| 1992: Taiyo pitcher Hiroaki Nakayama is arrested for forcible rape of a small child and is released. He was suspended for life from baseball, only to then be permitted to return three years later to NPB with Chunichi. |
| 1991: Lions pitcher Ikuo Takayama is traded to Hiroshima for pitcher Nobuhiro Takagi. |
| 1991: Kintetsu acquired outfielder Ozzie Canseco. He never played one inning at the big club level and was released. |
| 1991: Nippon Ham acquires catcher Bill Bathe. |
| 1983: Lotte released catcher Hiroshi Takahashi. |
| 1978: Hiroshima infielder Alfonso Soriano is born. |
| 1970: The Sankei Atoms become the Yakult Atoms. |
| 1966: The Sankei Swallows changed their nickname to the Atoms. |
| 1965: Chunichi and Daiei pitcher Satoru Takashima is born. |
| 1963: Hanshin outfielder Satoru Nakano is born. |
| 1960: Lotte pitcher Masahito Hiroki is born. |
| 1957: Hanshin, Seibu and Chunichi outfielder Terufumi Kitamura is born. |
| 1947: The Tokyo Senators become the Tokyu Flyers. |
| 1945: Nishitetsu pitcher Tetsumi Furuya is born. |
| 1942: Kintetsu catcher Kazuo Okubo is born. |
| 1942: Lotte first baseman Jim Lefebvre is born. |
| 1939: Chunichi outfielder Hiroaki Kon is born. |
| 1926: Tokyu infielder Kenichi Sumoto is born. |
| 1925: Hanshin infielder Takaaki Okumura is born. |
| 1918: Hankyu catcher Toshio Ohara is born. |
| 1914: Chubu Nihon outfielder Masayoshi Ishida is born. |
| 2003: After rejecting a deal with the New York Mets amid much controversy, third baseman Norihiro Nakamura re-signs with Kintetsu. |
| 2002: Orix announces the acquisition of Scott Sheldon. |
| 1999: The NPB rules committe approves the use of a hockey goalkeeper-style catcher's mask. |
| 1996: Chunichi announces the formal signing of Korean pitching great Sun Dong-yeol. |
| 1995: Yakult makes the decision to sign Hensley Meulens. |
| 1995: At a rules meeting between representatives of Japan's amateur leagues and NPB, it is decided that a ball that hits the fence and then goes into the seats is a homer in amateur ball and a ground rule double in the pros. |
| 1992: Yokohama releases pitcher Hiroaki Nakayama. |
| 1990: Chunichi acquires Vance Law and Benny DiStefano. |
| 1988: At a meeting of Pacific League officials, it is decided that extra inning games will go no more than 12 innings and that the mound will be ten inches high. |
| 1986: Leon Lee is released by Taiyo. |
| 1982: Hiroshima infielder Kenta Kurihara is born. |
| 1981: Chuck Manuel is released by Kintetsu. |
| 1979: Yakult pitcher Manabu Hiramoto is born. |
| 1975: Yomiuri pitcher Geremi Gonzalez is born. |
| 1971: Yakult and Chunichi pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki is born. |
| 1968: Hiroshima and Nippon Ham pitcher Wataru Adachi is born. |
| 1967: Daiei pitcher Ryuji Taguchi is born. |
| 1960: Lotte outfielder Randy Ready is born. |
| 1957: Chunichi pitcher Muneo Nakada is born. |
| 1954: Chunichi, Seibu and Hanshin outfielder Yasushi Tao is born. |
| 1949: Sankei outfielder Takeshi Sasaki is born. |
| 1948: Taiyo pitcher Sumio Fuchigami is born. |
| 1944: Sankei outfielder Kiyoji Akai is born. |
| 1944: Lotte, Hanshin and Kintetsu outfielder Takanori Ikebe is born. |
| 1942: Hankyu outfielder Katsuo Saito is born. |
| 1938: Nishitetsu, Hankyu and Chunichi outfielder Takahiko Kanbara is born. |
| 1932: Hankyu pitcher Yukio Suzuki is born. |
| 1924: Yamato and Yomiuri outfielder Hiroshi Hagiwara is born. |
| 1918: Nankai outfielder Kiyoshi Iwaide is born. |
| 2005: Former Shochiku and Chunichi pitcher Nobuo Oshima dies at age 83 of pneumonia. |
| 2002: So Taguchi joins the St. Louis Cardinals. |
| 2002: Yomiuri announces the formal signing of pitcher John "Way Back" Wasdin. |
| 2002: Yakult notifies the Dodgers of its willingness to accept their bid for pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii. |
| 2001: Seibu announces the signing of pitcher Miguel DelToro. |
| 2001: Kintetsu announces the signing of former Daiei infielder Shoya Shinzato. |
| 2001: After not being able to reach aggreement on a new contract with infielder Bobby Rose, Yokohama releases him. Rose then retires. |
| 2001: The Central League hires umpires Tatsuya Hagiwara and Shohei Makita. |
| 1997: Yokohama sends pitcher Denny Tomori to Seibu for outfielder Kenji Nagami. |
| 1995: Kintetsu Buffaloes pitcher Hideo Nomo announces his retirement. He then goes on to join the Dodgers and became the starter for the MLB all star game and won the Rookie of the Year Award. |
| 1989: Lotte announces the formal signing of outfielder Mike Diaz. |
| 1987: Yakult gives up on acquiring Willie Mays Aikens due to his cocaine conviction. |
| 1986: The Japan Players Association has its first general meeting and decides to not strike. |
| 1986: Former Shochiku manager Kyoichi Niktta dies at age 87. |
| 1986: Daiei infielder Kenji Akashi is born. |
| 1985: The Japan Players Association forms. |
| 1982: Rakuten catcher Masahiko Tanaka is born. |
| 1981: Hankyu outfielder Mitsuru Matsui gets into a drunk driving accident and is put on home suspension for 30 days and has his salary reduced by 5% for six months. |
| 1980: Yomiuri coach Noboru Aota is forced to resign after a quote attributed to him by one of the weekly tabloid magazines creates a controversy. I couldn't find the nature of the utterance, though. |
| 1980: Softbank pitcher Michitaka Nishiyama is born. |
| 1979: Nippon Ham pitcher Takashi Kamishima is born. |
| 1979: Chunichi pitcher Tatsuya Araidai is born. |
| 1978: Orix pitcher Tomonori Kitagawa is born. |
| 1975: Lotte and Chunichi catcher Masaumi Shimizu is born. |
| 1974: Yakult outfielder Toshihiro Takanashi is born. |
| 1969: Kintetsu and Orix infielder Eiji Mizuguchi is born. |
| 1965: Hiroshima pitcher Hiroyuki Itoh is born. |
| 1960: Lotte outfielder Norifumi Nishimura is born. |
| 1959: The Kintetsu Pearls change their nickname to the Buffalo (no, that's not a typo) after fan voting. |
| 1952: Pitcher Ryohei Hasegawa says he is a free agent, but Hiroshima say that they have the rights to him. |
| 1952: Toei outfielder Hiroshi Oshita wants to leave, but the ballclub chooses to hold on to him. |
| 1950: Nippon Ham outfielder Hideshi Murai is born. |
| 1949: The Kyuei Flyers splits into two, Tokyu and Daiei. Daiei merges with Goldstar and becomes the Daiei Stars. Tokyu retained the Flyers. |
| 1949: Nishitetsu and Lotte infielder Kazuo Kai is born. |
| 1937: Yomiuri catcher Masaaki Mori is born. |
| 1935: Nishitetsu, Chunichi, and Kokutetsu outfielder Taisuke Kobuchi is born. |
| 1934: Hanshin, Hiroshima and Hankyu pitcher Masahiko Hirose is born. |
| 1932: Nishitetsu outfielder Yu Hanai is born. |
| 1921: Hankyu pitcher Rufus Gaines is born. |
| 1918: Tokyo Giants outfielder Tomaru Suzukida is born. |
