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| 2006: Hiroshima released pitchers Koichi Amano, Kenta Tamayama, Hiroyuki Iida and Tetsuto Tomabechi as well as infielder Keiji Fukui. |
| 2006: The Pacific League regular season schedule ends. |
| 2005: Norihiro Akahoshi becomes the first man ever in Central League annals and the second overall to rack up three straight 60 steals seasons. |
| 2005: Softbank reliever Tomohiro Nagai retires. |
| 2005: Yokohama releases pitchers Kenichi Wakatabe, Hiroshi Yamada, Kuniyuki Taniguchi and Hideki Chiba. |
| 2005: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Hiroshi Shibakusa and catcher Katsuhiko Yamada. |
| 2005: It is disclosed that Yomiuri will release first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara. |
| 2005: Chunichi closer Hitoki Iwase sets a new pro yakyu record with his 46th save during a game with Hiroshima. |
| 2001: Chunichi announces the promotion of head coach Hisashi Yamada to manager. |
| 2001: Seibu pitcher Yukihiro Nishizaki retires. |
| 2001: Seibu releases outfielders Koji Otsuka and Takayuki Murakami. |
| 2001: Seibu finishes its season with no ties, the first Pacific League team to do that since 1954, when Nankai pulled it off. |
| 2001: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka finishes the season with both the most wins and the most losses. |
| 2001: Yokohama releases pitchers Hideki Igarashi, Hirokazu Okada,
Toshiaki Tanaka, Katsuhiro Mino and Masahito Kohiyama as well
as catcher Shunsuke Sugiyama, infielders Takahiro Ono and Hiroshi Miyauchi, and outfielder Naoki Kanekawa. |
| 2001: Nippon Ham manager Yasunori Oshima was reprimaded and fined 50,000 yen for cussing out a base umpire. |
| 2001: Hanshin infielder Yutaka Wada retires. |
| 2001: The Pacific League sets a new record for total attendance with 10,028,000. |
| 2000: Hanshin finishes its third straight year in the Central League cellar. |
| 2000: Seattle closer Kazuhiro Sasaki sets a new record for rookies with 37 saves. |
| 1999: Hanshin outfielder Yasuaki Taiho sets a new club record with a 26 game hitting streak. |
| 1999: Lotte releases pitcher Joe Crawford. |
| 1999: Boston pitcher Tomokazu Ohka notches his first win. |
| 1998: Yomiuri pitcher Akihito Kaneishi retires. |
| 1998: Orix pitcher Yoshinori Sato has his retirement game. |
| 1998: Hanshin releases pitcher Katsuyuki Furumizo and outfielder Atsuhiro Motonishi. |
| 1998: Lotte pitcher Shane Dennis is released. |
| 1998: Former Hiroshima infielder Alfonso Soriano signs with the Yankees. |
| 1997: Hanshin outfielder Shinjiro Hiyama ties a Central League record with 148 strikeouts. |
| 1997: Hiroshima makes infielder Kozo Shoda a player-coach. They also release pitchers Akira Uehara, Yasukatsu Shirai and Yoshitaka Ueda as well as catcher Ryo Yoshimoto and infielders Shoshi Chiyomaru and Masataka Tokumoto. |
| 1996: Kintetsu pitcher Hiroki Sakai ties a record with 17 wild pitches in a season. |
| 1996: After moe than a decade talking about it, Seibu woner Yoshiaki Tsutsumi frormally announces that a dome will be erected onto Seibu Stadium. |
| 1995: The Chunichi Dragons' first three hitters in the first inning all homer. |
| 1995: Yomiuri infielder Tatsunori Hara formally announces his retirement. |
| 1994: Daiei outfielder Koji Akiyama slugs his 350th career homer. |
| 1994: Hanshin infielder Katsuo Hirata formally announces his retirement. |
| 1994: Hanshin releases pitchers Kazuhiko Daimon, Yosuke Takamura and Yoichi Mugikura as well as outfielders Hajime Takai and Tetsuya Toyohara. |
| 1994: Hanshin pitcher Yoshihiro Nakata retires. |
| 1993: Yakult wins 70 games for the first time in the 44 season history of the team. |
| 1993: The Chunichi Dragons become the first team to have two 15 game winning lefties on it in the same year in Central League history. |
| 1993: Kintetsu pitcher Hideo Nomo is hit in the head with a batted ball and has to leave the game. |
| 1992: The last game ever played at Heiwadai Stadium, once the home ballpark of the Nishitetsu Lions, occurs. |
| 1992: Daiei outfielder Makoto Sasaki's streak of three straight years plaing every game ends. |
| 1992: Hiroshima and Yakult play a game that goes six hours and one minute, ending at 12:01 a.m. |
| 1992: Yakult shortstop Takahiro Ikeyama sets a new record for Japanese players with 142 strikeouts during the season. |
| 1991: Nippon Ham manager Sadao Kondo announces that he will resign. |
| 1991: Total Central League attendance surpasses 12 million. |
| 1989: Nippon Ham catcher Fujio Tamura hits for the cycle. |
| 1989: Yakult infielder Larry Parrish reaches the 40 homer mark his first season in Japan. |
| 1988: Seibu outfielder Koji Akiyama sets a new strikeout record for Japanese players with 123 during the season. |
| 1987: Nippon Ham ties a record with nine straight hits during a game. |
| 1985: Lotte outfielder Leron Lee becomes number one all time in lifetime batting average with a .324 mark. |
| 1985: Hanshin infielder Yasunori Nagao plays in his 1000th lifetime game. |
| 1984: Seibu catcher Koichi Tabuchi and infielder Hiroyuki Yamazaki both retire. Also, Coach Wally Yonamine leaves the team. |
| 1984: Chunichi and Hanshin pitcher Tsutomu Ina dies at age 50. |
| 1983: Seibu pitcher Osamu Higashio is tops in the Pacific League in wins with 16. |
| 1980: Daiei outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota blasts the 20,000th homer in Pacific League history. |
| 1978: Shinichiro Kudoh becomes the Pacific League's chairman. |
| 1977: Nankai announces that Yoshinori Hirose has taken over as the team's manager. |
| 1975: Daiei pitcher Brandon Knight is born. |
| 1970: Kintetsu catcher Tetsuya Matoyama is born. |
| 1968: Yokohama pitcher Akira Yoshii is born. |
| 1967: Hankyu wins its first ever Pacific League pennant. |
| 1966: Daiei pitcher Kenichi Kanazawa is born. |
| 1965: Daiei, Lotte and Nippon Ham pitcher Toshio Tajima is born. |
| 1957: Nishitetsu pitcher Kazuhisa Inao stes a new record with his 20th straight victory. |
| 1956: Chunichi infielder Vance Law is born. |
| 1952: Chunichi and Nippon Ham pitcher Jun Misawa is born. |
| 1942: Hiroshima pitcher Isao Ando is born. |
| 1938: Nishitetsu outfielder Takao Miyake is born. |
| 1935: Hiroshima outfielder Katsura Yokomizo is born. |
| 1934: Chunichi and Hanshin pitcher Tsutomu Ina is born. |
| 1930: Nagoya and Toei infielder Kimio Takagi is born. |
| 1915: Hankyu outfielder Katsusaburo Asano is born. |
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| 2006: Yomiuri released pitchers Hiroshi Sato, Kazuaki Minami and Masashi Date as well as catchers Shunsuke Hara and infielders Satoshi Kuroda and Makoto Osuga and outfielder Yuji Sogawa. |
| 2006: Lotte released pitcher Yo Sugihara, infielder Mizuki Tanaka and outfielders Jun Inoue, Tetsuya Kakiuchi and Takashi Kita. |
| 2005: Chunichi releases pitcher Tetsuro Yaguchi, catchers Hidenori Tanoue and Kiyohito Shimizu as well as infielders Hiromasa Tamano and Norberto Semanaka plus outfielders Susumu Otomo and Kenji Makuta. |
| 2005: Rakuten infielder Koichi Oshima retires. |
| 2002: Seibu first baseman Alex Cabrera slams his 55th homer of the year to tie Sadaharu Oh's Japan Rrecord with five more games left on the schedule. However, that would ultimately be his last roundtripper of the campaign. |
| 2001: Daiei catcher Toru Kawagoe and infielder Shikato Yanagita announce their retirements. |
| 2001: The Eastern League schedule ends with Seibu's affiliate setting a new single season victories record with 66. In additon, outfielder Corey Paul claims his second straight minor league Triple Crown. |
| 2000: Yakult pitcher Mitsuhiro Saito announces his retirement. |
| 2000: Yakult releases pitcher Akira Itoh, catcher Shigeki Abe and infielder Yasuhiro Usami. |
| 2000: A team made up of players from Orix and Chunichi's minor league teams is beaten by the the Chinese national team 7-6. |
| 1999: Chunichi pitcher Kenshin Kawakami gives up 19 hits in a game to ste a new Central League record. He also permits 14 runs, tying a circuit mark. |
| 1999: Yomiuri releases pitcher Junya Ota and infielder Akihito Fukuo. |
| 1999: Orix releases outfielder Masutaka Hironaga is born. |
| 1999: Daiei releases infielder Motoyasu Wakai. |
| 1999: Nippon Ham's minor league team wins the Eastern League title. |
| 1999: The Western League schedule ends with Hanshin's affiliate on top. |
| 1998: Pitcher Masao Kida announces that he will leave the team to try to win an MLB roster spot. |
| 1998: Yakult decides it will promote batting instructor Tsutomu Wakamatsu to manager. |
| 1998: Yokohama closer Kazuhiro Sasaki ties a record with his 44th save point. |
| 1997: Chunichi pitcher Sun Dong-yeol ties a Japan record with his 37th save. |
| 1997: Daiei pitcher Kimiyasu Kudoh goes on the shelf with hamstring pulls in both legs. |
| 1997: Seibu outfielder Seiji Tomashino retires. |
| 1997: The Japan Scholastic Baseball Association rules that a player newly signed by a pro team can use his old school's facilities to do offseason training just for his first year. |
| 1996: Yakult ties a Central League reocrd with four straight shutout losses. Also, its 45 consecutive innings without scoring a run is a new Central League record. |
| 1996: Seibu clinches its first losing record in 16 years. |
| 1996: Orix starter Shigetoshi Hasegawa has a perfect game with one out in the eighth inning against Seibu, but Tetsuya Kakiuchi homers to break it up. |
| 1995: Yomiuri's minor league team claims its tenth straight Eastern League title. |
| 1995: The Western League schedule ends. |
| 1994: Seibu wins a historic first fifth straight Pacific League pennant by beating Kintetsu at Fujiidera Stadium. |
| 1993: Yomiuri outfielder Hideki Matsui ties a Central League record for rookies fresh out of high school with his eighth homer of the year. |
| 1993: Orix infielder Kelvin Torve's streak of 53 hitless plate appearances finally ends. It is a new NPB record for position players. . |
| 1993: Kintetsu pitcher Hideo Nomo suffers a skull fracture and a shoulder bruise. |
| 1992: Taiyo and Kokutetsu infielder Ryohei Moriya dies at age 77. |
| 1991: Lotte outfielder Mitsuchika Hirai gets enough at bats to qualify for the batting title and pops up on top of the race for it. |
| 1990: Hanshin and Kintetsu infielder Hiroyuki Watanabe commits suicide at age 69. |
| 1990: Seibu outfielder Ken Hirano sets a new rtecord with 50 sac bunts. |
| 1990: Seibu pitcher Yoshitaka Katori makes his 500th career appearance. |
| 1990: Lotte infielder Sieji Uekawa plays in his 1000th lifetime game. |
| 1988: Yomiuri infielder Tatsunori Hara plays in his 1000th career game. |
| 1988: Yakult infielder Toru Sugiura hammers his 200th career homer. |
| 1988: Chunichi pitcher Genji Kaku sets a new reocrd with 41 save points. |
| 1988: Chunichi infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai belts his 300th career homer. |
| 1988: Taiyo pitcher Hiroshi Nomura makes his first pro appearance and tosses a complete game shutout. |
| 1988: Seibu outfielder Ty Van Burkleo ties a Pacific League record with his fourth grand slam of the season. |
| 1986: Nankai outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota slugs his 400th career homer. |
| 1985: NPB approves the use of bats made of a wood called aodamo. |
| 1985: Hankyu great Yutaka Fukumoto starts a game in the DH slot for the first time in his career. |
| 1983: Nankai outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota drills his 36th homer of the year to tie for first in the league in that department. |
| 1981: Kintetsu manager Yukio Nishimoto will resign at the end of the season, it is revealed. |
| 1981: Kintetsu pitcher Daisuke Miyamoto is born. |
| 1974: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1973: Chunichi and Seibu pitcher Kenichiro Idemoto is born. |
| 1972: Hanshin and Orix pitcher Trey Moore is born. |
| 1971: Hankyu pitcher Tetsuya Yoneda wins his 300th career game. |
| 1969: Yakult and Hiroshima pitcher Alan Newman is born. |
| 1969: Hanshin outfielder Hajime Takai is born. |
| 1965: Hiroshima pitcher Yoshiro Sotokoba tosses a no hitter against Hanshin at Koshien Stadium for a 2-0 victory, his first pro win. It was his second start and his 11th total appearance, which at the time was the fastest to a no no in history. |
| 1960: Yomiuri manager Shigeru Mizuhara punches a photographer out. |
| 1958: Nishitetsu pitcher Kazuhisa Inao sets a new record with his 72nd appearance. |
| 1958: Yomiuri clinches the Central League flag. They had started the season with three straight losses against Kokutetsu, but overcame that to win the pennant. |
| 1956: Nankai infielder Jeff Doyle is born. |
| 1954: Seibu outfielder Takanori Okamura is born. |
| 1949: The Taiyo Robins are down 10-0 to the Daiei Stars after five innings at Kinugasa Stadium in Kyoto, but eventually rallies to win it 11-10. It is the biggest comeback in Japanese history. It has been duplicated twice since them. |
| 1948: Osaka Tigers infielder Fujio Fujimura puts the first cycle in Japanese history against Goldstar at Koshien Stadium. |
| 1948: Chunichi, Hankyu and Hanshin pitcher Mitsuo Inaba is born. |
| 1946: Lotte and Nippon Ham pitcher Fumio Narita is born. |
| 1943: Nishitetsu outfielder Minoru Nakayama is born. |
| 1932: Nankai, Chunichi and Kintetsu outfielder Shigeo Hasegawa is born. |
| 1932: Taiyo pitcher Kimio Sato is born. |
| 1931: Mainichi infielder Koji Nishiwaki is born. |
| 1925: Nishitetsu, Yomiuri and Chunichi pitcher Sadao Kondo is born. |
| 1921: Shochiku and Chunichi pitcher Nobuo Oshima is born. |
| 1902: Mainichi manager Yoshio Yuasa is born. |
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| 2006: Softbank releases pitcher Hiroshi Shibakusa, infielder Yoshiharu Kitano and outfielder Toshitaka Enomoto. |
| 2006: Yakult released pitchers Koichi Misawa, Manabu Hiramoto, Tadashi Honma and Hideyuki Matsutani as well as catchers Toshiro Takahashi and Naoki Hosomi, and outfielders Satoshi Kubota and Kazuya Uchida. |
| 2002: Seibu's affiliate wins the Eastern League pennant for the second year straight and the sixth time overall. |
| 2001: Daiei boasts the first lineup with four men who have eclipsed 30 homers in the same season. |
| 2001: Daiei second baseman Tadahito Iguchi attains a rare 30 homer, 40 steals season. |
| 2001: Lotte releases pitchers Hisanori Yokota, Hiroaki Kawamata
and Atsushi Kobayashi as well as catcher Hidekazu Mitsuyama, infielder
Daisaku Kojima and outfielder
Atsuhiro Motonishi. |
| 2000: Mariners closer Kazuhiro Sasaki racks up the first save ever by a Japanese in an MLB playoff series in a 7-4 victory over Chicago. |
| 2000: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Rafael Orellano. |
| 2000: Kintetsu releases pitchers Hiroaki Hirota, Kotaro Azuse, Eiji Maruo and Ayahito Shinada. |
| 2000: Daiei outfielder Chihiro Hamana has surgery on the fifth vertebrae of his spine. |
| 2000: Japanese prime minister Yoshiro Mori talks with Cuban officials about letting their players work in Japan's pro leagues. |
| 1999: Kintetsu pitcher Kazuo Haji dies at age 53 in an auto accident. |
| 1999: Yomiuri releases pitchers Hirofumi Kono, Hirokazu Okada and Takahide Itoh. |
| 1998: Chunichi outfielder Toshikatsu Hikono announces his retirement. |
| 1998: Yomiuri finishies its schedule with rookie outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi posting a .300 season. |
| 1997: Seibu clinches the Pacific League pennant on a tenth inning sayonara homer by infielder Ken Suzuki against Daiei before a sellout crowd at Seibu Stadiume. |
| 1997: Umpire Samio Murakoshi works his 2000th career game. In this case, he was stationed behind the plate. |
| 1997: Hanshin sets a new Central League record with 973 strikeouts. |
| 1997: Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta collects his 100th hit. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Akihito Kaneishi and Hiroshi Nagatomi as well as infielder Hiroshi Watanabe. |
| 1997: Chunichi releases pitchers Sadaharu Hiranuma, Naoyuki Naito, Koji Mori and Hiroyasu Wakabayashi as well as infielder Tetsuya Komori and outfielders Kazuyoshi Kamiyama, Tatsunori Matsui and Kazuaki Yamano. |
| 1997: Hanshin releases pitchers Takashi Inomata, Kojiro Sakai and Susumu Mikoshiba as well as outfielder Tsutomu Kameyama. |
| 1996: Hiroshima infielder Luis Lopez is ejected from a game during an argument with an umpire. |
| 1996: Hanshin catchwer Katsuhiko Kito announces his retirement. |
| 1996: Hiroshima releases infielder Takehiko Kobayakawa. |
| 1996: Hiroshima pitcher Yoshihisa Shiratake announces his retirement. |
| 1995: The Eastern League schedule concludes. |
| 1994: Yomiuri releases pitcher Akira Nishimoto. |
| 1992: Yakult infielder Takahiro Ikeyama makes it five straight years of 30 homers. |
| 1992: Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta slugs his 30th homer of the year. |
| 1992: Yakult pitcher Daisuke Araki wins his first game in 1611 days. |
| 1991: Seibu outfielder Orestes Destrade slugs a three run homer and then connects for a grand slam his next time up in a 13-1 victory over Nippon Ham at Seibu Stadium to clinch thehomer title and the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1991: Seibu clinches the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1991: Hiroshima's magic number is seven. |
| 1991: Hanshin pitcher Kazuya Sumitomo retires. |
| 1989: Daiei infielder Willie Upshaw is ejected for performing a violent act on the field. He also dislocated his left thumb and returned to the U.S. two days later to have it treated. |
| 1987: Taiyo pitcher Kazuhiko Endo severs his Achilles tendon and is expected to miss three months. |
| 1987: Hanshin first baseman Randy Bass slugs his 200th career homer in Japan in his 587th game, the fastest pace to that number in history. |
| 1986: Yakult manager Masayuki Dobashi resigns. |
| 1985: Lotte pitcher Tomoki Yoshioka hits four batters in a row to tie a Pacific League record. |
| 1985: With an eye toward the 1988 season, Seibu owner Yoshiaki Tsutsumi says that he wants to put a dome on Seibu Stadium. |
| 1984: Hanshin infielder Masayuki Kakefu and Chunichi infielder Masaru Uno both walk five times in a game. |
| 1983: Yomiuri outfielder Tadashi Matsumoto sets a new Central League record with 75 steals. |
| 1975: Kintetsu pitcher Mike Johnson is born. |
| 1974: Yakult outfielder Alex Ramirez is born. |
| 1973: Kintetsu pitcher Ayahito Shinada is born. |
| 1971: Chunichi manager Shigeru Mizuhara retires. |
| 1969: Nippon Ham outfielder Seigo Fujishima is born. |
| 1967: Chunichi and Hiroshima outfielder Tetsuya Katahira is born. |