| 2006: Hankyu pitcher Hisashi Yamada, Nishitetsu and Yakult infielder Yasumitsu Toyoda, Chunichi infielder Morimichi Takagi and Nankai and Orix outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota are selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 2005: Nankai and Orix outfielder/DH Hiromitsu Kadota, Nishitetsu and Kokutetsu shortstop Yasumitsu Toyoda, Chunichi second baseman Morimichi Takagi, Hankyu pitcher Hisashi Yamada and former NPB Commissioner Morimichi Kawashima are voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 2003: The Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame selected former Nippon Ham manager Toshiharu Ueda, ex-Kintetsu and Yomiuri pitcher/out- fielder Junzo Sekine, former Hiroshima owner Kohei Matsuda, Horace Wilson, and the father of nanshiki, Sakae Suzuka, for induction. |
| 2002: Lotte top draft pick Takashi Kita broke his ankle. |
| 1997: The NPB rules committe forbade pitchers to relay signs. Sheesh. |
| 1997: Anaheim buys Orix pitcher Shigetoshi Hasegawa's contract. |
| 1996: Daiei formally signs pitcher Rodney Bolton. |
| 1987: The Professional-Amateur Combined Rules Committee dictates that from 1988 on, themound will be ten inches in both spheres. |
| 1986: Former Shochiku Robins manager Kyoichi Nitta dies. |
| 1980: Hiroshima pitcher Satoshi Nibe is born. |
| 1974: The NPB rules committee adopts the save. |
| 1973: Yomiuri and Rakuten pitcher Gary Rath is born. |
| 1969: Yomiuri, Milwaukee and Nippon Ham pitcher Takahito Nomura is born. |
| 1964: Yomiuri infielder Akihito Fukuo is born. |
| 1963: Chunichi pitcher Sun Dong-yeol is born. |
| 1963: Lotte and Yokohama pitcher Katsunori Kakehata is born. |
| 1961: Chunichi pitcher Mitsuru Kondo is born. |
| 1961: Hanshin outfielder Kazuhiko Ishimine is born. |
| 1961: Taiyo and Nippon Ham pitcher Toru Ohata is born. |
| 1960: Orix infielder Kelvin Torve is born. |
| 1953: Lotte infielder Hidehiko Ichihashi is born. |
| 1948: Hiroshima infielder Fumio Yamamoto is born. |
| 1948: The newly formed Daiei Stars ask to be admitted to the league. |
| 1943: Taiyo outfielder Akira Ejiri is born. |
| 1941: Hankyu and Hiroshima outfielder Ikuo Yanagawa is born. |
| 1936: Tokyo Orions infielder Yasunao Tsujimoto is born. |
| 1932: Daiei Stars first baseman Tatsuaki Murato is born. |
| 1931: Yomiuri and Toei outfielder Yasuo Inoue is born. |
| 1929: Kokutetsu infielder Mitsuo Watanabe is born. |
| 1925: Kintetsu infielder Zenjiro Shishido is born. |
| 2005: Softbank announces that it has acquired infielders Jolbert Cabrera and Tony Batista. |
| 2005: Former Yomiuri catcher Masahiko Mori, onetime Lotte ace Chochi Murata and an ex-NHK announcer named Shimura are voted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 2003: Chunichi announces that it has acquired infielder Kevin Millar from Florida. However, when Millar is subsequently put on waivers pursuant to MLB rules, Boston GM Theo Epstein claims him and sets off a big, embarrassing mess for MLB. |
| 2002: The Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame selects former Hankyu centerfielder Yutaka Fukumoto, ex-Kintetsu Buffaloes pitcher Keishi Suzuki, erstwhile Mainichi, Hanshin and Hiroshima outfielder Kazuhiro Yamauchi, one time Daimai and Hanshin outfielder Kenjiro Tamiya, former Dodgers official Ike Oihara, the old Yomiuri infielder Fujio Nakazawa and ex-Dodgers and Phillies outfielder Frank "Lefty" O'Doul for induction. |
| 2002: Yokohama Bay Stars owner Maruha, a fisheries concern, sells the club to Tokyo Braodcasting (TBS). |
| 2002: Seattle announces the signing of former Orix and Anaheim reliever Shigetoshi Hasegawa. |
| 1997: The Professional-Amateur Combined Baseball Rules Committee extends the strike zone downward to the lower part of the top of knee. |
| 1992: The Professional-Amateur Combined Baseball Rules Committee outlaws "flashy " logos on bats during amateur games. |
| 1988: Yakult announces the formal signing of Doug DeCinces. |
| 1985: Sadaharu Oh is the recipient of the Babe Ruth Crown Award. |
| 1984: Former Nippon Ham pitcher Yutaka Enatsu signs with Seibu. |
| 1983: Lotte catcher Hiroshi Takahashi tells the team to inform him in writing as to why it has released him. |
| 1983: Nippon Ham manager Keiji Ozawa had his contract renewed and he was also given a concurrent front office job. |
| 1981: Yokohama pitcher Ryutaro Doi is born. |
| 1977: Yakult and Softbank pitcher Rick Guttormsen is born. |
| 1975: Yomiuri infielder Satoshi Kuroda is born. |
| 1973: Yakult outfielder Ikuo Takahashi is born. |
| 1969: Hanshin Tigers pitcher Ben Rivera is born. |
| 1957: Seibu, Chunichi and Daiei outfielder Koju Hirohashi is born. |
| 1951: Hankyu outfielder Seiichiro Ishii is born. |
| 1951: Yomiuri and Lotte pitcher Norio Omoto is born. |
| 1949: Chunichi and Kintetsu outfielder Masataka Shirataki is born. |
| 1945: Chunichi and Nishitetsu infielder Shigeru Hino is born. |
| 1944: Toei and Kintetsu outfielder Haruyoshi Hamaguchi is born. |
| 1943: Hanshin pitcher Hiroshi Nozaki is born. |
| 1940: Kintetsu outfielder Teruo Kishi is born. |
| 1936: Tokyo Giants outfielder Haruyasu Nakajima clouts a monster homer during the team's tour of the Phillipines. |
| 1936: Taiyo Whales pitcher Masahiko Oishi is born. |
| 1920: Tokyu catcher Goichi Inagawa is born. |
| 2007: Former Hankyu pitcher Takao Kajimoto and ex-Hosei University head coach Reiichi Matsunaka are elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 2006: Seibu signs pitcher Chris Gissel. |
| 2006: Seibu relief pitcher Shinji Mori is posted to Tampa Bay. |
| 2001: It is decided that positions in the standingsof the Central League will be determined by the number of wins a team has and not winning percentage. |
| 2001: Former Hanshin and Lotte pitcher Masaaki Koyama is selcted to the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1998: Orix is notified by the Osaka branch of the Japanese equivalent of the IRS that they underpaid their taxes. |
| 1998: Daiei third baseman Hiroki Kokubo is sentenced to a year in jail suspended for two years and fined 7 milion yen for his part in a tax evasion scandal. Pitcher Hidekazu Watanabe is given the same jail sentence and fined 5.5 million yen. As long as they stay clean during that two years, they won't go to jail. Daiei's headquarters chief, Ryuzo Seto, resigns while team president Hiroshi Murakami and team liason Yasuharu Kishitani have their salaries cut. |
| 1998: Yomiuri trades pitcher Masao Kida to Orix for pitcher Takahito Nomura. |
| 1998: Lotte announces the acquistion of pitcher Mark Holzemer. |
| 1994: Daiei announces the acquisitions of infielder Brian Traxler and outfielder Kevin Reimer. |
| 1990: Infielder Cecil Fielder leaves Hanshin and signs with Detroit. |
| 1983: Lotte infielder Takeshi Aono is born. |
| 1979: Hanshin and Nippon Ham pitcher Takehito Kanazawa is born. |
| 1976: Nippon Ham and Yomiuri infielder Shigeyuki Furuki is born. |
| 1972: Lotte pitcher Takahisa Horiba is born. |
| 1970: Kintetsu and Nippon Ham outfielder Nigel Wilson is born. |
| 1957: Former Tokyo Giants, Pacific, Taiyo, Goldstar, Daiei Stars and Takahshi pitcher Victor Starfin dies after he crashes the auto he is driving into a street car. |
| 1954: Hiroshima goes to Manila to play. |
| 1953: Seibu outfielder Terry Whitfield is born. |
| 1938: Yomiuri and Kokutetsu outfielder Tsuneo Takabayashi is born. |
| 1937: Taiyo infielder Morio Okada is born. |
| 1934: Chunichi pitcher Kentaro Ogawa is born. |
| 1934: Chunichi infielder Toshiaki Sakai is born. |
| 1933: Daiei Stars catcher Teruo Kamiichi is born. |
| 1925: Shochiku and Taiyo Whales catcher Haruo Metoki is born. |
| 1921: Nankai, Taiyo Robins, Shochiku, Taiyo Whales, Hiroshima and Kintetsu outfielder Tsutomu Kimura is born. |
| 1910: Nagoya pitcher Herbert North is born. |
| 2006: Lotte first baseman Seung-yeop Lee is released. |
| 2005: Chunichi announces trhe acquisition of pitcher Luis Martinez. |
| 1999: In a meetuing between the chairmen of the two leagues and Commissioner Hiromori Kawashima, they approve a rule that forbids scouts in the stands or anywhere else from relaying signals to their ballclubs during a game. |
| 1997: Lotte trades the rights to pitcher Hideki Irabu to San Diego in exchange for infieleder Jason Thompson and pitcher Shane Dennis. They also announce the conclusion of a working agreement between the two teams. |
| 1993: Daiei announces the acquistion of outfielder George Wright. |
| 1988: Yomiuri signs pitcher Bill Gullickson. |
| 1985: Hankyu acquires outfielder Jim Hicks. |
| 1985: Pitcher Keiichi Sakai gets married. |
| 1984: Hiroshima catcher Sho Yamamoto is born. |
| 1984: Former Yomiuri pitcher Yoshio Niiura joins the Samsung Lions of the KBO. |
| 1983: Chunichi outfielder Junichi Fukuhara is born. |
| 1983: The Pacific League announces a one season schedule with a playoff to determine the league champion as long as the second place club was within five games of the top finisher. That never happened and three years later, this system was thankfully abolished. |
| 1972: Kintetsu and Chunichi pitcher Akinori Otsuka is born. |
| 1970: Seibu and Yakult infielder Ken Suzuki is born. |
| 1964: Nankai sends pitcher Masanori Murakami to San Francisco's minor league team for some seasoning. |
| 1964: Nankai pitcher Jose Nunez is born. |
| 1963: Hiroshima infielder Marty Brown is born. |
| 1962: Daiei outfielder Kevin Mitchell is born. |
| 1943: Taiyo infielder Keisaburo Yoneda is born. |
| 1941: The Nagoya Golden Dolphins and Tsubasa merge to form Taiyo. Former Tokyo Senators infielder Hisanori Karita is named manager. |
| 1940: Yomiuri pitcher Toshihiro Komatsu is born. |
| 1936: Kokutetsu infielder Masaaki Ishida is born. |
| 1932: Mainichi outfielder Kimio Oda is born. |
| 1917: Chunichi, Tokyu and Mainichi catcher Shigejiro Kanbayashi is born. |
| 1916: Tokyo Senators outfielder Yoshio Miyashita is born. |
| 2000: Former Mets pitcher Masato Yoshii signs with Colorado. |
| 2000: Former Hankyu and Hanshin pitcher Tetsuya Yoneda is selected to the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1998: Yokohama outfielders Toshio Haru and Takashi Manei as well as catcher Yoshifumi Kawasaki are each sentenced to ten months in prison, though it was suspended for two years in a tax evasion scandal. If they kept out of trouble , they wouldn't go to jail. In addition, Haru was fined 4.5 million yen while the other two were each penalized 3.5 million yen. |
| 1998: Former Yakult closer Masato Yoshii signed with the Mets. |
| 1997: Yomiuri sends pitcher Hiroshi Ishige and infielder Yuji Yoshioka to Kintetsu in exchnage for infielder Hiroo Ishii. |
| 1994: Hiroshima infielder Akira Etoh is reported by the gossip press to have impregnated a woman not his wife. |
| 1990: Hanshin acquires former Yakult infielder Larry Parrish. |
| 1990: Chunichi outfielder Mamoru Zaitsu dies at age 51. |
| 1986: Nankai trades outfielder Hiromasa Arai to Kintetsu for pitcher Tetsuharu Yamaguchi. |
| 1974: Chunichi catcher Masashi Fujii is born. |
| 1971: Yakult pitcher Futoshi Yamabe is born. |
| 1970: Yokohama and Orix infielder Tatsuya Shindo is born. |
| 1967: Yomiuri infielder Koichi Ozawa is born. |
| 1967: Central League umpire Kazuhiro Kobayashi is born. |
| 1958: Waseda University head baseball coach Shigeo Mori becomes Taiyo team president. |
| 1955: Taiyo outfielder Masaaki Iwashita is born. |
| 1954: The Nagoya Dragons become the Chunichi Dragons. |
| 1949: Taiyo and Taiheiyo Club Masanori Shinobu is born. |
| 1938: Taiyo and Chunichi infielder Yoshikazu Hamanaka is born. |
| 1936: Toei outfielder Shoichi Busujima is born. |
| 1935: The Dai Nihon Tokyo Yakyu Club, which later became the Tokyo Giants, opens practice at Kusanagi Stadium in Shizuoka Prefecture. |
| 1921: Yomiuri, Chunichi, Hankyu and Hiroshima outfielder Akira Iwamoto is born. |
| 1918: Kintetsu infielder Kanenori Shimakata is born. |
| 1917: Hankyu, Mainichi, Nishitetsu, Kintetsu and Takahashi outfielder Kashiwa Odano was born. |
| 2002: The Maruha fisheries company informs the Commissioner of their intention to sell the Yokohama Bay Stars to Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS). |
| 2000: Hanshin announces the acquisition of infielder Howard Battle. |
| 1999: Mets pitcher Hideo Nomo asks for salary arbitration. |
| 1995: Hankyu outfielder Yoshikazu Sakamoto dies at age 74. |
| 1985: Hankyu pitcher Yukihiko Yamaoki gets married. |
| 1973: Hiroshima pitcher Chris Cumberland is born. |
| 1964: The Daimai Orions become the Tokyo Orions. |
| 1964: Hanshin pitcher Hiroshi Gengoromaru is born. |
| 1954: Seibu and Chunichi catcher Tomoyoshi Oishi is born. |
| 1949: Hiroshima pitcher Seiji Suyama is born. |
| 1947: Nippon Ham infielder Tony Solaita is born. |
| 1946: Nankai first baseman Tom Robson is born. |
| 1943: Nishitetsu pitcher Hiko Mochizuki is born. |
| 1937: Mainichi pitcher Norikatsu Itoh is born. |
| 1936: In the first trade ever in Japanese pro history, the Tokyo Giants move Nobuaki Nidegawa and second baseman Yukio Eguchi to the Nagoya Golden Dolphins for no compensation. Nidegawa decides to leave baseball before the month is over. |
| 1936: The Nagoya Club formally comes into being. It was the predecessor to the latter day Chunichi Dragons. |
| 1933: Mainichi, Takahashi and Toei outfielder Toshiaki Yamada is born. |
| 1924: Osaka Tigers outfielder Tsuguo Goto is born. |
| 1923: Nishitetsu infielder Tsutomu Ukai was born. |
| 1923: Yamato and Chunichi outfielder Bunji Sugie is born. |
| 1922: Tokyo Senators and Tokyu outfielder Shigeo Shibata is born. |