| 1965: Daiei, Seibu and Hanshin outfielder Makoto Sasaki is born. |
| 1962: Hanshin wins its first Central League pennant with a 6-0 shutout of Hiroshima at Koshien Stadium. |
| 1961: Orix and Yomiuri catcher Hiromasa Fujita is born. |
| 1959: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1958: Nankai and Hiroshima outfielder Tsutomu Yamada is born. |
| 1953: Hiroshima, Seibu, Taiyo and Daiei pitcer Tamotsu Nagai is born. |
| 1952: Yomiuri seizes theCentral League pennant. |
| 1950: Yakult pitcher Kunio Kobayashi is born. |
| 1948: Yomiuri's manager argues with the umpires for 46 minutes over
Hanshin infielder Fumio Fujimura's collision with Giants catcher
Toshiaki Takemiya that resulted in Takemiya lapsing into unconsciousness. |
| 1945: American occupation troops take over Koshien Stadium, using it as basically a combination staging ground and storage yard. As a result, the National High School Baseball Tournament will be held for a couple of years at Nishinomiya Stadium. |
| 1943: Nishitetsu pitcher Yorinobu Yoda is born. |
| 1938: Yomiuri outfielder Tsugio Kada is born. |
| 1933: Chunichi and Nishitetsu catcher Yasuhiko Kawai is born. |
| 1929: Mainichi, Takahashi and Daiei Stars outfielder Takayuki Kuriki is born. |
| 1921: Taiyo pitcher Isao Terashima is born. |
| 1922: Asahi outfielder Wataru Oshima is born. |
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| 2006: Yomiuri outfielder Takayuki Onishi announces his retirement. |
| 2006: Lotte outfielder ShiroTeramoto and infielder Takaya Hayashi announce their retirements. |
| 2005: Orix releases pitcher Shuichi Iwashita. |
| 2005: Yakult releases pitchers Masayoshi Izumi, Yu Sugimoto, Takahiko Hagiwara, Takamori Komori and Fumio Katayama as well as outfielder Hiroki Hongo. |
| 2005: Yomiuri releases pitchers Hayato Nakamura, Tsuyoshi Jobe and Kenju Yamamoto as well as outfielder Hiroyuki Nakahama. |
| 2005: Lotte releases pitchers Hirotsugu Maeda and Shinichi Nagasaki, along with catcher Shunsuke Sugiyama, infielders Ryosuke Sawai, Kazuya Harai, Yugo Amano and Akira Tominaga, plus outfielder Hiromi Oho. |
| 2005: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Noriyuki Takahashi, Tatsuhito Kato and Yukihiro Sakurai as well as infielders Kokichi Akune and Koki Ikeda and outfielders Yoshinori Ueda, Tsutomu Ishimoto and Katsuhiro Nishiura. |
| 2004: Hanshin pitcher Kei Igawa throws a no hitter against Hiroshima at Hiroshima Municipal Stadium in a 1-0 victory. It is also the Tigers 3500th Central League win |
| 2001: Nippon Ham team president Takeshi Kojima issues a directive to manager Yasunori Oshima as well as players and coaches that they are to refrain from heckling umpires. |
| 2001: Lotte pitcher Koji Takekiyo has surgery for a dislocated right shoulder. |
| 2001: Hiroshima releases pitchers Ken Yamasaki, Tsuyoshi Shimazaki and Yasuyuki Sato as well as catcher Koji Obata, infielders Hiroyuki Sato and Kazunori Iyoda and outfielder Toru Fukura. |
| 2001: Seibu releases pitchers Hirobumi Teramoto and Yoshiharu Inotsume as well as infielder Kenichi Takayama. |
| 2000: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Shoichi Imazeki, Shoji Hiramatsu and Yukihito Nakanishi as well as catcher Yuichi Komaki and infielder Shunji Nishi and outfielder Masayoshi Hizato. |
| 2000: Yokohama releases pitchers Hajime Sato and Nobuhiko Watanabe, catcher Yoshifumi Kawasaki, infielder Kazuaki Kawabata and outfielders Yukio Arai, Kenji Nagami and Noriyuki Kato. |
| 2000: The Eastern League schedule ends with Yomiuri's affiliate on top. |
| 2000: Seibu minor league outfielder Corey Paul wins the Eastern League Triple Crown. |
| 1999: Yomiuri approves relasing outfielder Katsumi Hirosawa. |
| 1999: At a develpmental meeting, an MLB Japan opener is formally approved. |
| 1999: It is revealed that Hanshin outfielder Tsuyoshi Shinjo will have knee surgery to remove some cartilage. |
| 1999: Yokohama releases pitchers Kiyotaka Nishi and Seiichi Ikeue, infielders Jo Furukawa, Shoichi Kida and Kazuhiko Miyagawa, as well as outfielders Kohei Kanemura and Minoru Yojo. |
| 1999: Seiobu infielder Nariyuki Imakursu announces his retirement. |
| 1999: Daiei releases pitcher Tetsuya Murakami and infielder Koichi Ogawa. |
| 1998: Daiei pitcher Ryuji Nishimura is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1998: The KBO regular season ends. |
| 1997: Yomiuri first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara reaches 150 strikeouts during the season. |
| 1997: Hanshin releases pitchers Yasutaka Furusato, Kazuki Yonemura and Yoshitaro Mitoma, infielder Ryoji Nakamura and outfielder Shunji Hatayama. |
| 1997: The Eastern League schedule ends with Nippon Ham's farm team on top. |
| 1996: Hiroshima infielder Luis Lopez is fined 100,000 yen and reprimanded for getting tossed from a game earlier. |
| 1996: The Eastern League schedule ends. |
| 1995: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki finishes on top in the Pacific League in batting, RBIs and steals. He becomes the first man in Japanese history to win both the RBI and steals crowns in the same season. |
| 1995: Hiroshima releases pitchers Tetsu Suzuki, Makoto Itoh and Akinori Takahashi as well as catcher Isamu Sugita and infielder Yuichi Furukawa. Sugita joins the Eagles in the Taiwan pro leagues. In addition, outfielder Shinji Sanada retires. |
| 1992: Hiroshima catcher Mitsuo Tatsukawa retires. |
| 1992: Taiyo pitcher Kazuhiko Endo retires. |
| 1991: Orix pitcher Yoshiharu Tani and catcher Takumi Saito retire. |
| 1991: Orix releases outfielders Tadahiro Sakaemura and pitchers Makoto Yamamoto, Naofumi Yamazaki and Yoshihisa Ashikari. |
| 1990: Takahashi catcher Shizuma Yamagishi dies at age 56. |
| 1989: Taiyo manager Yakeshi Koba resigns. |
| 1988: Hanshin outfielder Yutaka Wada sets a new Japan record with 52 sacrifices during the season. |
| 1988: Seibu becomes the first tema ever to have three players with 30 homers apiece. The three were Kazuhiro Kiyohara, Koji Akiyama and Ty Van Burkleo. |
| 1986: Taiyo catcher Yoshiharu Wakana breaks his hand after being hit by a pitch. He is expected to miss amonth. |
| 1985: The Western League schedule ends. |
| 1985: Kintetsu signs outfielder Dick Davis to a three year contract. |
| 1984: Hiroshima clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1984: Nankai pitcher Kazuhiro Yamauchi ties Seibu's Osamu Higashio in wins with his 16th. |
| 1983: Taiyo pitcher Masaaki Koga becomes one of the few pitchers to have won a game against all of the 12 pro teams during his career. |
| 1982: Yokohama pitcher Takumi Nasuno is born. |
| 1978: Yakult wins its first ever pennant in the team's 29 year long history in a game against Chunichi at Meiji Jingu Stadium |
| 1978: Nippon Ham and Rakuten pitcher Masaru Yoshizaki is born. |
| 1977: Kintetsu infielder Tadatoki Maeda is born. |
| 1977: Hanshin infielder Atsushi Fujimoto is born. |
| 1976: Hiroshima outfielder Shigeru Morikasa is born. |
| 1975: Kintetsu manager Yukio Nishimoto wins his 1000th career game as a field boss. |
| 1972: Yakult infielder Adam Riggs is born. |
| 1972: Hiroshima pitcher Hideki Takahashi is born. |
| 1971: Yomiuri and Yokohama infielder Toshihisa Nishi is born. |
| 1967: Taiyo manager Osamu Mihara steps down. |
| 1959: Nankai clinches the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1958: Waseda Jitsugyo High School pitcher Sadaharu Oh signs with Yomiuri. |
| 1955: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1953: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1951: Yomiuri pitcher Kiyoshi Matsuda sets a new record with his 19th consecutive win. |
| 1951: Hankyu outfielder Akio Sato is born. |
| 1951: Lotte and Hanshin pitcher Keiichi Inoue is born. |
| 1930: Osaka Tigers infielder Kazuo Kimura is born. |
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| 2006: Orix releases pitchers Hiroyuki Nomura and Yusuke Ogawa, catcher Kosuke Yoshihiara, infielders Masashi Miki and Kazuki Nakamoto and outfielder Masaya Kojima. |
| 2005: Hanshin third baseman Makoto Imaoka sets a new team record with 147 RBIS, the third highest total in history. |
| 2005: Hanshin releases pitchers Hiroshi Ishige, Masahiro Sakumoto and Satoshi Arai as well as outfielders Takashi Tachikawa, Kanichi Matoba and Keita Matsushita. |
| 2005: Yomiuri manager Tsuneo Horiuchi resigns. |
| 2005: Orix released pitchers Takuji Yamamoto and Yusuke Kurita as well as infielders Tomotaka Tamaki and Toshio Kikuchi, and outfielder Takashi Hida. |
| 2005: Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta becomes the first man ever who was drafted out of the industrial leagues after going to college to register 1000 career RBIs. |
| 2002: Yomiuri outfielder Hideki Matsui is passed by Chunichi outfielder Kosuke Fukudome for the batting title and wouldn't recover, especially as Fukudome sat out the last three games, to deny Matsui the Triple Crown. |
| 2001: Kintetsu sets a new NPB rrecod by sing 32 different pitchers during the season. |
| 2001: The Pacific League schedule ends. Total attendance is 10, 124,000. |
| 2001: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka ends the season with the most wins, the first ever that a pitcher has done that three years running right out of high school. |
| 2001: Daiei closer Rodney Pedraza becomes the first foreigner to win back to back Fireman of the Year Awards. |
| 2001: Yomiuri pitcher Chung Min-chul will leave the team to return to the KBO, it is announced. |
| 2001: Yomiuri releases pitchers Minoru Shindo and Takaki Nomura, infielders Akiyoshi Sasaki and Masao Yoshimura as well as outfielder Toyokazu Oba. |
| 2001: Orix releases catcher Yoshifumi Kawasaki. |
| 2001: Hanshin pitcher Shinobu sustains an injury to his shoulder and will be out two weeks. |
| 2001: An NPB provisional committee rules that a former pro who has spent at least two years in the industrial leagues can rejoin the pro leagues. |
| 2000: Lotte releases pitchers Toshihide Narimoto, Hirofumi Kono and Yasuhiro Enoki as well as infielder Yoshifumi Ayukawa and outfielder Shinji Hata. |
| 2000: It is announced that Chunichi infielder Leo Gomez will leave the team. |
| 2000: Daiei Hawks pitcher Rodney Pedraza and Chunichi Dragons pitcher Eddie Gaillard each win their respective league's Fireman of the Year award. |
| 1999: Yomiuri pitcher Koji Uehara wins his 20th game of the season. |
| 1999: Yomiuri releases pitchers Tetsuhiro Monna and Yasuhiro Enoki as well as outfielder Kazuya Ono. |
| 1999: Seibu releases pitchers Takao Mabuchi, Kiyotaka Koishizawa and Kazuya Matsuda as well as infielder Shinji Ando. |
| 1998: Yakult pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii sets a new NPB record for highest seasonal strikeout rate at 11.05. |
| 1998: Daiei catcher Fujio Tamura retires. |
| 1997: Yokohama closer Kazuhiro Sasaki sets a new record with 38 saves. 14 of those were against Chunichi. |
| 1997: Kintetsu releases pitcher Ryujiro Matsutani and infielder Shunsuke Kitamura. |
| 1997: Lotte releases pitchers Tsuyoshi Yoda, Hiroshi Tsuno, Koji Nakata and Yuji Inoue as well as catcher Takamasa Matsui and infielder Shoji Toyama and outfielder Manabu Ando. |
| 1997: Yomiuri releases pitchers Koichi Taniguchi and Tomoharu Asano as well as catchers Masahiro Takami and Shigeki Abe and outfielder Takashi Maeda. |
| 1997: The Western League schedule ends with Orix's affiliate on top. Also, James Bonicci becomes the league's first ever Triple Crown winner. |
| 1996: Tokyo Senators, Taiyo, Nishitetsu, Hankyu and Chunichi pitcher Akira Noguchi dies at age 79. |
| 1996: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki plays in every game for the third year ina row while hitting over .340 in each of them. |
| 1996: Seibu releases pitcher Shinya Jinno and outfielders Haruki Yoshitake and Osamu Abe. |
| 1994: It is announced that Yakult infielder has injured his Achilles tendon and will be out at least a month. |
| 1994: It is revealed that Yakult pitchers Kenjiro Kawasaki and Ryuji Nishimura as well as outfielder Tetsuya Iida have been defrauded for a total of more than 60 million yen. |
| 1994: Hiroshima releases pitchers Ikuo Takayama, Koji Maeda, Tetsuro
Kato, Masaharu Motohara, Ken Kawashima, Masahiro Tada and
Koichi Ono as well as catcher Shinji Watanabe and outfielder Fumio Ishibashi. |
| 1993: Hanshin releases infielder Akinobu Okada. |
| 1992: Chunichi pitcher Takaaki Ishimoto retires. |
| 1992: Chunichi releases infielder Shoshi Ogawa and infielder Koji Takahashi. |
| 1991: Orix releases infielder Boomer Wells. |
| 1991: Yomiuri infielder Tatsunori Hara sets a new Central League single season record with 12 sac flies. |
| 1989: Kintetsu owner Isamu Saeki dies of a heart attack. |
| 1989: Chunichi ties a Central League record with six sac bunts in a single game. |
| 1989: Daiei comes back from eight runs down to win a game. |
| 1987: Seibu outfielder Koji Akiyama makes it three years straight of 40 homers. |
| 1986: Hankyu pitcher Kenji Harada has his first pro win expunged when it is discovered that the official scorer made a mistake. |
| 1985: Seibu pitcher Taigen Kaku goes back to Taiwan to have his shoulder treated. |
| 1985: It is revealed that Yomiuri outfielder Warren Cromartie has a broken right shoulder. |
| 1985: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai ties a Japan record with his tenth two homer game of the season. |
| 1985: Hanshin infielder Masayuki Kakefu ties a team career record with his 320th homer. |
| 1985: Hanshin Amasses 200 homers. |
| 1984: Hanshin infielder Masayuki Kakefu and Chunichi infielder Masaru Uno are both walked intentionally in ten comsecutive plate appearances. |
| 1984: Kintetsu pitcher Keishi Suzuki sets a new record with his 74th complete game with no walks. |
| 1983: Nippon Ham infielder Keizo Kawashima is born. |
| 1982: Taiyo pitcher Akio Saito sets a new Central League record with his 27th save. |
| 1981: Hiroshima outfielder Naoki Nakato is born. |
| 1979: Hankyu wins the second half of the Pacific League schedule. |
| 1977: Lotte wins the second half of the Pacific League schedule. |
| 1977: Hiroshima catcher Kazuyoshi Kimura is born. |
| 1973: Hankyu wins the second half of the Pacific League schedule. |
| 1973: Daiei outfielder Chen Wen-pin is born. |
| 1973: Yokohama, Yomiuri and Kintetsu infielder Yasuo Nagaike is born. |
| 1972: Yakult outfielder Aaron Guiel is born. |
| 1963: NPB Commissioner rules that Hokkai High School pitcher Masaru Yoshizawa, who had signed contracts with both Yomiuri and Hankyu, belongs to Yomiuri. |
| 1960: Orix pitcher Tomoyuki Sekiguchi is born. |
| 1959: Hiroshima outfielder Rod Allen is born. |
| 1956: Chunichi pitcher Genji Kaku is born. |
| 1955: Yakult pitcher Masaharu Tachino is born. |
| 1953: Shochiku manager Tokuro Konishi is tossed froma game during an argument with an umpire. |
| 1951: Daiei Stars outfielder Shigeya Iijima belts two grand slams in a game against Hankyu, the first man ever to do that in NPB annals. It came as part of a record setting three homer, 11 RBI day. In the first, he went yard to left off of Hachiro Abe with the bases loaded and then was retired his second time up. But in the seventh, in his third at bat, he clouted a three run homer off of Jiro Noguchi to leftcenter. Daiei batted around and so he came up again in the frame, this time with the sacks packed again, and absolutely crushed it, sending it completely out of the yard and into some cherry blossom trees behind the centerfield wall for seven RBIs in the inning, also a record. |
| 1948: Taiyo Robins infielder Shoji Arakawa steals home in the bottom of the tenth to win a game against Chunichi 1-0. |
| 1938: Hiroshima pitcher Katsutoshi Kamidoi is born. |
| 1936: Daiei Stars, Tokyo Orions and Hankyu infielder Tadashi Hatta is born. |
| 1935: Nankai, Chunichi, Hankyu and Hanshin pitcher Minoru Kakimoto is born. |
| 1924: Tokyu outfielder Tomito Yamagata is born. |
| 1920: Hanshin, Taiyo and Hiroshima pitcher Takao Fujimura is born. |
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| 2006: Orix announces that former Houston and Anaheim manager Terry Collins has been hired to fill the same role for them in a three year deal worth a total of $4 million. |
| 2006: Hanshin infielders So Tsutsui and Daisuke Kayajima announce their retirements. In addition, pitcher Yusuke Nakabayashi and infielder Naoto Ishibahashi were released. |
| 2005: Yakult outfielder Norichika Aoki cracks his 193rd hit of the season, a single to left in the first inning off of Mitsuru Sato, in a game against Chunichi at Meiji Jingu Stadium, setting a new Central League record. |
| 2005: It comes to light that Orix will make Gemeral Manager Katsuhiro Nakamura the onfield skipper for next season. |
| 2001: Yakult clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 2001: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Kazutoshi Yamahara, Mitsugu Saito, Ryohei Endo, Masaya Takeuchi and Kenji Harada. |
| 2001: Seibu's minor league team beats Hanshin's 5-0 to win the minor league championship. |
| 2001: Former Seibu pitcher Miguel DelToro dies in an auto accident. |
| 2000: Orix outfielder So Taguchi cracks his 1000th career hit. |
| 2000: Orix releases pitchers Yoshitaka Mizuo and Yasuo Kawasaki as well as catcher Naofumi Sugimoto and infielder Tokitaka Minamibuchi. |
| 2000: Kintetsu releases catcher Toru Takashima and outfielder Takahisa Suzuki. |
| 2000: Yomiuri releases pitcher Balvino Galvez. |
| 1999: Yakult infielder Hatsuhiko Tsuji retires. |
| 1999: Hanshin releases pitchers Seiichi Murakami, Kiyotoshi Katase and Masao Teramae. |
| 1999: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Katsuyuki Furumizo and infielder Shogo Arai. |
| 1999: Orix releases pitchers Jiro Toyoda, Eiji Maruo and Hirotsugu Maeda. |
| 1999: Kintetsu releases pitchers Hirokazu Tanaka, Takaharu Nakagawa, and Hiroshi Hirata as well as infielders Tsuyoshi Omori, Hiroyuki Sato and Yoshiyuki Minamibuchi. |
| 1999: The Eastern League schedule ends with Nippon Ham's affiliate on top. |
| 1998: Yokohama closer Kazuhiro Sasaki sets a new Japan record with 45 save points. |
| 1998: Yokohama closer Kazuhiro Sasaki and Kintetsu closer Akinori Otsuka are named Fireman of the Year for their respective leagues. |
| 1998: Chunichi releases pitchers Takashi Inomata, Hiroshi Hirata and Katsunori Kitano. |
| 1998: Yokohama releases pitchers Ken Suzuki, Masato Kato and Yutaka Ashikaga as well as catcher Yoshinobu Yamane. |
| 1998: Kintetsu releases pitcher Seiichi Ikeue and outfielder Masahiro Takumi. |
| 1998: A Central League executive committe can't choose a come to an agreement on who should be named Rookie of the Year between Chunichi pitcher Kenshin Kawakami, Hiroshima pitcher Kanei Kobayashi, Yomiuri outfielder Yoshinobu Takahashi and Hanshin outfielder Tomochika Tsuboi, so instead they give them "special citations." |
| 1998: Yokohama pitcher Katsuya Kishikawa retires. |
| 1997: It is revealed that Yokohama manager Akihiko Oya will step down effective at the end of the season. |
| 1997: Chunichi closer Sun Dong-yeol ties a Japan record with his 38th save. |
| 1997: The China Trust Whales in the Taiwan pro league announces the acquisition of former Hanshin pitcher Ben Rivera. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Norihiro Akimura and Ryuji Minami as well as outfielders Hirokazu Sakuma and Shinichi Kawana. |
| 1997: Daiei releases pitchers Manabu Saito and Masafumi Arikura. |
| 1997: Hanshin releases pitchers Taka Ota and Junji Hayashi as well as catcher Yasuo Yoshida and infielder Yoshiteru Hirosawa. |
| 1997: It is revealed that L.A. pitcher Hideo Nomo will have surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow. |
| 1996: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant against Chunichi in the last game ever played at Nagoya Stadium. |
| 1996: Yokohama pitcher Daisuke Araki retires. |
| 1996: Tokyo Senators, Taiyo, Nishitetsu, Hankyu and Chunichi pitcher Akira Noguchi retires. |
| 1995: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1995: Yakult releases pitcher Chikafusa Ikeda and outfielders Yukitoshi Oka and Chikuma SHimizu. |
| 1995: Hanshin releases pitchers Yukihiko Yamaoki, Shinya Nakagawa and Yukimasa Yamamoto, infielder Koji Yamawaki and outfielders Seiichi Kaneko, Toyozo Minamimure and Tadami Nakatani. |
| 1995: Hiroshima infielder Kenjiro Nomura ammasses a rare .300-30 homers-30 steals season. |
| 1993: Seibu outfielder Koji Akiyama makes it nine straight years of at least 30 homers in a game against Kintetsu, a new Pacific League record. |
| 1993: Yokohama infielder Takashi Nagauchi retires. |
| 1992: Kintetsu pitcher Hideo Nomo becomes the first pitcher since the creation of the two league system was created to lead the league in wins three straight seasons. |
| 1992: Hiroshima pitcher Jun Kawabata retires. |
| 1992: Hiroshima releases pitcher Hiroshi Tsuno. |
| 1991: Orix infielder Keijiro Yumioka retires. |
| 1991: Orix pitcher Shigetoshi Hasegawa is named Pacific League Rookie of the Year. |
| 1990: Taiyo outfielder Hirokazu Kato retires. |
| 1989: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1989: Hanshin outfielder Noriyoshi Sano retires. |
| 1988: Chunichi pitcher Genji Kaku sets a new NPB record with 35 saves. |
| 1986: Kintetsu pitcher Takaki Nomura sets a new Pacific League record with 40 save points. |
| 1985: Kintetsu attains 200 homers for the second time in its history. |
| 1984: Hanshin catcher Keizo Furukawa dies at age 50. |
| 1982: Daiei infielder Akihiko Kato is born. |
| 1979: Hiroshima clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1976: Orix pitcher Toshihiro Kase is born. |
| 1975: Lotte infielder Daisaku Kojima is born. |
| 1974: Chunichi catcher Eiichi Nakano is born. |
| 1970: Kintetsu pitcher Koichiro Sasaki throws a perfect game against Nankai at Osaka Stadium in a 3-0 victory. |
| 1966: Seibu infielder Archi Cianfrocco is born. |
| 1965: Lion and Nankai catcher Yutaka Muroi dies at age 50. |
| 1962: Daimai infielder Toshio Yanagida homers in his fifth straight game to tie a then Japan record. |
| 1961: Lotte pitcher Kinzo Nakai is born. |
| 1960: Orix pitcher Jay Baller is born. |
| 1960: The Central League regular season ends. |
| 1954: Nankai infielder Ryuzo Iguchi is born. |
| 1948: Hanshin and Nankai outfielder Mitsuru Mochizuki is born. |
| 1943: Hankyu, Hiroshima, Chunichi and Nankai pitcher Yataro Oishi is born. |
| 1941: Yomiuri infielder Genzo Noguchi is born. |
| 1938: Hanshin infielder Kunisuke Tatsuichi is born. |
| 1937: Chunichi, Lotte, Taiyo and Taiheiyo Club infielder Shinichi Etoh is born. |
| 1935: Yomiuri, Kokutetsu and Hanshin infielder Masataka Tsuchiya is born. |
| 1924: Asahi infielder Saburo Sakurazawa is born. |
| 1923: Nankai and Chunichi infielder Toru Tsuchiyama is born. |
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| 2006: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Masaru Yoshizaki. |
| 2005: Orix General Manager Katsuhiro Nakamura is named the team's field boss. |
| 2005: Seibu releases infielder Taisei Takagi. |
| 2005: Hiroshima releases pitchers Kanei Kobayashi, Toshikazu Sawazaki and Gota Kuniki, infielders Toshifumi Matsumoto and Naoto Ishibashi and outfielder Akihiro Tamura. |
| 2003: Tsutomu Itoh is hired as manager of the Seibu Lions. |
| 2001: Yokohama wins its 3000th game as a franchise. |
| 2001: The MLB regular season ends with Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki winnint the batting and steals titles. In addition, Boston pitcher Hideo Nomo leads the American League in strikeouts. |
| 2000: Daiei clinches its second consecutive pennant. |
| 2000: Daiei pitcher Rodney Pedraza leads the Pacific League with 35 saves, tying a circuit record. |
| 2000: Nippon Ham infielder Michihiro Ogasawara has four games in a row with three hits or more, tying a Pacifc League record. |
| 2000: Seibu reliever Takehiro Hashimoto makes his 424th consecutive game in relief. |
| 2000: Lotte releases pitcher Brian Warren. |
| 2000: Chunichi's farm team beats Yomiuri's to win the Japanese minor league championship. |
| 2000: The first woman to make a Tokyo Big Six University League team is put on the roster. |
| 1999: Kintetsu pitcher Satomi Bando dies at age 57. |
| 1999: Hanshin's schedule ends with them not having one complete game in their last 100. Their five complete games for the season is the fewest in the league. |
| 1999: Nippon Ham announces that Yasunori Oshima is assuming the managerial reigns. |
| 1999: Yokohama releases infielder Arquimedes Pozo. |
| 1999: Yakult releases pitcher Tetsuya Kitagawa, catcher Tadashi Ueno, infielder Takehiko Kobayakawa and outfielders Mark Smith and Ikuo Takahashi. |
| 1999: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Takehiro Ishii and outfielders Yoshinari Tokuda and Shinji Hata. |
| 1999: Lotte releases pitchers Yoshihisa Kondo, Hiromu Kojima, Masaki Shiratori and Dean Hartgraves as well as catcher Tsuyoshi Yanaginuma and infielder Masashi Iida and outfielder Brent Brede. |
| 1999: The last top club game ever played at Fujiidera Stadium occurs. |
| 1998: Seibu clinches the Pacific League pennant with a win against Kintetsu in game two of a doubleheader at Seibu Dome. |
| 1998: Kintetsu pitcher Akinori Otsuka sets a new record with 35 saves, |
| 1998: Kintetsu infielder Phil Clark sets a new record with 48 doubles. |
| 1998: Yomiuri outfielder Shinji Inoue retires. |
| 1998: Daiei releases pitcher Eiji Kimura. |
| 1998: Seibu pitcher Tomoo Watanabe retires. |
| 1998: Seibu releases outfielder Toru Kumazawa. |
| 1997: It is revealed that Daiei catcher Kenji Johjima has a fractured finger and will be out a while. |
| 1997: Hiroshima pitcher Takashi Maema says that he will retire at the end of the season. |
| 1997: Daiei releases pitchers Hidetsugu Mochizuki, Koji Takagi, Shigeki Sasaki and Motofumi Nishimura as well as infielder Tsuyoshi Sawada. |
| 1996: Chunichi pitcher Genji Kaku says that he will leave the team at the end of the season. |
| 1996: Hiroshima releases pitchers Ken Suzuki, Kiyotoshi Katase, Tsuyoshi Sato, Yuji Inoue, Yoshihisa Kondo, Hidetsugu Mochizuki, Sadaharu Sato and Kansuke Shinada as well as infielder Hideyuki Mifume. |
| 1995: Daiei releases pitchers Shinichi Kato, Tetsuro Kato, Masanao Miyata, Katsumasa Ota, Hiroomi Ishinuki and Minoru Yano as well as infielder Takayuki Kubo. |
| 1994: Daiei outfielder Koji Akiyama has an extra base hit in his 11th straight game. |
| 1993: It is announced that Orix manager Shozo Doi will reisgn at the end of the season. |
| 1992: Central League umpire Isao Okada umpires his last game before retiring, the 3899th of his career. |
| 1989: Chunichi overcomes an eight run deficit in the bottom of the first. |
| 1989: Daiei pitcher Katsuyoshi Murata walks or hits 11 in a game to tie a then Pacific League record. |
| 1989: Chunichi pitcher Takemasa Suzuki decides to retire. |
| 1988: Chunichi clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1986: Seibu rookie first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara bats cleanup for the first time in his career and also belts his 31st homer to tie a rookie record. |
| 1986: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai slugs his 100th homer in just two seasons. |
| 1985: Kintetsu outfielder Shoichi Shimanuki retires. |
| 1985: Kintetsu releases outfielder Kohei Shimamoto. |
| 1985: Hanshin pitcher Tatsuya Kojima is born. |
| 1985: Seibu manager Tatsuro Hirooka doesn't accompany his team on a road trip so that he can have his injured ankle treated. |
| 1981: The Pacific League playoffs start with the Fighters facing off against Lotte. |
| 1978: Hanshin pitcher Hiroshi Santo is born. |
| 1978: Nippon Ham and Orix infielder Kuniyuki Kimoto is born. |
| 1975: Lotte outfielder Takashi Tachikawa is born. |
| 1970: Lotte clinches the pennant. |
| 1970: Lotte pitcher Takashi Wada is born. |
| 1970: Chunichi infielder Tim Unroe is born. |
| 1969: Nishitetsu pitcher Masayuki Nagayasu is discovered to have attempted to fix games. He would eventually be banned for life. |
| 1967: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1966: Chunichi outfielder Kazuyoshi Koyama is born. |
| 1964: Yomiuri outfielder Shigeki Fujimoto is born. |
| 1963: Seibu outfielder Ty Van Burkleo is born. |
| 1962: Yokohama outfielder Glenn Braggs is born. |
| 1961: Chunichi pitcher Tadashi Kashima is born. |
| 1959: Hanshin, Seibu and Yakult infielder Masakazu Seike is born. |
| 1956: The Central League schedule concludes. |
| 1953: Nankai clinches the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1942: Daimai and Hankyu outfielder Mitsuhiro Narita is born. |
| 1937: Mainichi pitcher Isao Nagahira is born. |
| 1934: Chunichi pitcher Kunio Takayama is born. |
| 1932: Tokyu infielder Kikuichi Minami is born. |
| 1924: Chunichi, Kyuei, Yomiuri and Hiroshima catcher Tetsunosuke Fujiwara is born. |
| 1924: Osaka Tigers pitcher Fumio Kawa is born. |
| 1918: Tokyo Giants, Nagoya Golden Dolphins and Asahi outfielder Takayoshi Nomura is born. |
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| 2006: Chunichi closer Hitoki Iwase becomes the first man ever to rack up back to back 40 save seasons by successfully concluding a game against Yokohama. |
| 2005: Hiroshima ammounces that Marty Brown will be its manager for next season. |
| 2000: Yakult pitcher Yoichi Okabayashi and infielder Toshifumi Baba each announces his retirement. |
| 1999: Yomiuri catcher Hidekazu Yoneyama has surgery to remove bone spurs from his right ankle. |
| 1999: Hanshin releases outfielder Mark Johnson. |
| 1999: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Tsuyoshi Yoda. |
| 1999: Orix releases infielder Paul Gonzalez. |
| 1998: Yokohama clinches its first pennant since 1960. It will also make it the first Japan Series in which two former pitchers are managing the two sides, Osamu Higashio for Seibu and Hiroshi Gondo for Yokohama. |
| 1998: Lotte fires manager Akihito Kondo and replaces him with its minor league skipper, Koji Yamamoto. |
| 1998: Seibu pitcher Tomoo Watanabe retires. |
| 1998: Daiei releases pitchers Takahiro Kubo and Shinichi Fukuda as well as outfieldersYoshihiro Suzuki and Yuji Yamaguchi. |
| 1998: The Eastern League schedule ends with Yakult's affiliate on top. |
| 1997: Yomiuri first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara finishes the season with a Central League record 152 strikeouts. |
| 1997: Kintetsu sells pitcher Eiji Kiyokawa to Hiroshima. |
| 1997: Orix releases pitcher Shin Kitagawa and outfielder Masahito Sekiyoshi. |
| 1997: Yakult releases pitcher Masayoshi Kohashi, catcher Yuichi Kawabata, infielder Taiji Kitahara and outfielder Shinji Yoshimoto. |
| 1996: It becomes clear that Yomiuri pitcher Balvino Galvez will finish his first Japanese campaign with the most wins. |
| 1996: Yakult releases pitchers Kenji Miyamoto and Hiroshi Nishioka as well as infielder Hensley Meulens and outfielder Jun Furusawa. |
| 1996: Yakult outfielder Eiji Kanamori retires. |
| 1996: Kintetsu decides to release infielders Toshiya Adachi, Ryoji Nakamura and Hiroki Nobayashi as well as outfielders Masao Yanagita and Iwao Hirae. In addition, they will also release infielder Chris Donnels and pitcher Luis Aquino. |
| 1996: Lotte outfielder Ken Hirano retires. |
| 1995: Yomiuri infielder Tatsunori Hara plays his final game before retirement and homers. He finsihes his career with 382 circuit clouts. |
| 1995: Hankyu outfielder Tokio Hatanaka dies at age 69. |
| 1995: Toei and Chunichi pitcher Kentaro Ogawa dies at age 61. He had been forced into retirement in 1970 when he was found to be part of a scheme to fix an auto race. |
| 1994: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant by beating Chunichi in the last game of the season. |
| 1994: Seibu infielder Hiromichi Ishige makes it 14 straight years with at least 100 hits. |
| 1994: A game between the Chunichi Dragons and the Yomiuri Giants that will decide the Central League title becomes the most watch baseball game in Japanese history, drawing a 48.8% audience share. |
| 1993: A signing ceremony is held whereby representatives of both the players union and NPB signed the free agency agreement. |
| 1993: Hiroshima outfielder Ryuzo Yamazaki revelas that he will retire at the end of the season. |
| 1993: The Western League schedule ends. |
| 1992: Taiyo releases catcher Katsuya Sakakibara, infielder Masatake Fujino and outfielder Takahiro Shirahata. |
| 1992: Taiyo pitcher Kenichi Shiozaki retires. |
| 1992: Yomiuri manager Motoshi Fujita steps down. |
| 1992: Kintetsu says that it isn't inclined to re-sign pitcher Hideaki Sato, infielders Masahiko Goseki, Tsutomu Fukui and Shinji Omura as well as outfielder Manabu Nagaoka. |
| 1992: Nippon Ham releases infielder Koichi Yahagi. In addition, pitchers Ryoichi Kamioka and Satoshi Morimoto. |
| 1991: Daiei outfielder Makoto Shimada retires. |
| 1990: Pitcher Tomoyuki Sekiguchi retires. |
| 1987: Chunichi infielder Msaru Uno racks up his 1000th hit. |
| 1986: Daiei outfielder Yoshinori Yamaura plays in his 1000th career game. |
| 1986: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai bumps the ump and gets tossed. |
| 1986: Kintetsu goes over the one million mark in attendance for the first time in its history. |
| 1984: Nippon Ham signs Shigeru Takada to manage the team. |
| 1980: Yomiuri pitcher Masatoshi Yasuhara is born. |
| 1979: Kintetsu and Rakuten outfielder Akihito Moritani is born. |
| 1978: Yakult sets a record with 129 straight games in which they scored at least one run. |
| 1972: Hanshin pitcher Yukiyasu Nakanose is born. |
| 1971: Daiei and Yomiuri infielder Hiroki Kokubo is born. |
| 1970: Hiroshima outfielder Kazuhiro Yamauchi retires. |
| 1970: Yokohama infielder Dave Doster is born. |
| 1968: Yomiuri grabs another Central League pennant. |
| 1968: Hanshin pitcher Yutaka Enatsu sets a new single season record with 381 strikeouts. |
| 1966: Hanshin and Kintetsu pitcher Toshiro Yufune is born. |
| 1961: Chunichi pitcher Hiroshi Gondo sets a new rookie record with 35 wins. |
| 1961: Hanshin and Daiei catcher Eiji Iwakiri is born. |
| 1960: Hiroshima names its minor league boss, Masato Monzen, as its manager. |
| 1959: Nippon Ham and Taiyo outfielder Tadami Futamura is born. |
| 1958: The Pacifc League schedule ends. |
| 1956: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1955: Taiyo pitcher Yasunobu Ohashi is born. |
| 1955: Yakult pitcher Yukio Kurosaka is born. |
| 1950: Osaka Stadium is overfilled for a double header that features a Chunichi-Yomiuri tilt and one between Hanshin and Shochiku. Eight people are injured in the crush, some seriously. |
| 1950: Yomiuri and Nippon Ham pitcher Takaaki Taniyama is born. |
| 1948: Hankyu outfielder Bernie Williams is born. |
| 1939: Toei infielder Tsuneo Chonan is born. |
| 1934: Hiroshima pitcher Koji Kozuka is born. |
| 1934: Yomiuri outfielder Shigeru Fujio is born. |
| 1934: Kintetsu outfielder Yoshinori Igawa is born. |
| 1931: Takahashi infielder Masaru Hamasaki is born. |
| 1926: Nankai and Taiyo outfielder Shozo Nakatsu is born. |
| 1924: Kokutetsu and Hiroshima outfielder Masataka Tsuchiya is born. |
| 1912: Dai Tokyo catcher Hiroshi Tagawa is born. |
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| 2005: Lotte releases outfielder Naoki Sogabe. |
| 2005: Yakult outfielder Shinichi Sato announces his retirement. |
| 2001: Orix names its minor league skipper, Hiromichi Ishige, as the manager of its top club. |
| 2001: Daiei manager Sadaharu Oh has surgery to remove his appendix. |
| 2000: Chunichi releases pitcher Masaaki Daito, infielders Hidekyuki Yasuda and Koji Yamada, as well as outfielder Minehide Arai. |
| 2000: Yokohama infielder Bobby Rose announces his retirement. |
| 2000: The Taiwan Major League season ends with Takehiro Ishii leading that circuit in wins and ERA. Takahide Itoh is named Fireman of the Year. |
| 1999: Hanshin's farm team beats the one from Nippon Ham 7-3 for the minor league championship. |
| 1999: Nippon Ham releases outfielders Atsuhiro Motonishi and Hideki Hashigami. |
| 1998: Yakult outfielder Tetsuya Iida raps his 1000th hit. |
| 1998: Yakult infielder Yuji Ono retires. |
| 1998: Yomiuri releases pitcher Masami Uno and outfielders Yudai Deguchi and Yoshikazu Komura. |
| 1998: Orix releases pitcher Yuichi Kiyohara and outfielder Yoshihiro Nishi. |
| 1998: Kintetsu pitchers Masao Teramae and Tomoharu Asano as well as infielders Kenji Horie and Hideyuki Mifune and outfielders Kazuto Moriyama and Keishi Iwamura. |
| 1997: Daiei endures its record tying 13th sayonara defeat that season. |
| 1997: It is announced that outfielder Atsunori Inaba will have bone chip removal surgery on his left elbow. |
| 1997: Yomiuri releases infielder Pedro Castellano. |
| 1997: Chunichi releases pitcher Kazuyoshi Ono. |
| 1997: Yokohama releases infielder Masahiro Fujita and outfielders Morimichi Iwamoto and Yutaka Ishimoto. |
| 1997: The New York Mets release pitcher Takashi Kashiwada. |
| 1996: Hanshin rallies for a pair of grand slams in the same inning during the final game of the season against Chunichi at Koshien Stadium, the first time in history that has occurred. Tsuyoshi Shinjo and Kazuhiko Shiotani were the men who connected. |