| 1921: Hankyu outfielder Yoshikazu Sakamoto is born. |
| 2006: Former Nankai outfielder Willie Smith dies of a heart attack at age 66. |
| 2003: While washing the dishes, Yakult pitcher Ryota Igarashi nearly slices off the middle finger of his throwing hand and is expected to miss a month. |
| 2003: Nankai pitcher Taketoshi Okami dies at age 70. |
| 2000: Kintetsu asks fans to vote who they think should be in the starting lineup on Opening Day. However, the right to decide who was going to pitch was reserved by the team's manager. |
| 1999: Hanshin formally announces the acquistions of infielder Mike Blowers and outfielder Mark Johnson. Blowers was given number 61 while Johnson was lent number 42. |
| 1998: Chunichi announces the acquisition of pitcher Kevin Jarvis. |
| 1997: Lotte signs former Chunichi catcher Takamasa Matsui. |
| 1996: The Japanese players association and the owners agree to abolish the 40 man roster limit. In addition, when a minor leaguer was added to the 28 man top team game roster, he would now be accorded extra pay. |
| 1996: Pitcher Robinson Checo and his agent apologize for the criticism they had leveled at the team as Checo signs a 30 million yen contract with another 20 million yen available in incentives. |
| 1993: It is discovered that Yokohama reliever Koki Morita had a torn knee ligament. |
| 1991: Yomiuri announces the formal signing of infielder Hector de la Cruz. |
| 1987: Former Kintetsu manager Shozo Fujita dies at age 78. |
| 1973: The Toei Flyers become the Nittaku Home Flyers. |
| 1972: Lotte trades pitcher Toru Hamaura to San Francisco in exchange for Frank Johnson. Hamaura played two seasons at Fresno and then returned to Japan to play for the Lions. |
| 1960: Kintetsu outfielder Unpei Noda is born. |
| 1957: Eagles, Yamato, Goldstar and Hankyu outfielder Tadayoshi Tamakoshi dies at age 36 of an upper respiratory disease. |
| 1956: Noboru Inoue is named Commissioner. |
| 1948: Yomiuri pitcher Tsuneo Horiuchi is born. |
| 1948: Lotte and Taiyo infielder Mitsuru Koganemaru is born. |
| 1942: Hankyu pitcher Eiji Ando is born. |
| 1933: Chunichi pitcher Hiromitsu Kito is born. |
| 1927: Nankai infielder Kazuo Kageyama is born. |
| 1921: Eagles, Yamato, Yomiuri, Goldstar and Daiei Stars infielder Kiyoshi Yamada is born. |
| 1921: Yomiuri and Taiyo infielder Sukeaki Tanaka is born. |
| 1917: Tokyo Senators, Taiyo and Nishitetsu catcher Tamio Nakamura is born. |
| 1916: Osaka Tigers pitcher Takao Misono is born. |
| 2008: Former Daiei Stars and Hankyu pitcher Giichi Hayashi died of cardiac arrest at age 87. |
| 2003: Former Nankai pitcher Taketoshi Ogami dies. |
| 2003: Boston asks Chunichi if it would sell them Kevin Millar's contract. Chunichi refuses. |
| 2000: Chunichi formally announces the signings of catcher/outfielder Dave Nilsson and pitcher Dan Carlson. |
| 1997: Daiei announces the acquistions of pitchers David West and Rod Nichols. |
| 1995: The Great Kobe Earthquake occurs, killing more than 6000. Far less important is that the pro ballparks (Kobe Green Stadium, Koshien Stadium, Osaka Dome, Fujiidera Stadium, Nishinomiya Stadium) in the vicinity all sustain damage. |
| 1992: Central League umpire Eiji Chiba dies at age 56. |
| 1987: Nippon Ham infielder Yang Chung-shou is born. |
| 1986: Central League chairman Kawashima proposes selling game tickets at convenience stores. |
| 1978: Sadaharu Oh donates all the awards and citations he received after breaking the world homer record to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1975: Yokohama and Yomiuri pitcher Scott Mullen is born. |
| 1965: Daiei and Nippon Ham first baseman Shunji Nishi is born. |
| 1958: Saburo Yokozawa is named head of Pacific League umpires. |
| 1946: Hiroshima pinch hitter Yoshiji Yamaguchi is born. |
| 1945: Kintetsu pitcher Katsuhiko Yoshida is born. |
| 1942: Kintetsu catcher Kazuo Okubo is born. |
| 1941: Lion, as part of the campaign to rid Japanese baseball of all things english in a fit of patriotic fervor, changes its name to Asahi. |
| 1936: The Tokyo Senators formally came into being. They went through various name changes before being dissolved during WWII. The name was then revived following the end of the conflict by its former manager. |
| 1931: Toei infielder Don Zimmer is born. |
| 1914: Tokyo Senators and Eagles pitcher Shigezo Ishihara was born. |
| 2005: Yokohama announces the signing of reliever Mike Holtz. |
| 2005: Yomiuri pitcher Yuhei Ueno retires to become a scout with that organization. |
| 2003: Kevin Millar Tells Chunichi that he would rather play for Boston. |
| 1999: A special committee set up to investigate the allegation that Daiei employed illegal methods to steal signs met and concluded that it couldn't ceome up with concrete proof of the charge. However, it did sanction Daiei team president Hiroshi Murakami with a reprimand and a sixth month suspension. Murakami then resigned and Rikuo Nemoto replaced him. |
| 1999: Hideo Nomo signed a one year deal with the Mets. |
| 1997: Yokohama closer Kazuhiro Sasaki was involved in a scrape in a bar and needed 11 stitches to close the wound he suffered on his forehead. |
| 1996: Lotte announces the release of infielder Julio Franco. |
| 1996: Four players from Hiroshima's Dominican academy were put on the club's roster: infielders Alfonso Soriano and Felix Perdomo, outfielder Timoniel Perez and pitcher Francisco de la Cruz. |
| 1996: Seibu pitcher Katsuhiro Maeda asks to be allowed to go to MLB, a request that was rebuffed. |
| 1991: Hiroshima and outfielder Mike Young come to agreement on how much the Carp should pay him to buy out the next year of his contract. |
| 1989: The Pacific League decides to give out an actual award to pitchers leading the circuit in strikeouts. |
| 1987: Kintetsu announces the signing of outfielder Ben Oglivie. They then release outfielder David Green. |
| 1984: Mainichi pitcher Leo Kiely dies at age 54. |
| 1982: Yakult reports fdor its spring training camp in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1981: Nippon Ham and Yomiuri catcher Kazunari Sanematsu is born. |
| 1979: Chunichi catcher Masatoshi Ogawa is born. |
| 1977: Orix outfielder Ryota Aikawa is born. |
| 1969: Lotte buys the Tokyo Orions. |
| 1961: Seibu pitcher Shinya Oda is born. |
| 1961: Chunichi and Seibu infielder Hidetoshi Kurioka is born. |
| 1953: Hankyu infielder Masaharu Fujimoto is born. |
| 1949: Yomiuri and Seibu outfielder Haruki Ihara is born. |
| 1947: Hiroshima infielder Sachio Kinugasa is born. |
| 1944: After the Japanese government cancels all so-called "amusement activities" due to WWII, players not part of companies who are important to the country's infrastructure (such as railroads, for example) or who weren't already fighting in battle are assigned to work in munitions factories as "industrial combatants." All of this nearly destroyed Japanese baseball, as players retired and the 1945 season was canceled, eventually whittling the league down to six teams and 70 players before the war ended. Furthermore, because of the height of the ballparks, they were outfitted with anti-aircraft guns and radar units and were often used for storage space. As a result, both Koshien Stadium and Meiji Jingu Stadium suffered significant fire damage during U.S. bombing raids. |
| 1944: Nankai outfielder Yasumasa Takabatake is born. |
| 1937: The Eagles formally came into being, though formally they were under the name of the Korakuen Yakyu Club. |
| 1937: Hiroshima catcher Toshiharu Ueda was born. He would go on to manage three Japan Series champion ballclubs with Hankyu and is now a Hall of Fame inductee. |
| 1927: Hanshin infielder Itsuzo Kawakita is born. |
| 1920: Nankai, Taiyo and Takahashi infielder Naoshi Yasui is born. |
| 2006: Former Lotte first baseman Seung-yeop Lee signs with Yomiuri. |
| 2006: Lotte signs pitcher Kevin Beirne. |
| 2003: Chunichi reconfirms via telephone that Kevin Millar wants to play in Japan. |
| 2000: Nankai and Kokutetsu infielder Tokuji Iida dies at age 75. |
| 1996: Orix pitcher Shigetoshi Hasegawa wants to retire, but the ballclub refuses since they know he wants to go to MLB. |
| 1995: Due to the Kobe earthquake, Kintetsu cancels its scheduled training trip to Saipan out of respect for the dead. |
| 1989: The Daiei Hawks move to Fukuoka from Osaka. |
| 1988: Yomiuri third baseman Shigeo Nagashima and pitchers Masaichi Kaneda and Kaoru Betto as well as Kintetsu and Hankyu manager Yukio Nishimoto are inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1986: Yakult signs former Taiyo infielder Leon Lee. |
| 1985: Seibu pitcher Yutaka Enatsu has his retirement ceremony. |
| 1985: Nankai Hakws catcher Nobuyuki Kagawa gets married. |
| 1975: Orix and Nippon Ham infielder Fernando Seguignol is born. |
| 1972: Hiroshima pitcher Savatre Urso is born. |
| 1972: Hankyu, Takahashi, Daiei Stars and Kintetsu pitcher Teruo Tanaka dies at age 38. |
| 1954: Hanshin pitcher Rich Gale is born. |
| 1949: Chunichi outfielder Tetsuya Tsuji is born. |
| 1940: Tokyo Orions infielder Kuniaki Aizawa is born. |
| 1948: NPB refuses the request of the Daiei Stars to join the circuit. |
| 1943: Daimai outfielder Kunihiro is born. |
| 1940: Toei infielder Kuniaki Aizawa is born. |
| 1935: Hanshin outfielder Fred Valentine is born. |
| 1910: Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa, Taiyo, Yamato, Tokyu, Mainichi and Kintetsu infielder Hisanori Karita is born. |
| 1909: Yomiuri infielder Shigeru Mizuhara is born. |
| 2006: Yakult signs pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii. |
| 2000: Nankai, Taiyo Whales and Shochiku pitcher Nobukazu Iwamoto dies at age 78. |
| 1999: Lotte acquires pitcher Dean Heartgraves. |
| 1999: MLB teams inquire about the statuses of Hiroshima outfielders Timo Perez and Alejandro Quezada. |
| 1998: Chunichi infielder Yusuke Torigoe is sentenced to ten months in jail suspended for three years and a 4 million yen fine while pitcher Hiroshi Yamada gets ten months in jail suspended three years and a 4.5 million yen fine for their parts in a tax evasion scandal. |
| 1997: Orix forms a working agreement with Hyundai of the KBO. |
| 1994: Hankyu pitcher Hiroshi Makino dies. |
| 1993: Nishitetsu pitcher Kazuhisa Inao and Hanshin pitcher Minoru Murayama are slected for induction into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1989: Umpire Hidenosuke Shima and Nankai catcher Katsuya Nomura are inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1989: Yakult announced the acquisition of pitcher Kensei Kaku. |
| 1988: The Eastern and Western minor leagues introduce the DH. However, since Central League teams don't use the DH, the manager of the CL owned club has to agree to using it in a game. |
| 1980: Chunichi pitcher Luis Martinez is born. |
| 1975: The Pacific League adopts the designated hitter. |
| 1954: The Tokyu Flyers become the Toei Flyers. |
| 1948: Yakult, Toei, Nippon Ham and Taiyo catcher Toshio Kato is born. |
| 1946: A meeting is held to discuss the resumption of pro baseball in Japan. |
| 1933: Chunichi outfielder Gene Stephens is born. |
| 1931: Yomiuri and Kintetsu infielder Hirofumi Naito is born. |
| 1929: Shochiku and Takahashi outfielder Minoru Nishikura is born. |
| 1914: Nagoya pitcher Yoshio Niwa is born. |
| 1910: Nagoya Golden Dolphins catcher Teruo Nakamura is born. |
| 2008: Taiheiyo Club, Hanshin and Taiyo infielder Hirokazu Kato dies at age 56 of lung cancer. |
| 1991: Taiyo, Yomiuri and Yakult infielder Takeshi Kuwata dies at age 54. |
| 1986: Tokyu and Yomiuri pitcher Eishiro Yoshie dies at age 63. |
| 1982: Yakult catcher Tomohito Yoneno is born. |
| 1979: Yokohama outfielder Yosuke Shimokubo is born. |
| 1968: Seibu, Yomiuri and Yokohama pitcher Hirokazu Okada is born. |
| 1960: Lotte outfielder Darryl Motley is born. |
| 1950: Pitcher Ryohei Hasegawa joins the new Hiroshima Carp team at age 19. |
| 1947: Taiyo pitcher Bob Reynolds is born. |
| 1940: Nishitetsu outfielder Koji Nishiwaki is born. |
| 1939: The Tokyo Giants leave for a tour of the Phillipines from the port of Nagasaki. |
| 1938: Yomiuri and Nankai pitcher Yoshiyasu Tanabe is born. |
| 1920: Goldstar outfielder Toshio Miyashita is born. |
| 2003: After he had talked about going to MLB and had feelers from a couple of teams there, especially Texas, it is announced that Yokohama free agent pitcher Takashi Saito would re-sign with the club. |
| 2003: Kintetsu team President Mitsuru Nagai says that he won't trade or release closer Akinori Otsuka. Otsuka was holding out due to suspicions that the club had somehow sabotaged his posting that resulted in no bids coming from MLB teams. |
| 2002: Yokohama's sale to Tokyo Braodcasting (TBS) is approved. |
| 2002: Yakult pitcher Tomihito Itoh returns to Japan from having rotator cuff surgery in the U.S. Unfortunately, he was still unable to revive his career. |
| 2000: Brewers pitcher Hideo Nomo signs with Detroit. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham and Yakult first baseman Katsuo Osugi is selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1995: Former NPB Commissioner Takezo Shimoda dies. |
| 1992: Yomiuri shortstop Tatsuro Hirooka, Dai Tokyo, Lion, and Nagoya outfielder Michinori Tsubouchi, and Hanshin infielder Yoshio Yoshida were selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1992: Kintetsu acquires outfielder Billy Beane. |
| 1992: Kintetsu catcher Susumu Kaneda retires. |
| 1991: Yakult announces the acquisition of pitcher Tim Birtsis. |
| 1991: Chunichi announces the acquisition of outfielder Mark Ryal. |