| 1996: Lotte announces the resignation of general manager Tatsuro Hirooka. |
| 1996: Lotte releases pitchers Akinori Kobayashi, Masayuki Nakayama and Hiroomi Ishinuki as well as Kiyoshi Yamanaka, infielder Kenji Tamba and outfielder Yoshinori Sumiyoshi. |
| 1996: Yokohama releases pitcher Yoshinari Nagano, catcher Yoshiki Otsuka and infielder Takahide Sano. |
| 1995: Infielders Jack Howell and Tatsunori Hara as well as catcher Hiromoto Okubo retire, though Howell would go back to MLB after leaving Japan. |
| 1995: Yomiuri releases infielders Nozomu Suzuki, Kenji Sato and Masaki Matsuoka as well as outfielders Kaname Yashiki and Hiroyasu Itoh. |
| 1995: Lotte releases pitchers Yoshihisa Shiratake, Funio Hattori, Hiromi Hanashima, Hiroyuki Morioka, Tsugio Kanazawa and Hideaki Yoshii. In addition, infielder Yoshihiko Morita retires. |
| 1995: Kintetsu releases pitchers Izumi Takayanagi and Michio Noguchi as well as infielder Noriaki Miyashita. |
| 1995: Kintetsu pitcher Masami Yamada, catcher Shuichiro Yasuda and outfielder Masaki Kato all retire. |
| 1994: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki finishes with a .385 average, a new Pacific League record. His 210 hits were a Japan record. |
| 1994: Orix' minor league squad edges Yomiuri's to win the minor league championship. |
| 1994: Yakult infielder Fujio Sumi holds a press conference toannounce his retirement. |
| 1994: Lotte decides it will release outfielder Mel Hall and infielder Hensley Meulens. |
| 1994: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1990: Kintetsu outfielder Ralph Bryant sets a new Japan record with 191 strikeouts. |
| 1989: Yakult infielder Takahiro Ikeyama sets a new Central League record with 137 strikeouts. |
| 1987: Yomiuri clinches the Central League flag. |
| 1986: Seibu clinches the Pacific League pennant with a win against Lotte. . |
| 1985: Seibu locks up the Pacific League crown. |
| 1985: Yakult outfielder Tsutomu Wakamatsu racks up his 2000th hit at Koshien Stadium in a game against Hanshin. |
| 1983: Daiei and Yokohama pitcher Hayato Terahara is born. |
| 1982: Nippon Ham and Seibu faceoff in the first game of the Pacific League playoff series. |
| 1978: The Central League regular season ends. Yakult has scored in 129 straight games to set a new CL record. They would score in 12 more beginning the following season to set a new pro yakyu record for not being rendered scoreless with 141. |
| 1977: The Pacifici League playoff series opens. |
| 1974: Lotte clinches the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1973: Toei infielder Katsuo Osugi slugs a homer in his sixth straight game, a new Pacific League record. |
| 1972: Nankai catcher Katsuya Nomura sets a new Japan record with 2236 games played in. |
| 1971: Lotte infielder Shinichi Etoh becomes the first man to win batting titles in both leagues. |
| 1969: On a day when his ballclub clinches another league title, Yomiuri Giants founder Matsutaro Shoriki dies at age 84. |
| 1969: Nishitetsu manager Futoshi Nakanishi resigns. |
| 1967: The start of a game between Chunichi and Sankei is delayed by 37 minutes when the ball shipment is late. |
| 1967: Yakult infielder Jim Tatum is born. |
| 1966: Nankai wins the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1962: Kintetsu pitcher Osamu Sasaki is born. |
| 1962: The Central League regular season ends. |
| 1961: Hiroshima and Daiei infielder Toshinori Nagata is born. |
| 1961: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1960: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1958: Yokohama catcher Kazumasa Ichikawa is born. |
| 1952: Nankai clinches the pennant on the last day of the Pacific League season. |
| 1951: Nishitetsu, Hanshin and Taiyo outfielder Hirokazu Kato is born. |
| 1946: Kintetsu infielder Jimmy Qualls is born. |
| 1944: Hankyu pitcher Masato Hamasaki is born. |
| 1943: Hiroshima infielder Tsutomu Tada is born. |
| 1938: Lotte pitcher Yoshiro Tsumajima is born. |
| 1933: Hiroshima pitcher Yoshio Bizen is born. |
| 1932: Yomiuri and Daiei Stars pitcher Masayuki Kasahara is born. |
| 1925: Yomiuri, Nishi Nihon, Nishitetsu and Hankyu outfielder Seiji Sekiguchi is born. |
| 1925: Tokyo Senators and Goldstar infielder Seiichi Suzuki is born. |
| 1921: Goldstar, Hiroshima and Hankyu outfielder Hirofumi Komae is born. |
| 1919: Osaka Tigers and Tokyu infielder Sadayuki Minagawa is born. |
| 1918: Nagoya, Lion, Yamato and Chunichi outfielder Hideo Suzuki is born. |
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| 2006: Chunichi clinches the Central League pennant by rallying for six runs in the top of the 12th inning at Tokyo Dome to rout Yomiuri 9-3. Dragons first baseman Tyrone Woods belted a three run homer in the fourth and a grand slam in the final frame for a total of seven RBIs. His 47 homers is a new team record. |
| 2006: During a game with Hiroshima, nine straight Yakult batters get hits, tying a pro yakyu record. In addition, Yakult pitcher Futoshi Yamabe announces his retirement. |
| 2006: Hanshin infielder Atsushi Kataoka announces his retirement. |
| 2003: Hanshin ends the season by having racked up a team record 87 victories as well as a record season attendance of over 3.3 million. |
| 2002: Yomiuri outfielder Hideki Matsui slugs to homers againat Yakult, including his 50th homer of the year. |
| 2002: Tokyo Senators/Tokyu infielder Shichiro Yokozawa dies at age 89. |
| 2001: Orix releases pitchers Nobutoshi Kishikawa, Koichi Takahashi and Satoshi Kuriyama as well as catcher Nobuo Takahashi and outfielders Jiro Fujitate and Shunichiro Matsumoto. Also, Masao Kida leaves the team to take an MLB shot. |
| 2000: Yokohama releases pitcher Hideyuki Awano. |
| 1999: Yakult ties a record by leaving 18 men on base in a game. |
| 1999: Seibu releases catcher Yukihiro Ueda. |
| 1998: Yakult's minor league affiliate beats Hanshin's to win the minor league championship. |
| 1998: Chunichi pitcher Keiichi Kojima retires. |
| 1997: Hanshin sets a new Japan record with 982 strikeouts. |
| 1997: Orix infielder Junichi Fukura retires. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham's farm team squeaks by one from Orix to win the Japan minoe league championship. |
| 1996: Lotte announces that manager Akira Ejiri will resign at the end of the season. |
| 1996: Chunichi releases pitchers Akira Uehara, Yasuhiro Kawabata, Tetsuhiro Nonaka and Yoichi Sasayama as well as infielder Kazutoshi Yamada. |
| 1995: Yomiuri pitcher Masumi Kuwata has a tendon transplant procedure on his elbow. |
| 1995: Seibu releases infielder Hatsuhiko Tsuji. They then ask Tsuji to be a coach, but he refuses. They also release pitchers Shuji Fujimoto and Nobuyuki Ishii as well as catcher Hideji Nakata and outfielder Masayuki Yokota. |
| 1994: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1993: Orix names Akira Ogi as its new manager. One of the first things Ogi then does is insert a guy named Ichiro Suzuki into the starting lineup. |
| 1993: Yomiuri outfielder Hideki Matsui sets a Central League record for players fresh out of high school with his ninth homer. |
| 1993: Yomiuri's farm team nabs its third straight minor league championship. |
| 1992: Yakult clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1992: Yakult infielder Tetsuya Iida sets a new Central League mark withi his 27th straight successful steal. |
| 1992: Daiei pitcher Takenori Yamuchi and infielder Yoshio Mizukami retire. |
| 1991: Seibu infielder Ken Hirano ties a Pacific League record with his 50th sac bunt of the campaign. |
| 1991: Taiyo infielder Tomio Tashiro slugs a grand slam against Hanshin in his final career at bat. |
| 1991: Nagoya Golden Dolphins, Taiyo, Nishitetsu and Goldstar infielder Wataru Nonin dies at age 76. |
| 1991: The Central League sets a new total attendance record with 12,250,000. |
| 1990: Kintetsu pitcher Hideo Nomo sets a new Japan mark for single season ten strikeout games with 21. |
| 1987: Seibu wins the Pacific League pennant with a victory over Kintetsu at Fujiidera Stadium. . |
| 1987: Nippon Ham decides to sign outfielder Brian Dayette. |
| 1987: Hanshin pitcher Ryuji Wakatake is born. |
| 1987: Hankyu infielder Boomer Wells slugs his fourth grand slam of the season. |
| 1986: Seibu first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara leads all rookies with a .304 average, 31 homers and 78 RBIs. |
| 1986: Hankyu outfielder Yutaka Fukumoto strikes out for the 1000th time. |
| 1985: Hankyu pitcher Hisashi Yamada ties a Pacific League record by giving up 42 homers that season. |
| 1985: Hanshin ties a Central League record with 205 homers. They also tie a CL mark with 136 sac bunts. |
| 1985: Hankyu releases infielder Joe Hicks. |
| 1984: Hiroshima third baseman Sachio Kinugasa makes it 14 years straight of playing in every game. |
| 1983: Seibu wins the Pacific League pennant by beating Hankyu in the first game of a doubleheader. |
| 1983: Hanshin beats Chunichi 11-6 at Nagoya Stadium for thier 3,000th win as a franchise. |
| 1983: Daiei outfielder Shotaro Ide is born. |
| 1981: A Pacific League playoff game between Nippon Ham and Lotte ends in a tie after five hours and 17 minutes. |
| 1980: Nippon Ham infielder Eiichi Koyano is born. |
| 1975: Yomiuri clinches its first last place finish in its history. |
| 1975: Hiroshima pitcher Reynoso Pascual is born. |
| 1969: Yomiuri pitcher Masaichi Kaneda wins his 400th career game. |
| 1969: A game between Kintetsu and Lotte lasts five hours and 15 minutes. |
| 1967: Yomiuri hurleer Tsuneo Horiuchi has the greatest day of any pitcher in the history of baseball, as he not only throws a no hitter, but also slugs three homers in consecutive at bats. |
| 1967: Taiyo and Chunichi pitcher Katsunori Kitano is born. |
| 1966: Orix infielder Francisco Cabrera is born. |
| 1964: Nippon Ham and Lotte outfielder Yoshinori Sumiyoshi is born. |
| 1955: Hanshin outfielder Seiichi Uematsu is born. |
| 1954: Kintetsu finally edges out a 1-0 victory over Toei at Osaka Stadium in the 23rd inning. It is the longest game by number of innings in Pacific League history. |
| 1953: Hanshin and Yakult infielder L.arry Parrish is born. |
| 1951: The Japan Series starts between Nankai and Yomiuri. |
| 1944: Tokyo Giants catcher Masaki Yoshiwara dies at age 25 during combat in WWII. |
| 1939: Chunichi pitcher Tsutomu Tanaka is born. |
| 1938: Kintetsu infielder Yukio Tomoto is born. |
| 1937: Yomiuri and Chunichi outfielder Isao Sasaki is born. |
| 1929: Hanshin catcher Mayumi Tono is born. |
| 1925: Yamato infielder Tokuji Hirai is born. |
| 1925: Tokyo Senators infielder Hiroshi Nezu is born. |
| 1923: Hiroshima and Taiyo pitcher Ryutaro Sugiura is born. |
| 1922: Hanshin, Taiyo, Kokutetsu, Kintetsu and Daiei Stars Tamaichi Yasui is born. |
| 1921: Yomiuri and Taiyo infielder Meiji Tazuka is born. |
| 1919: Taiyo pitcher Minoru Kawauchi is born. |
| 1917: Kinki Nihon and Goldstar catcher Yoshitsugu Yoshikawa is born. |
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| 2005: Yakult outfielder Norichika Aoki singles to right in the first inning off of Yokohama starter Ken Kadokura at Meiji Jingu Stadium for his 200th hit of the season, the first time ever in Central League history that a player had reached that plateau and only the second time ever in Japanese pro history. |
| 2001: Hiroshima infielder Kojiro Machida hammers his fourth lifetime pinch hit grand slam, tying a record. |
| 2001: Hiroshima pitcher Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara ties a Central League record with his 77th appearance. |
| 2001: Seibu promotes defense and baserunning coach Haruki Ihara to manager. |
| 2001: Yokohama releases pitcher Kento Sugiyama. |
| 2001: Yakult releases pitcher Shinji Mikami, infielder Koji Owaki and outfielder Takahiro Oyama. |
| 2000: The Central League schedule ends. Yakult finishes with the best fielding percentage in Central League history at .991. In addition, catcher Atsuya Furuta establishes a new pro yakyu record for fielding chances with 1088. |
| 2000: Hiroshima outfielder Tomoaki Kanemoto finishes the season with a rare .300 30 homers 30 steals campaign. |
| 2000: A Central League committee decides that the pennant winner will be determined by the number of wins beginning next season. In the event of a tie, the best winning percentage will advance to the Japan Series, Should that also be even, there will be a three game playoff. |
| 2000: Lotte announces that they will give fans a certificate proving that they were at the last game ever played in the 20th century when their seaosn ends. |
| 2000: Kansas City pitcher Makoto Suzuki has arthroscopic shoulder surgery. |
| 2000: Yakult pitcher Kazuhisa Ishii throws 1.1 scoreless innings against Hiroshima at Meiji Jingu Stadium in relief to win the ERA title over Chunichi's Masahiro Yamamoto by 0.04. |
| 1999: Lotte infielder Kiyoshi Hatsushiba is diagnosed with a fracture of his right hand and will miss a month. |
| 1999: Hiroshima finishes with 1.0665 million in attendance, its smallest ever and the fewest of any pro club that season. |
| 1998: Seibu shortstop Kazuo Matsui ties a record when he is thrown out trying to steal in a game three times. |
| 1998: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Tsuyoshi Shimazaki. |
| 1997: Yakult outfielder Tetsuya Iiidasuffers a left shoulder dislocation and leaves the game. |
| 1997: Lotte infielder Makoto Kosaka ties a team record with his 55th steal. |
| 1997: Orix will finish the season with a winning record against all five of its Pacific League opponents. |
| 1997: Yokohama sets a record with 1008 strikeouts. |
| 1997: It is announced that outfielder Yoshitomo Tani will have surgery on the middle finger of his right hand. |
| 1996: Lotte pitcher Hiroomi Ishinuki, catcher Kiyoshi Yamanaka and outfielder Ken Hirano all retire. |
| 1996: Orix infielder Kazuyuki Shirai retires. |
| 1996: Orix releases outfielder Shinichi Murakami. |
| 1996: Seibu catcher Koya Oyafuso retires. |
| 1995: Seibu trades pitcher Katsuyoshi Murata and outfielder Kazuaki Yamano to Chunichi for infielder Hiroyuki Maebara and outfielder Masaji Shimizu. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham releases catcher Fujio Tamura and infielder Kazuyuki Shirai. |
| 1995: Yokohama releases pitcher Hiroaki Matsuura and infielders Shinji Hara, Hideo Nakamura and Ryuji Okamoto as well as outfielder Akimasa Yokotani. Hara will become a coach with Hiroshima. |
| 1995: Chunichi releases pitchers Masami Ninomiya, Masaaki Kamanaka and Tomoya Kudoh as well as outfielder Kokoro Sano. |
| 1995: Lotte infielder Yoshihiko Morita retires. |
| 1994: Orix trades pitcher Yoshihiro Yamauchi to Yakult for pitcher Taira Suzuki. |
| 1994: Yomiuri releases pitchers Hiroaki Hirota, Keiichi Kojima and Takashi Oishi as well as infielder Hiroshi Sato and outfielder Koichi Osawa. |
| 1994: Yakult releases pitcher Tsugio Kanazawa, infielder Chisen Sakaguchi and outfielder Hidefumi Hara. |
| 1994: Orix releases pitcher Tsuyoshi Nishioka and outfielders Ty Gainey, Tadami Nakatani and Fumihito Yamamori. |
| 1994: Orix pitcher Yuichi Kohama, infielder Yoshihiro Yamakoshi and outfielder Terumitsu Kumano all retire. |
| 1994: Lotte releases pitcher Masahiko Ishida catchers Kenji Nishishima and Ietaka Ikeda as well as infielders Toshio Suzuki and Koji Shikano. |
| 1994: Lotte outfielder Fumio Itoh retires. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham pitcher Seiichi Sato retires. |
| 1993: Yomiuri rookie Hideki Matsui becomes the first rookie right out of high school in seven years to slug double figures in homers. |
| 1993: When Kintetsu outfielder R.J. Reynolds is told he will be released at the end of the season, he asks to be allowed to leave ASAP and the request is approved. |
| 1992: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1991: Nippon Ham decides to hire Masayuki Dobashi as manager. |
| 1990: Seibu pitcher Hirohisa Matsunuma retires. |
| 1990: Nagoya Golden Dolphins, Taiyo, Nishitetsu and Goldstar infielder Wataru Nonin dies at age 76. |
| 1989: Chunichi pitcher Akira Nishimoto wins his 20th game of the year. |
| 1989: Taiyo pitcher Yoshio Niiura suffers a vascular problem in his upper arm and will be out two months. |
| 1988: Seibu infielder Hisataka Yukizawa plays in his 1000th game. |
| 1985: Hiroshima decides to hire Junro Anan as its manager. |
| 1985: Seibu outfielder Koji Akiyama becomes the youngest player ever to 40 homers. |
| 1983: Yomiuri clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1983: The next Chunichi manager will be Kazuhiro Yamauchi, it is announced. |
| 1980: Kintetsu wins the second half Pacific League title. |
| 1980: Orix pitcher Atsuhiro Mitsuhara is born. |
| 1980: Hiroshima infielder Eishin Soyogi is born. |
| 1978: Hanshin manager Tsugio Goto resigns and Don Blasingame is hired to replace him. |
| 1976: Rakuten outfielder Takahiro Yamazaki is born. |
| 1976: Yomiuri first baseman Sadaharu Oh connects for his 715th career homer to eclispe the Babe. |
| 1968: Hankyu wins a game thanks to an 11th inning sayonara roundtripper from Kiyoshi Yano against Lotte at Nishinomiya Stadium. Five minutes later, Nankai loses its game with Kintetsu at Nihon Seimei Stadium, giving the Pacific League title to Hankyu. |
| 1967: Yomiuri and Nippon Ham pitcher Hirokazu Sakuma is born. |
| 1967: Taiyo outfielder Shozo Shigematsu wins the first game of a doubleheader against Sankei at Kawasaki Stadium with a walkoff homer and then comes back in the nightcap by leading off the first inning with a drive into the seats. It is the second time in Central League history that someone has connected for a sayonara blast in one game and then followed it up with going yard in his team's first bat in the next one, but the first timew it has ever been done during a doubleheader. |
| 1966: Seibu outfielder Kenji Tomashino is born. |
| 1966: Nippon Ham pitcher Mitsuru Tsunoda is born. |
| 1965: Lotte outfielder Norihito Yamashita is born. |
| 1961: Nishitetsu pitcher Kazuhisa Inao sets a new record with his 42nd victory. |
| 1959: Kintetsu infielder Pat Dodson is born. |
| 1956: Hanshin catcher Chosuke Watanabe is born. |
| 1955: Yomiuri pitcher Hideo Fujimoto wins his 200th career game. |
| 1953: Nippon Ham outfielder Naoto Asahara belts a pinch hit grand slam. |
| 1953: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1949: Chunichi outfielder Bobby Jones is born. |
| 1948: Hiroshima infielder Akikazu Nishimoto is born. |
| 1946: Yakult outfielder Jarvis Tatum is born. |
| 1946: Nankai, Yomiuri, Nippon Ham and Chunichi outfielder Masaru Tomita is born. |
| 1938: Tokyo Giants pitcher Victor Starfin picks up his 11th consecutive victory. |