| 1988: The Yakult Swallows report for their spring training camp in Maui, Hawaii. |
| 1987: Yakult outfielder Hideki Kuriyama is hospitalized with Menier Syndrome, which affects the inner ear and thus his balance. |
| 1985: Nankai outfielder Mototomi Yoshimura suddenly retires. The following year, though, since he was of Korean ancestry, he played in the KBO and had a successful career in that circuit. |
| 1983: Softbank pitcher Yang Yao-hsun is born. |
| 1980: Yakult pitcher Masanori Ishikawa is born. |
| 1979: Hanshin outfielder Lin Wei-tzu is born. |
| 1973: Yomiuri and Seibu pitcher Junichi Kawahara is born. |
| 1964: Seibu pitcher Tetsu Suzuki is born. |
| 1958: Hiroshima and Seibu pitcher Seiji Kobayashi is born. |
| 1957: Nippon Ham outfielder Brian Dayett is born. |
| 1947: Chunichi pitcher Senichi Hoshino is born. |
| 1946: Ryuji Suzuki became chairman of the Japanese pro league. |
| 1944: Sankei infielder Setsuo Nakajima is born. |
| 1938: Kokutetsu outfielder Yoshiharu Hamada is born. |
| 1935:Yomiuri infielder Kunio Watabe is born. |
| 1925: Tokyu and Hanshin infielder Shinpei Ichii is born. |
| 2006: Chunichi catcher Tokio Takagi dies at age 69 of lung cancer. |
| 2006: Nippon Ham signs infielder Jose Macias. |
| 1998: Yakult shortstop Shinya Miyamoto and pitcher Tetsuya Kitagawa is sentenced to ten months in jail suspended for three years and fined 3.5 million yen for his part in a tax evasion scandal. |
| 1991: Ostensibly due to the Persian Gulf War, the Yakult Swallows cancel plans to train in Yuma, Arizona and, for the first time in 14 years, decide to hold their spring training camp in Japan. |
| 1986: Hankyu pitcher Tetsuhiro Nonaka retires in order to properly rehab his injured shoulder. |
| 1985: Chunichi pitcher Shigeru Sugishita, Yomiuri infielder Katsumi Shiraishi and Daimai pitcher Atsushi Aramaki are inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1981: Yakult first baseman Tokuji Iida and Nankai outfielder Yoshiyuki Iwamoto are inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1971: Kintetsu infielder Satoru Ota is born. |
| 1970: Nippon Ham outfielder/DH Sherman Obando is born. |
| 1967: Chunichi outfielder Kokoro Sano is born. |
| 1962: Chunichi infielder Benny DiStefano is born. |
| 1961: Nippon Ham infielder Tetsuro Hirose is born. |
| 1952: Hanshin pitcher Koji Ota is born. |
| 1951: Chunichi outfielder Charlie Spikes is born. |
| 1947: Nippon Ham pitcher Ken Kataoka is born. |
| 1945: Chunichi and Hankyu infielder Kinji Shimatani is born. |
| 1940: Hanshin pitcher Takaaki Takahashi is born. |
| 1938: Yomiuri and Taiyo pitcher Shohei Baba is born. |
| 1936: The Hankyu team is formed. |
| 1919: Taiyo Whales outfielder Junichi Yano is born. |
| 2006: Yokohama signs pitcher Jason Beverlin. |
| 2002: Kintetsu announces the acquisition of former Nippon Ham outfielder/DH Nigel Wilson. |
| 1999: Former Hanshin, Mainichi, Toei and Hankyu infielder Takeshi Doigaki dies at age 77. |
| 1996: Former Nankai outfielder Toshiaki Okamura dies at age 84. |
| 1995: NPB donates 30 million yen for earthquake disaster relief. |
| 1990: Asahi, Pacific, Taiyo, Shochiku and Hanshin pitcher/infielder Juzo Sanada and Toei, Yomiuri and Lotte outfielder Isao Harimoto are nominated to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1989: Hankyu signs pitcher Guy Hoffman. |
| 1987: It is decided to donate 30 million yen from the all star series gate to the Japan players association. |
| 1986: Former Hankyu outfielder Tomohiro Kinoshita joins Yomiuri. |
| 1985: The Yakult Swallows fall in for their fall camp at Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1978: Former Osaka infielder and manager Kenjiro Matsuki is inducted into the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1975: Hanshin pitcher Masayuki Yano is born. |
| 1975: Hiroshima and Hanshin pitcher Akinori Takahashi is born. |
| 1973: The industrial leagues allow pro coaches to work in their organizations. |
| 1968: Hankyu and Hanshin infielder Naoyuki Kazaoka is born. |
| 1967: Hanshin pitcher Naoya Saito is born. |
| 1957: Seibu, Hanshin and Yakult outfielder Eiji Kanamori is born. |
| 1952: Yakult outfielder John Scott is born. |
| 1948: Nippon Ham outfielder Kiyoshi Kamogawa is born. |
| 1947: Nishitetsu outfielder Masashi Ozaki is born. He is now known as the pro golfer Jumbo Ozaki. |
| 1944: Original Tokyo Giants manager Yoshio Asanuma dies at age 53. |
| 1941: Chunichi pitcher Yoshiharu Uranishi is born. |
| 1935: Hankyu pitcher Minoru Nishida is born. |
| 1933: Nankai pitcher Chiaki Kishimoto is born. |
| 1925: Hankyu infielder Sadafumi Shindo is born. |
| 1923: Kokutetsu pitcher Yasusaburo Bamei is born. |
| 2003: Hanshin announces the formal signing of pitcher Lou Pote. |
| 2002: Hanshin announces the formal signing of pitcher Marck Valdes. |
| 2002: The NPB rules committe did away with the ban on colored bats as long as it could be confirmed the stick was made of wood. |
| 2000: Orix announces the formal signing of outfielder Orlando Merced. |
| 1998: Lotte decides not to sign pitcher Mark Holzemer. |
| 1996: Nankai outfielder Toshiaki Okamura died at age 83. |
| 1996: Hanshin infielder Michiyoshi Nakano dies at 69. |
| 1992: Daiei apologizes to pitcher Takeshi Yamada and pays him 90% of his 1991 salary. Even so, 1991 would still be his last year in pro ball. |
| 1988: Lotte acquires infielder Bill Madlock. |
| 1988: The NPB rules committe rules that any ball that strikes any surface or object on or near the roof in Tokyo Dome was still in play. |
| 1975: Daiei pitcher Kazuhiro Takeoka is born. |
| 1974: Lotte pitcher Dan Serafini is born. |
| 1972: Nippon Ham infielder Jose Macias is born. |
| 1971: Kintetsu pitcher Fernando de la Ctuz is born. |
| 1964: Lotte players leave for the team's spring training camp in Hawaii. It is the first time that Lotte has had an overseas spring training that wasn't in an MLB camp. |
| 1960: Seibu and Kintetsu pitcher Masami Yoshikawa is born. |
| 1950: The Kokutetsu Swallows are formed. |
| 1946: Kinki Nihon changes its name to Kinki Great Ring. They are now the Daiei Hawks. |
| 1943: Kintetsu infielder Tomonori Yasui was born. |
| 1940: Hankyu infielder Hiroshi Ogawa is born. |
| 1937: Kokutetsu infielder Kyuichi Okano is born. |
| 1935: Hiroshima pitcher Tadao Nakamura is born. |
| 1933: Chunichi infielder Takehiko Utsumi is born. |
| 1930: Daiei Stars outfielder Michihiro Sugawara is born. |
| 1925: Goldstar and Daiei Stars infielder Tomio Yamaguchi is born. |
| 1924: Hiroshima and Shochiku infielder Juzo Tadokoro is born. |
| 2002: The NPB team owners formally approve the handing over of the Yokohama Bay Stars to Tokyo Broadcasting (TBS). They also approve the continuation of the 3 billion yen fee for joining the league. |
| 2002: Former Yomiuri pitcher Takahito Nomura signs with Milwaukee. |