| 1935: Hanshin pitcher Kazunori Nishimura is born. |
| 1931: Hankyu catcher Kazuhito Arai is born. |
| 1931: Toei infielder Sadao Kamiya is born. |
| 1930: Hiroshima pitcher Yoshikatsu Hakota is born. |
| 1918: Tokyo Senators, Kyuei, Nankai and Daiei Stars outfielder Shigeya Iijima is born. |
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| 2006: Yakult pitcher Yuhei Takai ties pro yakyu records with three wild pitches in one inning and four in the game against Yokohama. |
| 2004: Orix hires Akira Ogi as its manager. |
| 2002: Hanshin's affiliate beats Seibu's 16-3 at Botchan Stadium in Matsuyama, Ehime Prefecture in the minor league championship series for its second ever title. |
| 2001: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 2001: Yomiuri outfielder Hideki Matsui wins his first batting title. |
| 2001: Hanshin outfielder Norihiro Akahoshi wins the stolen base title. |
| 2001: Yakult shortstop Shinya Miyamoto sets a new record with 67 sac bunts. |
| 2001: Hiroshima pitcher Tsuyoshi Kikuchihara ties a record with 78 appearances. |
| 2001: Chunichi releases pitchers Hideo Koike, Hiroaki Nakayama, Taira Suzuki, Katsuhiro Maeda and Yoshitaka Nagata. |
| 2001: Daiei announces the acquistions of pitcher Carlos Castillo and infielder Morgan Burkhart. |
| 2001: Nippon Ham pitcher Hiroshi Shintani retires. |
| 2001: Milwaukee releases pitcher Makoto Suzuki. |
| 2000: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki tells the press that he will be leaving to play in MLB. |
| 2000: Yomiuri manager Shigeo Nagashima is named Manager of the Year. |
| 2000: Yokohama infielder Hitoshi Taneda is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 2000: Negotiations between Nate Minchey and Hiroshima break off. |
| 2000: Lotte pitcher Kaoru Takahashi suffers a left upper arm stress fracture and will be out eight weeks. |
| 1999: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1999: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki wins his sixth straight batting title. |
| 1999: The Pacific League sees attendance rise by 4.7% to 9,071,000. |
| 1999: Yokohama outfielder Jun Hatakeyama is released. |
| 1999: Hanshin releases pitcher Yuichi Kiyohara, infielder Kazunori Higuchi and outfielders Tomohiro Jo and Tatsunori Matsui. |
| 1998: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1998: Yokohama outfielder Takanori Suzuki wins the CL batting title. |
| 1998: Yokohama closer Kazuhiro Sasaki wins the CL saves title with 45. |
| 1998: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1998: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki wins his fifth straight batting title, the first time anyone had done that in history. |
| 1998: The Pacific League experiences a 13.5% attendance decline to 8, 665,000. |
| 1998: Lotte infielder Makoto Kosaka and Seibu infielder Kazuo Matsui tie for the steals title. |
| 1998: Chunichi sells pitcher Kikuo Yamada to Hiroshima. |
| 1998: Yakult announces the acquisitions of Brazilian Japanese players Tsugio Sato, an infielder, and outfielders Daniel Matsumoto and Yuichi Matsumoto. |
| 1998: Hiroshima decides to trade pitcher Hisataka Tomioka to Seibu. |
| 1998: Yakult releases pitchers Yasukatsu Shirai, Daigo Matsuoka, Hisanori Iwasaki, Takeshi Sato, Akira Uehara and Tetsuhiro Nonaka as well as infielder Hiroki Nobayashi. |
| 1998: Nippon Ham releases catcher Kazuhiko Yamashita. |
| 1997: The Pacific League schedule ends with the Pacific League exceeding ten million in total attendance. |
| 1997: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki wins his fourth straight Pacific League batting title and leads the circuit in hits as well. |
| 1997: Lotte infielder Makoto Kosaka sets a record for most steals by a rookie with 56. In addition, he appears in every game. |
| 1997: Daiei finishes in the second division for its 20th straight season (most of those when they were owned by Nankai). |
| 1997: Daiei pitcher Katsumichi Okamoto sets a rookie record with 22 save points. |
| 1997: The Hanshin Tigers finish with 1000 strikeouts, but Yokohama tops that with 1015. |
| 1997: Lotte infielder Toru Nimura announces his retirement. |
| 1997: Seibu releases pitcher Atsuhiro Chihara, infielders Shinichi Sakurai and Hiroyuki Mori, as well as outfielder Tadakatsu Hanyuda. |
| 1997: Pitcher Mark Acre passes a tryout for Yakult. |
| 1996: Daiei infielder Hiromichi Ishige retires and announces that he will go to the Dodgers minor league system to pick up coaching instruction. |
| 1996: Chunichi infielder Tadashi Kashima announces his retirement. |
| 1995: Yomiuri signs Korean college pitcher Cho Sung-min to an eight year contract. |
| 1995: Yokohama pitcher Ryoji Moriyama and outfielder Takaya Okawa decide to retire. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham pitcher Akira Miyakawa retires to become a batting practice pitcher with the team. |
| 1994: Daiei announces that Sadaharu Oh will take over as manager. |
| 1993: Daiei pitcher Tadashi Sugimoto announces his retirement. |
| 1992: Chunichi releases infielder Kazuhiro Yamauchi. |
| 1992: Daiei manager Koichi Tabuchi announces he is stepping down at a press conference. |
| 1992: Yomiuri announces that Shigeo Nagashima has been rehired to manage the club. |
| 1991: Yakult pitcher Takao Obana retires. |
| 1990: Taiyo pitcher Tatsumi Murata retires. |
| 1990: Lotte catcher Hidetoshi Hakamada retires. |
| 1990: Seibu outfielder Tadakatsu Hanyuda suffers a fracture and will be out three months. |
| 1989: Kintetsu's magic number is two. |
| 1989: Kintetsu outfielder Ralph Bryant homers in four straight at bats over two games of a doubleheader, three of those in the first game, the fourth time he has gone yard thrice that season, a record. He had done it six times lifetime in Japan to that point. |
| 1989: Nippon Ham infielder Mike Easler retires. |
| 1987: Hanshin fires manager Yoshio Yoshida. It is decided, too, that Minoru Murayama will fill that position. However, Yoshida's number when he was a player, 23, will be retired. |
| 1987: Yakult pitcher Kenichi Kajima reaches 1000 career strikeouts. |
| 1986: Hiroshima clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1985: Hanshin infielder Randy Bass breaks Chuck Manuel's record for most homers in a season by a foreigner with his 49th. |
| 1985: The Central League sets a new attendance record for a season. |
| 1984: Hanshin manager Motoo Ando will step down, it is revealed. |
| 1983: Hankyu centerfielder Yutaka Fukumoto makes it 14 straight years with at least 50 steals. |
| 1983: Nippon Ham pitcher Yutaka Enatsu sets a new record with his 32nd save of the season. |
| 1982: Yomiuri manager Motoshi Fujita resigns and Shigeo Nagashima is brought back. |
| 1978: The purchase of the Crowns Lighter Lions by Seibu is approved by the owners, as is theirmove from Fukuoka to Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture. |
| 1977: Nippon Ham pitcher Brad Thomas is born. |
| 1976: Taiheiyo Club owner Nakamura announces that the team will change its name to Crown Lighter starting next season. |
| 1974: Chunichi clinches the Central League flag. |
| 1972: Kintetsu pitcher Takaharu Nakagawa is born. |
| 1971: The Japan Series opens at Nishinomiya Stadium with Yomiuri edging Hankyu 2-1. |
| 1968: The Japan Series opens at Korakuen Stadium and Hankyu squeaks by Yomiuri 5-4. Tetsuya Yoneda, who had come on in the eighth, earns credit for the victory. Ironically, the strike three call on Shigeru Takada that ended it would later be admitted that it was actually a ball by the plate umpire. |
| 1964: Chunichi outfielder Toshikatsu Hikono is born. |
| 1957: Chunichi pitcher Hiroomi Oyane tosses a no hitter. |
| 1956: Lotte pitcher Steve Shirley is born. |
| 1949: The San Francisco Seals arrive in Japan. |
| 1947: Yakult infielder Kameshige Ozaki is born. |
| 1939: Daimai outfielder Tadayoshi Inagaki is born. |
| 1939: Hiroshima infielder Katsuhisa Urushihata is born. |
| 1938: Nishitetsu pitcher Tadashi Yamanomoto is born. |
| 1935: Hiroshima infielder Yoshitaka Kosaka is born. |
| 1933: Takahashi, Daiei Stars and Daimai infielder Shinya Sasaki is born. |
| 1917: Eagles outfielder Minoru Tamura is born. |
| 1917: Tokyo Giants infielder Osamu Tsutsui is born. |
| 1913: Osaka Tigers, Yamato, Pacific and Nishi Nihon outfielder Toshio Kojima is born. |
| 1911: Hankyu catcher Yoshifumi Shimamoto is born. |
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| 2006: Chunichi released pitchers Masataka Endo and Kenichi Toriyabe as well as catcher Yuichi Yanagisawa. |
| 2006: Yakult centerfielder Norichika Aoki cracks three hits to make it 391 knocks over his last two seasons, breaking the NPB record of 389 set by Ichiro Suzuki. |
| 2000: Daiei reliever Masao Fujii dies at age 32 of interstitial pneumonia. |
| 2000: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka, who was picked up for driving with a suspended license, is referred for prosecution. Matsuzaka is suspended indefinitely and fined 200,000 yen. In addition, Lions owner Yoshiaki Tsutsumi orders the resignations of team public relations head Akihiro Kuroiwa and team president Kenji Ono. Pacific League chairman Kazuo Harano also issues a reprimand of Seibu. |
| 2000: Masaaki Mori officially assumes the reigns of the Yokohama Bay Stars. |
| 2000: Chunichi trades pitcher Yasushi Tsuruta to Hiroshima for pitcher Makoto Kito. |
| 2000: Hiroshima releases pitcher Reynoso Pascual. |
| 2000: Hanshin announces the release of infielder Micah Franklin. |
| 1999: The NPB draft committee allows high schoolers to have the right to choose the team they go to inj the first two rounds. NPB then seeks the understanding of the Japan High School Federation on the issue. |
| 1999: Yakult outfielder Kota Soejima undergoes surgery to remove cartilage from his right knee. |
| 1998: Yokohama pitcher Takashi Saito is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1998: Chunichi pitcher Koji Yamada is released. |
| 1998: Lotte relases pitchers Shigeyori Koharazawa and Ryu Hanegawa, infielder Kazunori Higuchi and outfielder Hiroyasu Hayashi. |
| 1997: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1997: Hiroshima pitcher Yutaka Ono sets a record for longest career. |
| 1997: Hiroshima outfielder Koichi Ogata racks up his third consecutive steals title. |
| 1997: Orix trades pitcher Takashi Watabe to Lotte for infielder Akihiro Igarashi. |
| 1997: Daiei releases pitcher Takashi Ashikaga. |
| 1996: Lotte releases pitcher Makoto Itoh. |
| 1995: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1995: Hiroshima infielder Kenjiro Nomura finishes with a rare .300 30 homers and 30 steals trifecta. |
| 1995: Hiroshima sells pitcher Tetsu Suzuki to Seibu. |
| 1994: Yomiuri pitcher Akira Nishimoto announces his retirement. |
| 1994: Chunichi manager Hiromichi Takagi resigns. |
| 1993: Seibu clinches the Pacific League pennant with a win against Lotte at Chiba Marine Stadium. |
| 1993: Chunichi outfielder Alonzo Powell leads off the game with a homer and then wins it with a walkoff jack. |
| 1993: Hanshin infielder Hiromi Matsunaga gets tossed from a game. |
| 1992: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1992: Daiei outfielder Makoto Sasaki wins both the batting and steals titles. |
| 1992: Taiyo manager Akira Ejiri resigns and joins the team's front office. |
| 1992: Kintetsu outfielder Hiromasa Arai retires. |
| 1992: Chunichi decides to release pitcher Scott Anderson. |
| 1992: Daiei pitchers Shuichi Yamakawa and Eiji Hamanaka retire. |
| 1992: Daiei releases infielder Katsutoshi Tomari and pitchers Satoru Takashima, Hidetsugu Nishimura and Yoshimori Okamoto. |
| 1992: Orix decides to sign outfielder Ty Gainey after a tryout. |
| 1991: Chunichi first baseman Hiromitsu Ochiai walks six times in a game, a new record. |
| 1991: Hiroshima clinches the Central League pennant. |
| 1991: For the first time in history, two wmen are allowed to participate in a pro tryout. They don't pass. |
| 1990: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1990: Lotte pitcher Choji Murata has the final appearance of his career at Kawasaki Stadium and was named the winner in a five inning shutout that was called due to rain. In addition, catcher Hidetoshi Hakamada retires as well. |
| 1989: Seibu pitcher Taigen Kaku racks up his 1000th career straikeout. |
| 1988: Nishi Nihon infielder Eiji Tanaami dies at age 64. |
| 1985: Hankyu infielder Jitsuo Muzutani retires. |
| 1985: Lotte pitcher Yoshihisa Naruse is born. |
| 1984: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1984: The Japan Series opens between Hiroshima and Hankyu. |
| 1982: Seibu pitcher Tetsuya Iwasaki is born. |
| 1981: Nippon Ham wins its first pennant since that firm acquired the team by taking a Pacific League playoff series 3-1-1. |
| 1977: Hiroshima pitcher Takinori Yoshitoshi is born. |
| 1970: Daiei pitcher Yasushi Hamagiwa is born. |
| 1967: Seibu infielder Scott Cooper is born. |
| 1964: Yakult, Kintetsu and Yokohama outfielder Yukio Arai is born. |
| 1962: Hanshin infielder Mitsuharu Yamawaki is born. |
| 1962: The Japan Series opens. |
| 1962: Lotte outfielder Akikazu Okabe is born. |
| 1956: Yakult pitcher Andy Beene is born. |
| 1955: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1952: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1950: Kintetsu outfielder Shigeyoshi Morishita sets a then record with a homer in his fifth consecutive game. |
| 1939: Toei, Nankai and Lotte infeidler Shuzo Aono is born. |
| 1935: Chunichi pitcher Tameo Okuhara is born. |
| 1926: Tokyu outfielder Raita Terada is born. |
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| 2006: Chunichi infielder Masahiro Kawai will retire at the end of the season to become a coach with the team, it is announced. |
| 2006: Hiroshima infielder Itsuki Asai has decided to retire, it is learned. |
| 2005: The Central League regular season ends. |
| 2005: Seibu releases outfielder Hiroaki Ueda. |
| 2000: Koji Yamamoto is named manager of Hiroshima. |
| 2000: Chunichi releases pitcher Masato Higasa. |
| 1999: Yokohama infielder Bobby Rose ties a Central League record with his 191st hit of the season. |
| 1999: Yokohama applies to have the name of its minor league team changed. It would become the Shonan Sea Rex. |
| 1998: Nippon Ham infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai announces his retirement. |
| 1998: Yakult pitchers Akimitsu Itoh and Hisanobu Watanabe retire. |
| 1998: Yakult releases outfielders Tomohiro Jo and Shinji Hata as well as pitcher Atsushi Ibayashi. |
| 1998: Lotte releases pitcher Takashi Watabe. |
| 1998: News comes out that Seibu has released outfielder Makoto Sasaki. |
| 1997: Chunichi sends catcher Akihiro Yano and infielder Yasuaki Taiho to Hanshin for catcher Koichi Sekikawa and infielder Teruyoshi Kuji. |
| 1996: Akihito Kongo takes over as manager at Lotte, replacing Bobby Valentine. |
| 1996: Chunichi pitcher Ganji Kaku retires. |
| 1996: Seibu pitcher Shinya Jinno, infielder Kazuyiki Yamada and outfielder Haruki Yoshitake all retire. |
| 1996: Daiei infielders Koji Moriwaki and Takashi Ogawa retire. |
| 1995: Daiei releases outfielder Kazunori Yamamoto. |
| 1995: Hiroshima sells pitcher Norihiro Akimura to Nippon Ham. |
| 1993: Kintetsu outfielder Ralph Bryant whiffs for the 198th time to tie his own single seaosn Japan record. |
| 1993: Orix pitcher Koji Noda takes over the Pacific League lead in wins. |
| 1993: Yakult doubts that pitchers Yoichi Okabayashi and Tomohito Itoh will be ready in time for the Japan Series. |
| 1993: Yakult pitcher Naoyuki Naito hurts his shoulder and is taken off the roster. |
| 1993: Central League chairman Hiromori Kawashima reprimands Hanshin infielder Hiromi Matsunaga for getting tossed in a game the day before. |
| 1992: Taiyo formally announces that Akihito Kondo will be their new manager. |
| 1992: Akira Ogi has a press ocnference to discuss why he stepped down as manager of Kintetsu. |
| 1992: New Kintetsu manager Keishi Suzuki announces his new coaching staff. |
| 1992: Lotte outfielder Masahiro Daijun retires. He would then return to Taiwan and play in its pro leagues. |
| 1992: Lotte releases pitchers Eijiro Ai and Toshio Tajima. |
| 1991: Taiyo coach Katsuo Osugi quits due to illness. |
| 1991: Chunichi infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai goes 5-6 in a doubleheader to pass Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta in the CL batting race. |
| 1991: Hanshin decides to do away with the "lucky zone" at Koshien Stadium. |
| 1989: Kintetsu wins the pennant. |
| 1989: In his first pro at bat, Daiei outfielder Noriyoshi Omichi doubles. |
| 1988: Kintetsu infielder Yoshiaki Kanemura breaks his hand and will be out at least seven weeks. |
| 1986: Lotte collects 27 hits in a game, a new Pacific League record. |
| 1986: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai goes yard for the 50th time that season in a game against Nankai at Kawasaki Stadium, making him the first man in Japanese history to rack up back to back 50 jack years. |
| 1986: Hanshin first baseman Randy Bass finishes the season with a .389 average, the highest ever in Japanese annals. |
| 1985: Randy Bass becomes the first foreign player in Japanese history to 50 homers. He would eventually run up 11 multi-homer games that season and be named MVP. |
| 1985: Kintetsu pitcher Yutaka Yanagida makes his 500th career appearance. |
| 1974: Yomiuri third baseman Shigeo Nagashima retires after the last gameof the season with the Chunichi Dragons at Korakuen Stadium, saying in a speech that the Yomiuri Giants are forever. The televisiion broadcast of the ceremony would be the highest rated program of the year. |
| 1974: Hanshin manager Masayasu Kaneda resigns. |
| 1972: Seibu infielder Hiroyuki Takagi is born. |
| 1970: Daiei outfielder Tony Mitchell is born. |
| 1967: Hanshin infielder Kazuhiro Yamauchi cracks his 2000th career hit. |
| 1965: Yomiuri clinches the pennant. |
| 1961: In a game between Daimai and Nishitetsu, Orions infielder Toshio Yanagita slugged what should have been a three run homer in the seventh inning, but he passes one of the runners and is out. |
| 1959: Yomiuri pitcher Takehiko Bessho wins his 300th career game. |
| 1953: The New York Giants arrive in Japan to play against NPB teams. |
| 1948: Yomiuri outfielder Noboru Aota runs up 15 total bases in a game, a then Japan record. |
| 1941: Nishitetsu Lions pitcher Toshio Ando is born. |
| 1940: Hankyu infielder Bill Sorrell is born. |
| 1926: Tokyo Orions manager Hitoshi Tamaru is born. |
| 1924: Hanshin outfielder Akiyoshi Morita is born. |
| 1922: Chunichi catcher Daisuke Etoh is born. |
| 1918: Osaka Tigers, Hankyu, Tokyu, Nishi Nihon, Nishitetsu and Hiroshima outfielder Hiroyoshi Tsukamoto is born. |
| 1910: Tokyo Giants catcher Nobuo Kura is born. |
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| 2006: Softbank releases pitchers Shuji Yoshida and Katsunori Okamoto as well as infielder Takuma Sadaoka and outfielders Noriyoshi Omichi and Katsuhiko Miyaji. |
| 2002: Nankai and Chunichi infielder Toru Tsuchiya dies at age 79. |
| 2001: Yakult Swallows manager Tsutomu Wakamatsu is named Cemtral League Manager of the Year. |
| 2001: Hanshin pitcher Toshihide Narimoto is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 2001: Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki tears up the Cleveland Indians and they advance to face the Yankees for the American League championship. |
| 2000: Lotte shortstop Makoto Kosaka racks up his fourth straight 30 steals season. |
| 2000: Daiei releases pitcher Mitsugu Saito. |
| 1999: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1999: Yomiuri pitcher Koji Uehara finishes at the top of the heap in wins, winning percentage, ERA and strikeouts, the first time a rookie has ever lead in all four categories. |
| 1999: Yokohama finishes with a team batting average of .294, the highest in history. |
| 1999: Yokohama infielder Bobby Rose finishes with a new Central League record 192 hits. |
| 1999: Yokohama infielder Takuro Ishii plays in his 1000th career game. |
| 1999: Yomiuri coach Kazunori Shinozuka is interviewed at his home by the police about an "illegal act" by a car dealership. He is eventually suspended by his team due to this controversy. |
| 1999: Chunichi releases outfielder Kaoru Nihei. |
| 1999: OPrix releases infielder Chris Donnels. |
| 1999: Lotte releases pitcher Satoru Komiyama. |
| 1998: Yokohama releases pitcher Yosuke Nishizawa and outfielder Shingo Matsukubo. |
| 1998: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Kengo Hayashida and Shinya Murakami as well as infielder Nozomu Suzuki. |
| 1996: Daiei infielders Koji Moriwaki and Hiroshi Ogawa retire. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham hires Toshiharu Ueda as its manager. |
| 1994: It is revealed that Chunichi infielder Yasuaki Taiho had suffered a stress fracture int he sole of one ofhis feet shortsly after Opening Day. |
| 1993: Yakult clinches the pennant. |
| 1993: Orix decides to release pitcher Kelvin Torve. |
| 1993: It is decided that Yomiuri outfielder Lloyd Moseby will leave the team. |
| 1992: Yokohama signs infielder Bobby Rose and releases outfielder R.J. Reynolds. |
| 1992: Yakult pitcher Akimitsu Itoh is names Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1990: Orix releases outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota and he decides to sign with Daiei. |
| 1989: Hiroshima infielder Kozo Shoda steals six bases in a game to tie a record. |
| 1989: The regular season ends. |
| 1989: Hiroshima pitcher Tsunemi Tsuda racks up save points in his 12th straight game, tying a record. |
| 1987: Hankyu third baseman Hiromi Matsunaga homers from both sides of the plate in a game. |
| 1987: Minoru Murayama assumes the manager position with Hanshin. |
| 1986: Takeshi Koba assumes the managerial post with Taiyo. |
| 1985: Nankai releases infielder Jeff Doyle. |
| 1985: Yomiuri releases pitcher Sogen Miyake. |
| 1984: Hanshin manager Motoo Ando resigns. |
| 1980: Rakuten infielder Naoto Watanabe is born. |
| 1977: Hankyu clinches the pennant. |
| 1977: Nippon Ham infielder Mitch Jones is born. |
| 1975: Hiroshima grabs its first ever pennant. |
| 1974: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1974: Yomiuri first baseman Sadaharu Oh finishies with his second consecutive Triple Crown. |
| 1973: Hiroshima pitcher Tim Young is born. |
| 1969: Hankyu clinches the pennant. |
| 1968: Daiei and Yokohama pitcher Yutaka Ashikaga is born. |
| 1965: Lotte infielder Reiji Osari is born. |
| 1963: Yomiuri notches a pennant. |
| 1963: Orix outfielder Todd Brown is born. |
| 1961: Nankai wins the pennant. |
| 1960: Taiyo is victorious in game four to finish a Japan Series sweep, its first ever championship. |
| 1957: Hankyu and Chunichi outfielder Yoshihiro Ariga is born. |
| 1956: Seibu and Taiyo outfielder Hiroshi Yoshimoto is born. |
| 1955: The Japan Series opens. |
| 1945: Sankei pitcher Satoshi Takai is born. |
| 1942: Lotte pitcher Shigeo Kondo is born. |
| 1936: Taiyo pitcher Shigeru Suzuki is born. |
| 1933: Daiei Stars, Takahashi, Toei, Daimai and Hanshin pitcher Takao Iio is born. |
| 1933: Chunichi infielder Shigemitsu Ozawa is born. |
| 1932: Shochiku and Tokyu infielder Nobuaki Tarui is born. |
| 1931: Hiroshima catcher Minoru Hasebe is born. |
| 1929: Yomiuri pitcher Minoru Suzuki is born. |
| 1928: Yomiuri pitcher Masanori Iritani is born. |
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| 2006: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 2005: Yakult releases pitcher Tatsuki Yamamoto. |
| 2002: Yokohama announces that former infielder Daisuke Yamashita will become its next manager. |
| 2001: Seibu catcher Tsutomu Itoh is made a player-coach. |
| 2001: Kintetsu releases pitchers Toshiro Mifune, Hiroto Kato and Takuichi Furuike as well as infielders Shoya Shinzato and Kota Yoshida and outfielders Hideaki Okubo and Makoto Hagiwara. |
| 2001: The Pacific League announces its schedule for the 2002 season. A Regular season series will be played in Taiwan. |
| 2001: Yokohama pitcher Takashi Saito has arthroscopic surgery to clean out his shoulder. |
| 2001: Lotte outfielder Hiromi Oho has surgery to repair a fracture. |
| 2000: The regular season schedule ends with Daiei taking its second consecutive Pacific League title. |
| 2000: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki, in his last season in Japan, racks up his seventh straight batting title. |
| 2000: For the first time ever, a league ERA champ wins that title with a figure over 3.00. |
| 2000: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka leads the PL in wins for the second year in a row. |
| 2000: Orix outfielder Yasuo Fujii plays in his 1500th game. |
| 2000: Chunichi releases pitcher Shigeki Sano. |
| 2000: Hanshin releases pitcher Roberto Ramirez. |
| 2000: Former Daiei pitcher Masao Fujii is buried. |
| 2000: The Nagoya Prosecutor's Office decides not to charge Chunichi manager Senichi Hoshino, third baseman Kazuyoshi Tatsunami and outfielder Takayuki Onishi with assault and battery in an incident in which umpire Atsushi Kittaka was beaten up. |
| 1999: Orix pitcher Hisashi Ogura has surgery to remove a torn knee ligament. |
| 1998: It comes to light that Lotte will not re-sign infielder Julio Franco. |
| 1998: Kintetsu outfielder Terushi Nakajima retires. |
| 1998: Hanshin pitcher Toshiro Mifune has surgery on his foot. |
| 1998: Toshiba announces that it will abolish its industrial league team after the 1999 season. |
| 1997: Yakult outfielder Tetsuya Iida suffers a shoulder fracture and will needa month to fully heal. |
| 1997: Yakult skipper Katsuya Nomura is named Central League Manager of the Year. |
| 1997: Yakult pitcher Tomohito Itoh is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1997: Lotte trades pitcher Nobutoshi Kishikawa and infielder Tokitaka Minamibuchi to Chunichi for pitcher Hiromu Kojima and infielder Kazunori Higuchi. |
| 1997: Orix announces it will release infielder Troy Neel. |
| 1997: Seibu releases pitcher Robert Wishnevski. |
| 1996: Nippon Ham outfielder Shinichi Igarashi officially announces his retirement. |
| 1996: Chunichi releases catcher Takamasa Matsui. |
| 1996: Yakult pitcher Kenji Miyamoto and outfielder Eiji Kanamori announce their retirements. |
| 1996: Lotte catcher Goichi Inokubo retires. |
| 1995: Hiroshima trades outfielder Shigeki Oto and infielder Kazutoshi Yamada to Chunichi for pitcher Takanobu Wakabayashi and cash. |
| 1995: Hiroshima outfielder Shinji Nishida retires. |
| 1995: Yakult manager Katsuya Nomura is named Central League Manager of the Year. |
| 1993: Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta's 161 hits is a record for a catcher. |
| 1993: Yokohama pitcher Akio Saito retires. |
| 1992: Hanshin infielder Yoshihiko Takahashi retires. |
| 1992: Orix infielder Mineo Fukuhara retires and accepts a minor league coaching position. |
| 1991: On the last day of the season, Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta cracks a hit in his first at bat and passes Chunichi first baseman Hiromitsu Ochiai in the CL batting race. It is also the highest average ever by a catcher. |
| 1991: Taiyo trades Yoshio Niiura to Nankai in exchange for catcher Yoshiki Otsuka. |
| 1989: Hall of Fame umpire Nobuaki Nidegawa, who was famous for his statement that "I am the rule book," dies at age 88. |
| 1988: Chunichi's 147 sac bunts sets a new record. |
| 1987: Hankyu centerfielder Yutaka Fukumoto's 18 straight years with at least 100 hits sets a new Pacific League record. |
| 1987: Lotte pitcher Kazuhiko Ushijima's eight straight saves ties a Pacific League record. |
| 1985: Hanshin clinches the pennant. |
| 1985: Hanshin infielders Randy Bass and Masayuki Kakefu homer in the same game for the 15th time that season, a new record for any two hitters on one club in a given campaign. |
| 1982: Hiroshima third baseman Sachio Kinugasa makes it 12 straight years playing in every game. |
| 1979: Kintetsu rips off its third straight victory to lock up its first ever pennant. |
| 1976: Yomiuri clinches the Central League flag. |
| 1975: Nippon Ham catcher Mitsuhisa Nakayama is born. |
| 1974: Chunichi catcher Eiichi Nakano is born. |
| 1974: The Japan Series opens. |
| 1970: Lotte pitcher Scott Davidson is born. |
| 1968: Daiei pitcher Masao Fujii is born. |
| 1958: Nippon Ham and Yomiuri infielder Hideaki Tsusue is born. |
| 1953: Yomiuri wins game seven of the Japan Series to grab the championship four games to two with one tie. |
| 1953: Due to the New York Giants coming to Japan, the final five regular seaosn games of the season are officially canceled and the season is ended. All the games were to match Kokutetsu against Yomiuri. |
| 1952: Hiroshima, Nankai and Yomiuri pitcher Motoyasu Kaneshiro is born. |
| 1950: Chunichi and Nippon Ham outfielder Yasunori Oshima is born. |
| 1948: Yomiuri rakes for 59 total bases in a game, a new record. In addition, Giants second baseman Shigeru Chiba scores six runs, a new single game record. It has been done several times since. They also combine for a record 11 doubles, six of those in a single inning, also a record. |
| 1948: Nankai outfielder Tsutomu Ikejiri is born. |
| 1943: Chunichi, Nishitetsu and Yomiuri outfielder Isao Hirono is born. |
| 1941: Nankai outfielder Masumi Agata is born. |
| 1941: Hiroshima outfielder Kazuyoshi Miura is born. |
| 1941: Nishitetsu outfielder Yukio Suzuki is born. |
| 1935: Hanshin pitcher Isoroku Nishi is born. |
| 1934: Nishitetsu pitcher Mitsuyasu Shimokawa is born. |
| 1926: Kyuei, Daiei Stars, Hankyu and Hanshin infielder Masaharu Takita is born. |
| 1914: Taiyo and Kokutetsu infielder Ryohei Moriya is born. |
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| 2006: Orix releases outfielder Cliff Brumbaugh. |
| 2001: Hanshin trades infielder Kazuhiko Shiotani to Orix for infielder Hidemitsu Saito. |
| 2001: Yakult releases pitcher Koji Takagi. |
| 2001: Kintetsu infielder Takashi Yoshida retires. |
| 2001: Kintetsu pitcher Masashi Nara has surgery to remove bone chips in his elbow. |
| 2000: A rape complaint is filed against Yomiuri catcher Naoki Sugiyama. He is suspended and ordered to stay home and left off the Japan Series roster. |
| 2000: Kintetsu sells outfielder Takayuki Murakami to Seibu. |
| 2000: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Hiroshi Numada. |
| 2000: Chunichi releases pitcher Takeshi Aiko. |
| 2000: Yokohama catcher Kosaku Akimoto retires. |
| 2000: Nippon Ham pitcher Satoru Kanemura, who was experiencing some weakness in his front right shoulder, is diagnosed with Bennet's disease. |
| 2000: Hanshin outfielder Tomochika Tsuboi goes into hospital to have left elbow surgery. |
| 1998: A plan by MLB to open the 2000 season in Japan is approved by NPB. |
| 1997: It is revealed that pitcher Kiyoshi Toyoda will have elbow surgery to remove bone chips. |
| 1997: Yokohama acquires outfielder Jose Malave. |
| 1997: Hanshin releases infielders Phil Hiatt and Darnell Coles. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham releases infielder Hidekyuki Yasuda. |
| 1997: Daiei releases pitcher Shinji Matsuda. |
| 1997: Yomiuri releases pitcher Yuji Mizuno. |
| 1996: Chunichi releases catcher Yutaka Hasebe. |
| 1996: Yokohama releases pitcher Atsunori Itoh and outfielder Tomiji Iizuka. |
| 1996: Hanshin releases outfielder Masayoshi Oishi. |
| 1996: Lotte releases pitcher Kiyokazu Seki. |
| 1996: Yomiuri manager Shigeo Nagashima is named Central League Manager of the Year. Hiroshima Carp pitcher Shinichi Kato is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1995: Lotte manager Bobby Valentine is fired and his head coach, Akira Ejiri, replaced him. |
| 1994: Hanshin releases infielder Tom O'Malley and outfielder Rob Deer. |
| 1994: Hiroshima releases infielder Marty Brown. |
| 1994: Kintetsu releases pitcher Osamu Sasaki and infielder Takaharu Hayashi. |
| 1993: Hideo Nomo leads the Pacific League in wins for the fourth straight year. |
| 1992: The Japan Series between Yakult and Seibu begins, and the Swallows' Toru Sugiura slugs the first pinch hit sayonara grand slam in series history. |
| 1991: The Pacific League schedule ends. The total attendance for the year is 9.474,000, a circuit record. |
| 1991: Nippon Ham announces a new ballpark and dormitory facilities for its minor league squad in Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture. |
| 1990: Yakult outfielder Hideki Kuriyama retires. |
| 1989: Tokyo Giants pitcher Tomosaburo Narita dies at age 72. |
| 1986: The Central League regular season schedule ends with Hanshin first baseman Randy Bass claiming his second consecutive Triple Crown. In addition, his .389 average is the highest ever recorded. |
| 1986: Hiroshima Carp infielder Sachio Kinugasa makes it 16 straight years of playing in every game. He would hang it up after the following season. |
| 1985: It is announced that Seibu pitcher Taigen Kaku's shoulder is hurting and he will be unable to play in the Japan Series. |
| 1985: Hiroshima catcher Mitsuo Tatsukawa blasts the 500th grand slam in Central League history. |
| 1985: Lotte outfielder Michiyo Arito plays in his 2000th game. |
| 1985: Kintetsu infielder Hideji Kato scores his 1000th career run. |
| 1985: Nankai outfielder Mototomi Yoshimura decides to join the Eagles in the KBO. |
| 1983: Hankyu outfielder Masafumi Yamamori is given an award for most spectacular defensive play after he climbed the leftfield wall at Nishinomiya Stadium and backhanded a ball that was clearly going over the wall. A picture of the catch is in the Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown. |
| 1983: Seibu's minor league team wins the Eastern League title. |
| 1981: The Japan Series opens, pitting Nippon Ham against Yomiuri. It is the last time the Fighters appeared in the Japanese fall classic. |
| 1980: Hiroshima locks up the Central League pennant. |
| 1978: Hiroshima outfielder Toru Fukura is born. |
| 1975: Yomiuri pitcher Hector Almonte is born. |
| 1974: Tokyo Senators, Toei and Kintetsu pitcher Shigeaki Kuroo dies at age 48. |
| 1972: Lotte pitcher Soichi Fujita is born. |
| 1971: Yomiuri wins game five of the Japan Series for another championship. |
| 1967: Hanshin infielder Mark Johnson is born. |
| 1963: Nankai catcher Katsuya Nomura rockets his 52nd homer, a then Japan record. |
| 1963: Hankyu and Hanshin pitcher Hiroshi Ishii is born. |
| 1962: Yokohama outfielder Glenn Braggs is born. |
| 1962: The Pacific League schedule concludes. |
| 1958: Taiyo pitcher Tadayoshi Yamaguchi is born. |
| 1956: Nishitetsu whips Yomiuri 5-1 in game six of the Japan Series for its first ever championship. |
| 1956: The Los Angeles Dodgers arrive in Japan. |
| 1955: Hanshin pitcher Ichiro Akamatsu is born. |
| 1953: The New York Giants arrive in Japan. |
| 1951: Yomiuri wins its first Japan Series four games to one. |
| 1950: Taiyo ties a record with 28 hits in a game and racks up a Central League record 28 runs. |
| 1945: Toei outfielder Bob Christian is born. |
| 1944: Taiyo outfielder Masataka Kusaka is born. |
| 1940: The Eagles become the Kurowashi (Black Eagles), The Osaka Tigers becomes Hanshin and the Tokyo Senators becomes Tsubasa in a really misguided attempt to rid Japan of all english language influences. |
| 1936: Chunichi infielder Fukuzo Yanagawa is born. |
| 1917: Lion infielder Toshio Tamakoshi is born. |
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| 2006: Softbank infielder Yusuke Torigoe and outfielder Tatsuya Ide announce their retirements. |
| 2005: Atsuya Furuta is officially hired as he manager of the Yakult Swallows, He becomes the first player/manager in NPB in 29 years. |
| 2002: Lotte closer Masahide Kobyashi ends a streak of 22 consecutive save points when he blows a five run lead against Kintetsu. |
| 2001: Lotte sends pitcher Junichi Muto to Nippon Ham for pitcher Junji Kuroki. |
| 2001: Chunichi releases pitchers KazuhiroTakeda and Shinji Imanaka. |
| 2001: Orix releases pitchers Masahiro Kimura and Kiyohiko Sugimoto as well as infielder Ryo Kawano and outfielder Masaoki Tanaka. |
| 2000: Orix releases pitcher Atsushi Ota and catcher Masatoshi Higashi. |
| 2000: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Ramon Tatis. |
| 2000: Hiroshima announces the addition of former Chunichi pitcher Tsuyoshi Shimazaki. |
| 1999: Chunichi releases pitchers Kenichiro Idemoto and Ryuzo Kanamori. |
| 1998: In game one of the Japan Series, Yokohama whips Seibu 9-4. |
| 1997: In game one of the Japan Series, Yakult edges Seibu 1-0. Yakult southpaw Kazuhisa Ishii ties a series record with 12 strikeouts. |
| 1997: Orix releases pitcher Nobuhiko Watanabe and infielder Naoyuki Kazaoka. |
| 1995: Hanshin formally names Taira Fujita is the team's manager for next season. |
| 1994: Orix infielder Yoshihiro Yamakoshi retires. |
| 1994: Daiei pitcher Ryuji Taguchi retires. |
| 1994: Lotte pitcher Yusuke Satomi retires. |
| 1993: Yakult sets a team record with 80 wins by beating Hanshin at Meiji Jingu Stadium in its last game of the year. |
| 1993: Daiei releases catcher Tsuyoshi Uchida. |
| 1990: The Pacifci League schedule ends. |
| 1990: Kintetsu pitcher Hideo Nomo sets a new record with a 10.99 K/9. |