| 2001: Orix announces the acquisition of infielder Joe Vitiello. |
| 1996: Seibu announces the acquisition of infielder Scott Cooper. |
| 1996: Baltimore sells the contract of infielder Jeff Manto to Yomiuri. |
| 1994: Yakult formally signs outfielder Jerald Clark. |
| 1994: Hiroshima and Taiyo pitcher Ryutaro Sugiura dies at age 70. |
| 1989: Yakult releases outfielder Terry Harper. |
| 1987: The Central League hires former Taiyo pitcher Masanobu Suginaga as an umpire. |
| 1983: Lotte catcher Hiroshi Takahashi claims he was improperly released and appeals it. |
| 1972: Yakult infielder Hirobumi Watarai is born. |
| 1971: Yakult infielder Takashi Arakawa isn't allowed to play for a month due to a hinky trade after he was drafted by Taiyo and refused to join them. |
| 1970: Chunichi pitcher Dan Carlson is born. |
| 1967: Yakult outfielder Satoshi Takahashi is born. |
| 1966: Yakult and Yomiuri infielder Kazushige Nagashima is born. |
| 1965: Yomiuri infielder Shigeo Nagashima marries Akiko Nishimura in a nationally televised ceremony that is the highest rated program of the year. |
| 1962: Nippon Ham infielder Rick Schu is born. |
| 1958: Nippon Ham outfielder Mike Patterson is born. |
| 1952: Ryuji Suzuki takes over as Central League chairman. |
| 1952: Yakult catcher Kenji Sera is born. |
| 1950: General Marquat, acting under the authority of the U.S occupation of Japan, reads the riot act to the Japanese team owners, who are feuding over the player movement in the wake of the creation of a two league system. Marquat demads that the owners put an end to raiding other teams for players, the imposition of one commissioner to oversee both leagues and the creation of a Japan Series. He also raises the possibility, at one point, of making his aide, Cappy Harada, the NPB Commissioner. The owners politely rebuff Marquat on that item, though. |
| 1945: Lotte, Taiyo, and Hiroshima infielder Yoshihiro Iizuka is born. |
| 1937: Yomiuri and Kokutetsu infielder Fumio Kitsugi is born. |
| 1927: Chunichi outfielder Robert Nieman is born. |
| 1921: Nankai, Taiyo Whales and Shochiku pitcher Nobukazu Iwamoto is born. |
| 2006: Softbank first baseman Nobuhiko Matsunaka is given the longest contract in Japanese baseball history, seven years. |
| 2003: Shigeo Nagashima is hired as the manager of the Japanese olympic baseball team in a three year deal. |
| 2003: Kintetsu free agent third baseman Norihiro Nakamura signs a four year contract. |
| 2003: Infielder Kevin Millar tells Chunichi that he will be late arriving in Japan due to family circumstances. |
| 1999: Orix announces the acquisition of pitcher Willie Banks. |
| 1997: Hiroshima releases pitcher Sadaharu Sato. |
| 1996: Lotte decides to sign infielder Jack Daugherty. |
| 1989: The Central League adopts separate awards for pitchers and position players who are named Player of the Month. |
| 1989: Hankyu outfielder Noboru Sakamoto dies at age 56. |
| 1987: It is decided to limit extra inning games during the Japan Series to 18 innings. |
| 1987: Yakult infielder Shinichi Sakurai disolcates his left shoulder and is expected to miss three weeks. |
| 1986: Original Osaka Tigers owner Masao Matsukata and former Eagles pitcher Miyoshi Nakagawa are selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1986: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma, Arizona for their spring training camp. |
| 1984: Former Keio University shortstop Shinji Kusuhara is selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1983: Former Commissioner Hiroyuki Uchimura is selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1976: It is decided that a player who is part of the organization for less than five years and has less than 30 career innings or 60 lifetime at bats is a rookie. |
| 1975: The ball and glove from Masaichi Kaneda's 400th win is exhibited at Cooperstown. |
| 1974: Daiei infielder Bryant Nelson is born. |
| 1971: Yakult outfielder Jun Furusawa is born. |
| 1966: Taiyo and Seibu pitcher Toshihiro Go is born. |
| 1953: Taiyo and Shochiku merge to become the Taiyo-Shochiku Robins. |
| 1942: Lotte infielder Susumu Iwamoto is born. |
| 1937: Kintetsu infielder Sukehiro Shino is born. |
| 1937: Nankai pitcher Ninju Kanehiko is born. |
| 1933: Tokyu and Nishitetsu catcher Junjiro Goto is born. |
| 1926: Hanshin infielder Shigekazu Okui is born. |
| 1926: Kintetsu outfielder Yuzuru Yamashita is born. |
| 1923: Taiyo, Daiei Stars and Hiroshima outfielder Seiji Noda is born. |
| 1919: Kokutetsu pitcher Keiji Narita is born. |
| 1913: Tokyu Senators/Tokyu infielder Shichiro Yokozawa is born. |
| 2002: In order to teach Yokohama players about the new higher strike zone, the Central League sends umpires to their spring camp. |
| 2000: The Pacific League, which will send players to the Sydney Olympics, removed ten games from its schedule during the olympics and announced a revised slate. |
| 1999: Hiroshima accepts the winning bid of $400,001 for outfielder Alejandro Quezada. Nobody, though, bid for outfielder Timoniel Perez. |
| 1999: Orix gives up on trying to sign number one draft choice Nagisa Arakaki. |
| 1999: Chunichi signs the first player ever from the Chinese mainland (the Japanese pronouciation would be Ro Kengo, but I have no idea what his Chinese name is), a pitcher. |
| 1999: The Japanese High School Baseball Federation admits that it had mistakenly allowed Meitoku Gijuku High School pitcher Jiro Morioka to play in a prefectural tourmanent even though Morioka was older than the rules permitted. By the way, Morioka never played pro ball. |
| 1997: Taiyo, Shochiku and Mainichi infielder Shoji Arakawa dies at age 72. |
| 1997: Daiei Stars and Shochiku outfielder Shinya Tsunashima dies at age 77. |
| 1993: Salary negotiations between Yokohama and infielder Yutaka Takagi break off and arbitration becomes likely. |
| 1992: Osaka Tigers pitcher Fumio Kawa dies at age 67. |
| 1989: Yakult signs outfielder Larry Parrish. |
| 1986: NPB stats guru Ikuji Yamauchi and Katsuo Tanaka are selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1985: Hankyu pitcher Hisashi Yamada sustains a knee injury. |
| 1978: Hankyu infielder Larry Raines dies at age 47. |
| 1976: Hanshin trades pitcher Yutaka Enatsu and outfielder Mitsuru Mochizuki to Nankai in exchange for pitchers Takenori Emoto, Tsutomu Hasegawa and Yutaka Ikeuchi. |
| 1972: Hanshin and Nippon Ham outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo is born. |
| 1963: Nippon Ham catcher Nobuaki Shimizu is born. |
| 1959: Lotte pitcher Hitoshi Imaoka is born. |
| 1932: Kokutetsu pitcher Yoshitomo Miyaji is born. |
| 1931: Kintetsu outfielder Bill Pinckard is born. |
| 1925: Pacific, Taiyo, Shochiku and Kokutetsu catcher Kazuo Satake is born. |
| 2003: Nippon Ham catcher Kazunari Sanematsu fractures his right hand. |