| 1990: Yomiuri skipper Motoshi Fujita is named Manager of the Year. |
| 1990: Yomiuri outfielder Sadaaki Yoshimura and Taiyo pitcher Kazuhiko Endo are named Comeback Players of the Year. |
| 1989: Taiyo outfielder Hirokazu Kato plays in his 1000th game. |
| 1989: Yakult outfielder Tsutomu Wakamatsu announces that he will retire. |
| 1989: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1989: Hanshin manager Minoru Murayama resigns and Katsuhiro Nakamura is hired to replace him. |
| 1987: Yomiuri outfielder Sadaaki Yoshimura homers on what should have been a 4-2 count. No, that's not a misprint. But the umpire wasn't paying as much attention as he should have. Coincidentally, the Giant gover three million in attendance for the first time in their history. |
| 1987: Nankai outfielder Hiromitsu Kadota reaches 1000 for combined BB/HBP. |
| 1986: The Japan Series opens between Hiroshima and Seibu. However, the Pacififc League regular season still hadn't concluded yet, as Hankyu and Lotte met in regular season action. That was due to a plethora of rainouts at Kawasaki Stadium that season. |
| 1985: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai sets a new Pacific League record with 136 RBIs. |
| 1985: The Pacific League comes to its senses and reimposes a single season schedule, beginning in 1986. |
| 1985: Lotte pitcher Choji Murata is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1985: Hankyu outfielder Yutaka Fukumoto ties a Pacific League record with his seventh season playing in every game. |
| 1985: Taiyo infielder Leon Lee plays in his 1000th game. |
| 1984: Seibu outfielder Yutaro Osaki is born. |
| 1983: Hankyu steals 200 bases as a team. |
| 1982: Chunichi clinches the pennant on the last day of the season. |
| 1982: Yokohama pitcher Hideki Kishimoto is born. |
| 1980: Kintetsu sweeps Lotte three games to none in a playoff series to win the Pacific League title. |
| 1966: Daiei, Hiroshima and Kintetsu infielder Hideyuki Mifune is born. |
| 1966: Yomiuri and Nippon Ham infielder Hiroki Fujioka is born. |
| 1962: The Detroit Tigers arrive in Japan. |
| 1957: Kintetsu and Daiei outfielder Kazunori Yamamoto is born. |
| 1952: Yomiuri wins game six of the Japan Series to take it all |
| 1944: Nankai pitcher Kunji Nagamoto is born. |
| 1940: Taiyo pitcher Kuniyasu Mine is born. b |
| 1936: Taiyo outfielder Kazuyoshi Miyamoto is born. |
| 1932: Kokutetsu and Yomiuri pitcher Yoshio Kitagawa is born. |
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| 2006: Hanshin releases pitcher Chris Oxspring. |
| 2001: Chunichi catcher Keiji Miwa retires. |
| 2001: Hiroshima outfielder Koichi Ogata has surgery to remove bone spurs in his right leag. |
| 2001: Hanshin reliever Minoru Kasai ismade a player-coach. |
| 2001: Daiei releases pitchers Ryuji Nishimura and Shuichi Watanabe. |
| 2001: Lotte announces the additions of former Yakult pitcher Koji Takagi, ex-Hiroshima hurler Ken Yamasaki, erstwhile Hanshin pitcher Takaaki Inoue and onetime Hiroshima infielder Kazunori Iyoda after a tryout. |
| 2000: Kintetsu announces the signings of pitcher Will Flynt and outfielder Freddie Garcia. |
| 1999: Hankyu wins the Pacific League title after a playoff four games to two. |
| 1998: Yokohama beats Seibu in game two of the Japan Series 2-0. |
| 1998: Chunichi releases pitcher Takashi Yamada and infielder Koji Yamada. |
| 1997: With game two of the Japan Series played, it is tied one game apiece. |
| 1997: It is learned that Kintetsu outfielder Jiro Fujitate will have back surgery. |
| 1997: Kintetsu signs pitcher Rob Mattson after a tryout and also announces the acquisition of pitcher Phil Leftwich. |
| 1996: Orix edges Yomuri 4-3 in game one of the Japan Series. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham trades pitcher Masashi Arikura to Daiei for infielder Shunji Nishi. |
| 1994: Chunichi pitchers Tatsuo Komatsu and Hideto Teranishiretire. |
| 1994: Chunichi releases pitchers Futoshi Yoshida and Akinori Tominaga as well as outfielder Masayuki Yokota. |
| 1993: The pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1993: Kintetsu releases pitchers Kazuyoshi Ono, Tetsuro Kato, Akihiro Fukushima and Shigeki Taguchi as well as Isao Ueyama and outfielder Mitomu Kuwa. |
| 1992: Seibu pitcher Takehiro Ishii is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1992: Nippon Ham deicds it will let manager Masayuki Dobashi go and release outfielder Mike Marshall. . |
| 1992: Chunichi decides to cut pitcher Akira Nishimoto loose. |
| 1991: The Japan Series opens pitting Hiroshima against Seibu. |
| 1991: Daiei pitcher Takuya Matsumoto and infielder Hiroyuki Tashiro retire. |
| 1991: Daiei releases pitchers Jun Shinoda, Kenji Harada and Koichi Emoto as well as infielder Tatsuo Sakakibara. |
| 1989: Daiei announces the assumption of the manager's post by Koichi Tabuchi. |
| 1989: Yakult announces the assumption of the manager's post by Katsuya Nomura. |
| 1988: Seibu clinches the Pacific League flag when Kintetsu ties the second game of thier dsoubleheader with Lotte. . |
| 1988: It is decided to sell controlling interest in the Hankyu Braves to Orix. |
| 1987: Hankyu infelder Junichi Fukura sets a new record for second basemane with a .993 fielding percentage. |
| 1986: The Pacific League schedule ends with Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai garnering his second consecutive Triple Crown. |
| 1986: Hankyu outfielder Yutaka Fukumoto sets a new Pacific League record with eight seasons of playing in every game. |
| 1986: Lotte infielder Michiyo Arito retires. |
| 1985: Yomiuri releases infielder Shigeru Ishiwata and pitcher Motoyasu Kinjo. |
| 1985: Nankai announces the acquisition of infielder Dave Hostetler. |
| 1985: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochia sets a new Pacific League record with 112 RBIs. |
| 1984: Yomiuri pitcher Masafumi Togano is born. |
| 1968: Central League umpire Kazuaki Nako is born. |
| 1966: Yomiuri wins game six of the Japan Series to take it all four games to two. |
| 1957: Yomiuri pitcher Hidenori Kosaka is born. |
| 1957: Seibu and Hanshin pitcher Kazuma Kakura is born. |
| 1956: Yomiuri infielder Tetsuharu Kawakami becomes the first Japanese to hit two homers in a game against MLB competition. |
| 1955: Kokutetsu lefty Masaichi Kaneda reaches 350 strikeouts in a game against Osaka at Nagano to set a new Central League single season record. It was laos a then single season pro baseball world record, eclipsing Bob Feller's 348. |
| 1947: Hanshin infielder Taira Fujita is born. |
| 1940: Chunichi and Kintetsu outfielder Tatsuhiko Itoh is born. |
| 1938: Nagoya infielder Nobumori Kuramoto slugs the first walkoff grand slam in Japanese history. |
| 1933: Hanshin infielder Hiroshi Ohara is born. |
| 1924: Goldstar oufielder Yutaka Monma is born. |
| 1917: Nagoya Golden Dolphins, Asahi and Taiyo outfielder Masanobu Murowaki is born. |
| 1917: Tokyo Senators outfielder Kikuo Sato is born. |
| 1909: Tokyo Senators outfielder Kano Omoda is born. |
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| 2008: Former Hiroshima manager Joe Lutz dies at age 83. |
| 2001: The Kintetsu Buffaloes are one hit by Kazuhisa Ishii and the Yakult Swallows in game one of the Japan Series, the first one hitter in ever in series annals. |
| 2000: Hanshin infielder Yutaka Wada is made a playing batting coach |
| 1999: Yakult pitcher Tomohito Itoh is diagnosed with a circulatory problem and is expcted to be out two months. |
| 1999: Chunichi releases outfielder Koji Yamaguchi. |
| 1998: Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1998: Daiei infielder Tadahito Iguchi has surgery to fix a ligament in his left hand. |
| 1998: Orix pitcher Koji Noda has surgery to remove bone spurs from his right elbow. |
| 1997: Seibu pitcher Fumiya Nishiguchi is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1996: Orix beats Yomiuri 2-0 in game two of the Japan Series. |
| 1995: Daiei pitchers Katsumasa Ota and Masanao Miyata retire. |
| 1995: Chunichi releases pitchers Masami Ninomiya, Masaaki Kamanaka and Tomoya Kudoh as well as outfielder Kokoro Sano. |
| 1994: Yomiuri manager Shigeo Nagashima is named Manager of the Year for thew Central League. |
| 1994: Chunichi outfielder Toshikatsu Hikono is named Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1993: Chunichi releases pitchers Kazuyuki Ono and Akira Igarashi as well as outfielders Toyzo Minamimure and Kazuo Hayakawa. |
| 1993: Orix releases pitchers Kiyoshi Sagawa and Yoshihiro Nakamura. |
| 1993: Lotte decides to release outfielders Max Venable and Darryl Motley. |
| 1992: Nippon Ham catcher Akiyoshi Kiriyama retires. |
| 1992: Nippon Ham decides to release infielder Bill Bathe. |
| 1990: Yomiuri and Seibu square off in game one of the Japan Series. |
| 1989: The Pacific League schedule ends. |
| 1985: Hiroshima infielder Sachio Kinugasa reaches 2351 hits to tie Yomiuri great Tetsuharu Kawakami on the all time list. |
| 1983: Taiyo wins its 12th straight to tie a team record. |
| 1979: Kintetsu goes its 98th straight game scoring at least one run, a new Pacific League record. |
| 1975: Hankyu wins the Pacific League pennant by winning a best three out of five three games to one. |
| 1971: Nippon Ham pitcher Shoji Hiramatsu is born. |
| 1971: Chunichi coach Wally Yomanine is elevated to manager. |
| 1968: Yomiuri wins game six of the Japan Series for another title. |
| 1967: Orix outfielder Harvey Pulliam is born. |
| 1966: Yakult pitcher Jonatham Hurst is born. |
| 1963: The Pacific League schedule ends with Nishitetsu clinching the pennant. |
| 1960: The San Francisco Giants arrive in Japan. |
| 1958: Game six of the Japan Series is delayed for 40 minutes while Yomiuri protests Nishitetsu using a lineup different from that which had been announced the day before. |
| 1958: Kintetsu infielder Daijiro Oishi is born. |
| 1955: Nankai outfielder Eiketsu Ko is born. |
| 1951: Yomiuri plays a friendship game against an MLB all star team. |
| 1950: Hankyu pitcher Tsutomu Hashimoto is born. |
| 1947: Lotte infielder Rafael Batista is born. |
| 1947: Nippon Ham and Hiroshima pitcher Katsuo Ukai is born. |
| 1946: Chunichi first baseman Hajime Akimoto is born. |
| 1944: Taiyo, Seibu and Nankai pitcher Ritsuo Yamashita is born. |
| 1939: Nankai, Taiyo and Nippon Ham pitcher Chikara Morinaka is born. |
| 1933: Daimai outfielder Tsutomu Hashimoto is born. |
| 1933: Nagoya pitcher Shigenori Ukisu is born. |
| 1930: Yomiuri and Taiyo outfielder Mamoru Nakajima is born. |
| 1916: Osaka Tigers, Pacific, Taiyo and Taiyo Whales infielder Isamu Fujii is born. |
| 1915: Nagoya and Nankai outfielder Toshizo Okamoto is born. |
| 1903: Former Kintetsu manager Takeo Akuta is born. |
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| 2001: In game two of the Japan Series, Kintetsu overpowers Yakult 9-6. |
| 2000: In the Japan Series, Daiei beats Yomiuri 5-3. Yomiuri starter Kimiyasu Kudoh sets a new career series strikeout makr with 94. In addition, the 21 strikeouts between the two sides sets a series record. |
| 2000: Orix pitcher Hisashi Ogura and infielder Koichi Oshima each have arthroscopic right knee surgery. |
| 1998: Hanshin releases pitcher Masayuki Yano and outfielder Shinichi Kawana. |
| 1997: In game three of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Seibu 5-3. |
| 1997: Kintetsu pitcher Shigeki Sano has surgery on his right elbow to remove bone chips. |
| 1997: Hanshin acquires outfielder Desi Wilson. |
| 1997: Yokohama releases pitcher Manabu Tanabe, catcher Taro Hamuro and outfielder Futoshi Miyasato. |
| 1996: Yomiuri pitcher Masaaki Saito is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1996: Nippon Ham signs infielder Billy Ray Munoz |
| 1995: In game one of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Orix 5-2. |
| 1993: Lotte pitcher Kazuhiko Ushijima retires. |
| 1993: Chunichi says it has no inclination to re-sign outfielder Matt Stairs. |
| 1992: Hanshin releases outfielder Yoshiie Tachibana. He then goes and plays in Taiwan. |
| 1991: Hiroshima pitcher Shinji Masaoka wins the Sawamura Award. |
| 1989: The Japan Series opens with the Kintetsu Buffaloes meeting the Yomiuri Giants. |
| 1988: Hiroshima announces that Koji Yamamoto is assuming the managerial post. |
| 1988: An NPB executive committee approves the cession of the Hankyu Braves to Orix. |
| 1988: Yakult shortstop Takahiro Ikeyama sets a new Central League record for strikeouts with 120. |
| 1987: Kintetsu outfielder Hiromasa Arai sets a new record for a 130 game season with 184 hits. |
| 1987: The Pacific League schedule ends with the circuit setting a new total attendance mark of 6,947,000. |
| 1985: Lotte infielder Hiromitsu Ochiai wins a Triple Crown. In addition, his .367 average is the highest ever for a righthanded hitter. His 142 RBIs is a new Pacific League record while his 52 homers ties Katsuya Nomura's standard. |
| 1985: Nankai releases outfielder Chris Nyman. |
| 1983: Taiyo pitcher Masaji Hiramatsu wins his 200th game. |
| 1980: Yomiuri fires manager Shigeo Nagashima. Motoshi Fujita is named as his replacement. |
| 1980: Daiei infielder Homare Inamine is born. |
| 1974: Joe Lutz takes over as manager of Hiroshima. |
| 1974: Yokohama pitcher Toshiaki Tanaka is born. |
| 1974: Chunichi pitcher Shinya Okamoto is born. |
| 1972: Hiroshima and Lotte pitcher Ken Yamazaki is born. |
| 1969: Chunichi pitcher HirokiTsujimoto is born. |
| 1967: Lotte and Yomiuri pitcher Yasuyuki Kawamoto is born. |
| 1965: Yomiuri Giants outfielder Isao Shibata has sayonara hits in both ends of a doubleheader against Hiroshima at Korakuen Stadium. It is the first time in team history that any player has had walkoff knocks in consecutive games let alone during a twin bill. |
| 1963: Orix and Yomiuri pitcher Takahide Itoh is born. |
| 1962: Toei gets its first ever championship, winning game seven of the Japan Series against Hanshin to take it four games to two with one tie. Toei had won those four games in a row. |
| 1962: Hanshin outfielder Richard Wieligman is born. |
| 1958: After dropping its first three Japan Series games, the Nishitetsu Lions roar back to win game seven to take it all and complete a miraculous comeback. |
| 1958: Yomiuri first baseman Tetsuharu Kawakami retires. |
| 1957: Yomiuri wins the Central League pennant. |
| 1955: The New York Yankees arrive in Japan. |
| 1953: Yakult pitcher Juan Eichelberger is born. |
| 1952: Former Hall of Fame Nagoya manager and umpire Yutaka Ikeda dies at age 59. |
| 1949: Hiroshima pitcher Tetsuzo Arita is born. |
| 1949: Taiyo outfieolder Philip James is born. |
| 1948: Hiroshima pitcher Yoshikuni Nagashima is born. |
| 1937: Taiyo catcher Hideto Nishiyama is born. |
| 1937: Kintetsu outfielder Michinobu Goto is born. |
| 1916: Osaka Tigers, Eagles, Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa, Taiyo, Nishitetsu and Tokyo Giants catcher Takeo Sato is born. |
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| 2005: Game one of the Japan Series at Chiba Marine Stadium is called due to fog with Lotte leading 10-1 over Hanshin. |
| 2001: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 2001: Yokohama announces the release of infielder Dave Doster. |
| 2000: Daiei smacks Yomiuri 8-3 in the Japan Series. |
| 2000: NPB discovers 15 counterfeit Japan Series tickets and reports it to the police. |
| 2000: Nankai pitcher Akitada Niiyama dies at age 61. |
| 1999: Yokohama outfielder Takanori Suzuki is diagnosed with a nerve condition that will take a month to heal. |
| 1999: Kintetsu infielder Yosuke Takasu has reconstructive elbow surgery. |
| 1999: Hanshin signs pitcher Tsuyoshi Yoda and outfielder Hideki Hashigami after a tryout. |
| 1999: Lotte releases pitcher Takahisa Hoshiba. |
| 1998: In game three of the Japan Series, Seibu beats Yokohama 7-2. Yokohama starter Daisuke Miura stes a series record with four BB/HBP in a single inning. Also, the Lions set a record by working 11 walks while both sides combine for a record 14 walks. |
| 1998: Lotte releases outfielder Norihito Yamashita. |
| 1997: In game four of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Seibu 7-1. |
| 1997: Yomiuri releases outfielder Katsuya Kishikawa. |
| 1997: Former Mets pitcher Takashi Kashiwada rejoins Yomiuri. |
| 1997: Nankai pitcher Susumu Yuki dies at age 77. |
| 1996: In game three of the Japan Series, Orix beats Yomiuri 5-2. |
| 1996: Yokohama announces the acquisitions of pitcher Mike Campbell and infielder Bill Selby. They also release pitcher Mike Birkbeck. |
| 1995: In game two of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Orix 3-2. |
| 1994: The Seibu Lions begin the Japan Series by crushing Yomiuri 11-0. |
| 1993: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1993: Yokohama infielder Takuro Ishii ties Yomiuri infielder Koichi Ogata for the steals title with his 24th of the season. |
| 1990: Hideo Nomo is named winner of the Sawamura Award, becoming the first Pacific League pitcher ever to get that citation. |
| 1989: Taiyo signs infielder Joey Meyer. |
| 1987: Hiroshima infielder Sachio Kinugasa takes over fourth place on the all time homer list with 504 and retires. In addition, he has played in every game over the last 17 years, making it 2215 straight games played, a new world record. |
| 1985: Three Hanshin Tigers now with 100 RBIs or more apiece. |
| 1985: Seibu outfielder Takanori Okamura homers twice in the same inning. |
| 1984: Hiroshima beats Hankyu in game seven of the Japan Series to win it all. |
| 1984: Chunichi pitcher Takuya Asao is born. |
| 1983: Chunichi infielder Yasunori Oshima ties Hiroshima outfielder Koji Yamamoto for the homer title with his 36th. |
| 1978: Hankyu manager Toshiharu Ueda claims a homer by Yakult's Katsuo Osugi is foul and embarks on a one hour 19 minute rhubarb in game seven of the Japan Series. It does no good and Yakult goes on to win the game and the title, its first ever. |
| 1973: Yomiuri wins its ninth straight Central League pennant. |
| 1973: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki is born. |
| 1970: Yomiuri clinches the pennant. |
| 1969: Kintetsu pitcher Hector Carrasco is born. |
| 1962: Toei outfielder Isao Harimoto is named Pacific League MVP while Toei first year man Yukio Ozaki gets Rookie of the Year. |
| 1962: Hanshin pitcher Minoru Murayama is named MVP while Yomiuri pitcher Kunio Jonouchi is named Rookie of the Yera. |
| 1959: Taiyo pitcher Katsutaro Arai is born. |
| 1958: Yokohama and Nippon Ham infielder Yutaka Takagi is born. |
| 1956: Hanshin outfielder Steve Rum is born. |
| 1955: An interesting doubleheader at korakuen Stadium. In afternoon action is a Japan Series tilt. In the nightcap, the Yankees face the Lotte Orions. |