| 2003: Yokohama signs free agent pitcher Takashi Saito to a three year contract. |
| 2001: Seibu announces the formal signing of infielder Scott McClain. |
| 2001: Smoking is prohibited in the stands at Chiba Marine Stadium. |
| 1999: Former Nishitetsu infielder Futoshi Nakanishi is selected to the Japanese baseball hall of fame. |
| 1998: Yomiuri pitcher Hiroshi Nakao and Shinjiro Iguchi are selcted to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1997: Three players form the Taiwan league Eagles are arrested for trying to fix games. One of those picked up by the police is former Yakult pitcher Kensei Kaku. |
| 1994: Orix annoucnes the signing of former Hanshin infielder Akinobu Okada. |
| 1994: Seibu catcher Yoshitaka Nakao gives up on trying to continue his playing career and accepts a job in the team's front office. |
| 1993: Yokohama infielder Yutaka Takagi formally notifies the commissioner's office that he is seeking salary arbitration. |
| 1992: Masao Yoshida is selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1991: Osaka Tigers infielder Chugo Kawauchi dies at age 60. |
| 1990: The Central League decides to limit extra inning games to 18 innings, but due to resistance from residents around the ballparks, that is never put into effect. |
| 1988: Yomiuri, Hanshin and Nankai outfielder Yoshinori Aiba dies at age 44. |
| 1987: Nagoya outfielder Kansuke Onishi dies at age 65. |
| 1987: The Yakult Swallows report for their spring training camp in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1985: Yomiuri players fall in for the team's Guam camp. |
| 1985: Tokyo Senators, Mainichi and Takahashi pitcher Takeshi Nomura dies at age 65. |
| 1981: Yakult leaves for its spring camp in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1980: Yakult leaves for its spring camp in Yuma, Arizona. |
| 1974: Hiroshima pitcher Kanei Kobayashi is born. |
| 1972: Daiei infielder Morgan Burkhart is born. |
| 1971: Due to their association with known organized crime gambling figures, the Central League bans Taiyo coach Takashi Suzuki and pitcher Katsuji Sakai indefinitely from coaching or playing at the top level and they have their salaries reduced. Sakai would ultimately be allowed to play again and he finished second in ERA that season. |
| 1968: Seibu and Yokohama catcher Kosaku Akimoto is born. |
| 1966: Yokohama, Orix, Hanshin and Seibu outfielder Katsuhiro Hiratsuka is born. |
| 1963: Kintetsu pitcher Tsuneto Fukuchi is born. |
| 1951: The Nishitetsu Clippers merge with the Nishi Nihon Pirates and become the Nishitetsu Lions. |
| 1949: Seibu and Nankai outfielder Jim Tyrone is born. |
| 1948: Hankyu outfielder Yoshi Saito is born. |
| 1945: Yomiuri pitcher Masami Nakamura dies at age 20. |
| 1931: Toei outfielder Takashi Omura is born. |
| 1931: Nishitetsu infielder Jim Baumer is born. |
| 2003: Nippon Ham catcher Kazunari Sanematsu has his fractured right hand operated on. |
| 2002: Former Nagoya Golden Dolphins, Asahi, Goldstar, Hankyu and Hiroshima pitcher/outfielder and Pacific League umpire Kozo Naito dies at age 85. |
| 2001: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka's driver's license is suspended. |
| 1998: Former Daiei outfielder Tomoyuki Uchiyama signs with Philadelphia. |
| 1997: Yomiuri catcher Tamotsu Uchibori dies at age 79. |
| 1996: Orix pitcher Takahito Nomura formaly applies for salary arbitration. |
| 1990: Kintetsu infielder Hiroo Ishii is hospitalized with what is thought to be hepatitis. |
| 1987: Nobuo Fujita and former Hankyu and Nagoya outfielder and umpire Minoru Yamashita are selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1985: Hanshin pitcher Rich Gale and outfielder Mike Patterson arrive in Japan. |
| 1984: Yomiuri pitcher Yushi Aida is born. |
| 1981: Outfielder Chuck Manuel joins the Yakult spring camp. |
| 1981: Hanshin pitcher Tomoyuki Kubota is born. |
| 1977: Hiroshima infielder Takahiro Arai is born. |
| 1970: Lotte, Chunichi and Orix pitcher Takatoshi Kishikawa is born. |
| 1951: The Nishi Nihon Pirates announce that they are pulling out of the Central League and will merge with Nishitetsu. |
| 1949: Hankyu pitcher Gene Amman is born. |
| 1943: Yomiuri infielder Davey Johnson is born. |
| 1927: Hankyu and Nishitetsu pitcher Eiji Kogure is born. |
| 1926: Hanshin pitcher Keiji Komada is born. |
| 2003: Kevin Millar is put on the Chunichi roster. |
| 2000: Seibu announces the formal signings of infielder Tony Fernandez and outfielder Reggie Jefferson. |
| 1999: Yomiuri and Taiyo pitcher Shohei Baba dies at age 61 of liver cancer. After retiring from baseball, he wrestled under the name Giant Baba. |
| 1998: PL Gakuen High School head coach Junji Nakamura, who had guided the likes of Kazuhiro Kiyohara, Kosuke Fukudome and Kazuo Matsui, among others while they were schoolboys, retires. |
| 1997: Kintetsu pitcher Shigeki Sano can't reach agreement with the team on his salary for the coming season, so it is sent to arbitration. |
| 1996: Lotte announces the acquisition of infielder Randy Ready. |
| 1996: Both the Pacific League and Orix deny having pressured pitcher Takahito Nomura to not file for arbitration. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham announces that pitcher Yasumitsu Shibata was admitted to hospital and is undergoing treatments for a blood disorder. |
| 1990: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma, Arizona for spring training. |
| 1990: Pacific League umpire Tadayoshi Hayashi is suspended for the first month of the regular season for driving under the influence of alcohol. |
| 1990: Former Kintetsu owner Isamu Saeki is selected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame. |
| 1989: Yakult's non-pitchers report to Yuma, Arizona for its spring training camp. The pitchers trained in Maui, Hawaii. |
| 1988: The Yakult Swallows report to Yuma Arizona for the second phase of their spring training camp. |
| 1985: Kintetsu outfielder Jesus Rivera arrives in Japan. |
| 1981: Nippon Ham outfielder Hichori Morimoto is born. |
| 1979: Yomiuri moves pitcher Shigeru Kobayashi to Hanshin the same day it puts pitcher Suguru Egawa on its roster. Kobayashi would then win eight straight games against his old team. |
| 1975: Former Taiyo Whales manager Masami Sakohata dies at age 62. |
| 1972: Yomiuri pitcher Elmer Dessens is born. |
| 1968: Orix and Hanshin pitcher Nobuyuki Hoshino is born. |
| 1968: Nippon Ham and Hanshin pitcher Mitsujiro Sakai is born. |
| 1961: Taiyo outfielder Yasuhiko Kawano is born. |
| 1946: Hiroshima and Nankai outfielder Haruyuki Yamada is born. |
| 1936: Hiroshima outfielder Takao Maiyagawa is born. |
| 1933: Yomiuri outfielder Kenichi Aikawa is born. |
| 1913: Tokyo Giants, Eagles and Yamato pitcher Toshihide Hatafuku is born. |