| 1953: Taiyo pitcher Hiroaki Takeuchi is born. |
| 1953: An MLB all star team arrives in Japan. |
| 1943: Nippon Ham outfielder Bobby Mitchell is born. |
| 1935: Nishitetsu outfielder Kiyohiro Saito is born. |
| 1934: Nishitetsu and Daiei Stars Atsushi Sakagami is born. |
| 1931: Nankai infielder Shigeo Sato is born. |
| 1913: Dai Tokyo and Lion infielder Takao Nakano is born. |
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| 2006: Yomiuri outfielder Ichiro Horita decides to retire. The Giants also sign taxi squad catcher Kosuke Sato and outfielder Mitsumasa Yamamoto. |
| 2006: Hanshin announces the release of outfielder Shane Spencer. |
| 2001: In game three of the Japan Series, Yakult hammers Kintetsu 9-2. Yakult starter Satoshi Iriki beats his former team. |
| 2001: Seibu outfielder Hiroyuki Shibata has elbow ligament transplant surgery. |
| 2001: Chunichi announces the release of outfielder Ozzie Timmons. |
| 2001: Seattle outfielder Ichiro Suzuki wins a Silver Slugger Award. |
| 2000: Daiei catcher Kenji Johjima homers for the third game in a row, but the Hawks lose to Yomiuri 9-3. |
| 2000: Former Hiroshima pitcher Toshikazu Sawazaki has bone spurs removed from his right elbow. |
| 2000: The Sporting News names Seattle closer Kazuhiro Sasaki Rookie Pitcher of the Year. |
| 1999: In game four of the Japan Series, Daiei shuts Chunichi down 3-0. Daiei lefty Kimiyasu Kudoh sets a new record with 13 strikeouts and his 86 career series whiffs is a new record. |
| 1999: An NPB executive committee rejects interrupting the regular season for the upcoming Sydney Olympics. |
| 1999: Yomiuri infielder Daisuke Motoki has right ankle surgery. |
| 1998: In game four of the Japan Series, Seibu edges Yokohama 4-2. |
| 1998: Yomiuri pitcher Balvino Galvez' indefinite suspension is lifted. He was disciplined for throwing a ball at an umpire. |
| 1998: Yomiuri outfielder Shinji Inoue retires. |
| 1998: Julio Franco leaves Lotte. |
| 1997: In game five of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Seibu 3-0 to take it all. Catcher Atsuya Furuta is named MVP. |
| 1997: Hanshin announces the acquisition of former Chunichi outfielder Alonzo Powell. |
| 1996: In game four of the Japan Series, Yomiuri beats Orix 4-1. |
| 1995: Daiei releases outfielder Kazunori Yamamoto. |
| 1994: In game two of the Japan Series at Tokyo Dome, Yomiuri creeps by Seibu 1-0. |
| 1993: In game one of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Seibu 8-5 at Seibu Stadium. |
| 1992: Lotte outfielder Hideaki Takazawa retires. |
| 1992: Lotte releases pitchers Yasuji Ibe and Hiroshi Ogawa and infielder Kenichi Sato. |
| 1989: Yomiuri pitdher Masaaki Saito wins the Sawamura Award. |
| 1989: Chunichi trades infielder Mitsuhiro Kataoka to Taiyo in exchange for pitcher Katsunori Kitano. |
| 1988: Hankyu infielder Hiromi Matsunaga sets a new record by walking in 11 straight plate appearances. |
| 1988: Nippon Ham hires Sadao Kondo as its new manager. |
| 1988: Hiroshima pitcher Yutaka Ono wins the Sawamura Award. |
| 1988: Hankyu outfielder Yutaka Fukumoto announces his retirement. |
| 1986: In game five of the Japan Series, Seibu pitcher Kimiyasu Kudoh wins the game with a sayonara knock. |
| 1985: Chunichi outfielder Kenichi Yazawa racks up his 2000th hit. |
| 1985: The Eastern League schedule ends. |
| 1984: Yoshio Yoshida returns to manage at Hanshin. |
| 1983: Hanshin pitcher Shigeru Kobayashi retires. |
| 1982: Orix infielder Akira Tanaka is born. |
| 1981: Hanshin coach Motoo Ando is promoted to manager after manager Futoshi Nakanishi resigns |
| 1978: Hiroshima pitcher Kenta Satake is born. |
| 1976: The Japan Series opens. |
| 1975: Seibu infielder Kazuo Matsui is born. |
| 1973: Yomiuri outfielder Takayuki Shimizu is born. |
| 1968: Hanshin manager Sadayoshi Fujimoto reigns. |
| 1967: Chunichi infielder Omar Linares is born. |
| 1959: Chunichi outfielder George Hinshaw is born. |
| 1958: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1958: Chunichi infielder Michio Nishizawa retires. |
| 1958: Hanshin outfielder Fumio Fujimura retires. |
| 1958: Hiroshima outfielder Makoto Kozuru retires. |
| 1944: The pro team owners meet and decide to suspend play due to WWII. |
| 1938: Lion pulls off the first triple play in Japanese pro history. |
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| 2005: Softbank pitcher Toshiya Sugiuchi is voted a Sawamura Award. He thus became the first Pacific League lefty in history to be so honored. |
| 2001: In game four of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Kintetsu 2-1. |
| 2001: Hanshin signs former Lotte pitchers Hisanori Yokota and Hiroaki Kawamata as well as ex-Nippon Ham pitcher Kenji Harada after a tryout. |
| 2001: Yokohama infielder Yoshihito Ishii and outfielder Jun Inoue have arthroscopic surgery on their right and left shoulder respectively to clean them out. |
| 2000: No agreement is reached on who should be given the Sawamura Award, so none is bestowed. |
| 2000: Chunichi relieases pitcher Yasuyuki Sato. |
| 2000: Yokohama puts pitcher Rafael Bettancourt on waivers. |
| 1999: In game two of the Japan Series, Chunichi slaps Daiei 8-2. |
| 1999: Kintetsu releases pitcher Koichi Taniguchi. |
| 1998: In game five of the Japan Series, Yokohama stomps Seibu 17-5. Yokoham sets new single game series marks with 20 hits, nine doubles, 12 extra base hits and 45 official at bats. Outfielder Takahiro Saeki also establishes a new standard with four extra base hits. In addition, shortstop Takuro Ishii scores nine runs during the series, a new record. And the game time of four hours and 15 minutes was the longest ever series match for nine innings. |
| 1997: Seibu releases pitcher Brian Givens. |
| 1997: Hanshin signs former Lotte infielder Shoji Toyama as a pitcher after a tryout. In addition, they also pick up ex-Daiei pitcher Masafumi Arikura, erstwhile Hiroshima pitcher Yoshitaka Ueda and catcher Ryo Yoshimoto, as well as one time Chunichi outfielder Tatsunori Matsui and Nippon Ham refugee outfielder Shinichi Kawana. |
| 1996: In game four of the Japan Series, Orix beats Yomiuri 5-2. |
| 1996: Yokohama signs former Hiroshima pitcher Ken Suzuki. |
| 1996: In a move that greatly angered Yakult fans, the team releases infielder Tom O'Malley. |
| 1995: In game three of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Orix 7-4. |
| 1995: Hanshin releases outfielder Toyozo Minamimure. |
| 1995: Yomiuri pitcher Masaaki Saito is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1995: Seibu pitcher Katsuhiro Maeda asks to be released so that he can try to go to MLB. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham releases infielder Rick Schu and outfielder Matt Winters. |
| 1993: In game two of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Seibu 5-2 at Seibu Stadium. |
| 1992: Hanshin infielder Hideo Furuya retires. |
| 1990: Seibu wins the Japan Series. |
| 1989: Hiroshima decides to sign outfielder Mike Young. |
| 1985: The Central League schedule ends. Hanshin infielder Randy Bass becomes the first foreigner to win a Triple Crown in Central League history. He was also the OBP king. With Lotte's Hiromitsu Ochiai winnign a Triple Crown in the PL, it is the first year ever with dual Triple Crown guys. |
| 1985: Hiroshima infielder Sachio Kinugasa makes it 15 straight years playing in every game. |
| 1985: Yakult releases pitcher Kenji Furusawa, catcher Hisaaki Fukushima and outfielder Minoru Aoki. |
| 1985: Chunichi infielder Yasunori Oshima sets a new club record with 286 homers while a mamber of the team. |
| 1984: Hiroshima infielder Sachio Kungasa is named Central League MVP. Hiroshima infielder Takehiko Kobayakawa is named Rookie of the Year. Hankyu catcher Hiromasa Fujita is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 1984: Hankyu infieleder Boomer Wells is named Pacific League MVP. |
| 1984: Yakult pitcher Masayoshi Izumi is born. |
| 1983: Both the Central League and Pacific League schedules end. |
| 1983: Chunichi boots manager Sadao Kondo and three members of his coaching staff. |
| 1983: Taiyo pitcher Hiroaki Takeuchi is released. |
| 1974: Lotte pitcher Tamehiro Kaneda is named Pacific League MVP. Lotte pitcher Masahiro Matsui is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 1974: Yomiuri infielder Sadaharu Oh is named Central League MVP. Chunichi outfielder Yukio Fujinami is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 1973: Nankai wins the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1965: The Pacific League schedule ends. Catcher Katsuya Nomura takes a Triple Crown. |
| 1963: Yakult pitcher Akihito Nakagawa is born. |
| 1959: Nippon Ham, Lotte and Daiei catcher Fujio Tamura is born. |
| 1958: Seibu and Yakult infielder Hatsuhiko Tsuji is born. |
| 1957: Nishitetsu grabs the Pacific League pennant. |
| 1955: Yomiuri wins game seven of the Japan Series to rack up a championship. |
| 1949: Nippon Ham pitcher Haruhisa Yokoyama is born. |
| 1941: Nishitetsu infielder Tomoyuki Chino is born. |
| 1938: Tokyo Senators pitcher Saburo Asaoka drills the first pinch hit sayonara homer in Japanese pro annals. |
| 1934: Hiroshima pitcher Tokuzo Kawamoto is born. |
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| 2005: Softbank releases pitcher Nobuyasu Matsu, catcher Masanori Taguchi and infielder Koichi Nakamura. |
| 2001: Yakult locks up a Japan Series title by downing Kintetsu 4-2. But Yakult also sets a new single game LOB record with 15. |
| 2000: Yomiuri catcher Naoki Sugiyama is arrested for rape, ending his career. In addition, under the Japanese rubric of collective responsibility, manager Shigeo Nagashima is reprimanded and the team's liason between the team and the owner has his pay reduced by 10%. |
| 1999: Orix releases pitcher Mark Mimbs and outfielders Harvey Pulliam and Robert Perez. |
| 1999: Lotte signs former Yomiuri pitchers Hirofumi Kono and Yasuhiro Enoki as well as ex-Nippon Ham outfielder Atsuhiro Motonishi after a tryout. |
| 1998: Hanshin hires Katsuya Nomura as its manager. |
| 1998: Former Hiroshima pitcher Shinichi Kato signs with Orix. |
| 1997: Yakult catcher Atusya Furuta is named Central League MVP while Hiroshima pitcher Toshikazu Sawazaki is selected Rookie of the Year. |
| 1997: Seibu pitcher Fumiya Nishiguchi is named Pacific League MVP. Lotte shortstop Makoto Kosaka is picked as Rookie of the Year. |
| 1997: Yokohama pitching coach Hiroshi Gondo is elevated to manager. |
| 1997: Kintetsu signs former Yomiuri pitcher Tomoharu Asano after a tryout. |
| 1997: Haitai wins the Korea Series. |
| 1996: Yoshio Yoshida takes over the managerial reigns at Hanshin. |
| 1996: Hiorshima pitcher Yoshihisa Shiratake retires. |
| 1996: Kintetsu releases pitcher Eisuke Itoh and outfielders Shunji Hatayama and Shingo Matsukubo. |
| 1995: In game four of the Japan Series, Orix edges Yakult 2-1. |
| 1995: Hiroshima signs former Daiei pitcher Shinichi Kato. |
| 1995: An NPB executive committe expands the foreigner roster limit to three. |
| 1994: In game three of the Japan Series, Yomiuri slips by Seibu 2-1. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham releases catcher Kiyoshi Yamanaka. |
| 1993: Daiei sells pitcher Masaharu Motohara and infielder Hideyuki Mifune to Hiroshima. |
| 1991: Hanshin's parent company decides to remove the so-called "lucky zone" from Koshien Stadium. |
| 1990: Daiei decides to sign outfielder Miek Laga. |
| 1990: Daiei releases Goose Gossage. |
| 1989: Orix decides to release Todd Brown. |
| 1988: Hankyu submariner Hisashi Yamada retires. |
| 1987: Yakult pitcher Kyohei Muranaka is born. |
| 1985: Yakult infielder Roberto Marcano retires. |
| 1985: Nankai decides to sign outfielder Danny Goodwin. |
| 1984: The Baltimore Orioles arrive in Japan. |
| 1984: Yomiuri pitcher Ryosuke Fukamachi is born. |
| 1983: Yokohama pitcher Hideki Chiba is born. |
| 1981: Yomiuri wins another Japan Series. |
| 1979: Yakult coach Shiro Takegam is promoted to manager. |
| 1979: Taiyo coach Atsushi Doi is made manager. |
| 1979: Hanshin and Hiroshima outfielder Go Kida is born. |
| 1977: Yakult pitcher Masato Hanada is born. |
| 1975: The Japan Series opens. |
| 1974: Yoshio Yoshida is hired as Hanshin's manager. |
| 1974: Chunichi outfielder Byung-kyu Lee is born. |
| 1973: Nippon Ham and Yomiuri infielder Michiro Ogasawara is born. |
| 1972: Hanshin manager Minoru Murayama resigns and Masayasu Kaneda takes over. |
| 1964: Seibu and Nippon Ham pitcher Takehiro Ishii is born. |
| 1960: Daiei and Hanshin catcher Hiroyuki Yoshida is born. |
| 1950: Mainichi wins the first Pacific League pennant. |
| 1946: Hiroshima outfielder Koji Yamamoto is born. |
| 1938: Hankyu pitcher Fred Rick is born. |
| 1935: Nishitetsu infielder Tadayuki Inoue is born. |
| 1935: Hiroshima pitcher Masanori Kangaki is born. |
| 1930: Osaka Tigers outfielder Hiroshi Kono is born. |
| 1926: Chunichi and Nankai outfielder Yoshito Fujino is born. |
| 1922: Taiyo outfielder Masao Kondo is born. |
| 1915: Nankai, Yamato and Goldstar pitcher Mitsuhiko Ishida is born. |
| 1914: Hanshin outfielder Tadashi Ueda is born. |
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| 2005: Lotte completes a four game sweep of Hanshin by a 3-2 margin. Lotte skipper Bobby Valentine becomes the first non-Japanese-American foreign manager to win a Japan Series. |
| 2005: Orix releases outfielder Kazuhiko Shiotani. |
| 2002: Yomiuri beats Seibu in game one of the Japan Series 4-1 at Tokyo Dome. |
| 2001: Lotte releases infielder Hiroo Ishii. |
| 2000: In the Japan Series, Yomiuri beats Daiei 2-1. Hawks reliever Masakazu Watanabe throws two wild pitches in an inning. |
| 2000: The Japanese players union objects to the restriction of one client per agent. |
| 1999: Daiei shuts out Chunichi 5-0. |
| 1999: Hanshin pitcher Satoshi Funaki will have surgery to remove bone chips from his elbow, it is learned. |
| 1999: Hideo Nomo leaves the Milwaukee Brewers. |
| 1998: In game six of the Japan Series, Yokohama beats Seibu 2-1 to claim its first title since 1960. Yokohama outfielder Takanori Suzuki isi named series MVP. Seibu outfielder Koji Otsuka set a series record when he cracked hits in six straight plate appearances. |
| 1998: Seibu releases pitcher Giovanni Carrara and infielder Brian Raabe. |
| 1998: Seibu infielder Hideyoshi Saeki retires. |
| 1998: Nippon Ham sells pitcher Katsuyuki Furusawa to Hanshin. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham signs pitcher Tsuyoshi Yoda after a retirement. |
| 1995: In game five of the Japan Series, Yakult beats Orix 3-1 to win the title. Tom O'Malley is named series MVP. |
| 1995: Yokohama pitcher Ryoji Moriyama and outfielder Takaya Okawa retire. |
| 1995: Nankai and Tokyu outfielder Noboru Matsuba dies at age 73. |
| 1994: In game four of the Japan Series, Seibu beats Yomiuri 6-5 at Seibu Stadium. |
| 1994: Kintetsu infielder Yasunaga Makishi retires. |
| 1994: Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki has surgery on his right ankle. |
| 1993: In game three of the Japan Series, Seibu whips Yakult 7-2 at Meiji Jingu Stadium. |
| 1993: Lotte infielder Seiji Uekawa retires. |
| 1992: Seibu wins the Japan Seris title. |
| 1992: Orix releases pitcher Dick Schulze and outfielder Carmelo Martinez. |
| 1992: Yomiuri releases infielder Masatoshi Hara and outfielder Yasuhiko Fujisaki. |
| 1991: Chunichi outfielder Yoshihisa Komatsuzaki is released. |
| 1990: Hanshin signs infielder Tom O'Malley. They also release pitcher Matt Keough and outfielder Richard Wieligman. |
| 1985: Hanshin pitcher Kiyooki Nakanishi is named Central League Fireman of the Year. |
| 1985: Kintetsu pitcher Takaaki Ishimoto is named Pacific League Fireman of the Year. |
| 1985: Osaka is going nuts as the Hanshin Tigers and the Seibu Lions faceoff in the first game of the Japan Series. |
| 1977: Nagoya Golden Dolphins catcher Genzaburo Okada dies at age 81. |
| 1971: Yokohama and Kintetsu pitcher Iori Sekiguchi is born. |
| 1968: Daiei outfielder Scott Lydy is born. |
| 1964: Nippon Ham catcher Akiyoshi Obana is born. |
| 1962: Chunichi infielder Morito Furutani is born. |
| 1954: The Central League schedule ends. |
| 1953: Seibu pitcher Yoshimasa Oya is born. |
| 1951: Seibu infielder Steve Ontiveros is born. |
| 1947: Hankyu and Hiroshima pitcher Hiroki Watanabe is born. |
| 1947: Hanshin wins the championship. |
| 1946: Hankyu pitcher-outfielder Jiro Noguchi extends his hitting streak to 31 games. |
| 1939: Toei and Yomiuri pitcher Motohiro Ando is born. |
| 1923: Mainichi and Kintetsu catcher Kiyomi Higashiguchi is born. |
| 1923: Hankyu and Goldstar outfielder Kunio Shimoyashiro is born. |
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| 2006: Orix announces that they are close to a deal with Royals outfielder Chad Allen. |
| 2005: Hanshin sells catcher Jin Nakatani to Rakuten. |
| 2005: Chunichi sells outfielder Takayuki Onishi to Yomiuri. Yomiuri then sells pitcher Mitsutaka Goto back to Seibu. |
| 2002: Seibu goes down to another defeat at the hands of Yomiuri at Tokyo Dome in the Japan Series 9-4. |
| 2001: Yakult infielder Roberto Petagine is named Central League MVP. Norihiro Akahoshi is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 2001: Kintetsu outfielder Tuffy Rhodes is named Pacific League MVP. Orix pitcher Masanobu Okubo is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 2001: The Doosan Bears win the Korea Series. |
| 2000: Yomiuri beats Daiei 6-0 in the Japan Series. He is the first rookie ever to throw a double figure in strikeouts without walking anyone shutout in a series. Also, his allowing two hits tied him for fewest. |
| 2000: Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is fined 195,000 yen for a traffic infraction. |
| 2000: Lotte sends pitcher Tomokazu Teramura to Yakult in exchnage for pitcher Takahiro Yamazaki. |
| 2000: Hanshin signs former Lotte pitcher Toshihide Narimoto after a tryout. |
| 1999: In game four of the Japan Series, Daiei whips Chunichi 3-0. |
| 1999: Lotte signs former Nippon Ham outfielder Shinji Hata after a tryout. |
| 1999: Hiroshima pitcher Yasuyuki Yamauchi has surgery on his right elbow to remove both bone chips and bone spurs. |
| 1999: Hiroshima outfielder Takuya Kimura has bone spurs removed form his right leg. |
| 1998: Yokohama reliecver Kazuhiro Sasaki is given a Matsutaro Shoriki Award. |
| 1998: Yokohama acquires infielder Arquimedez Pozo. |
| 1998: Orix infielder Hideaki Matsuyama retires to become a minor league coach with the team. |
| 1997: Hiroshima signs former Yakult infielder Kenji Tomashino. |
| 1996: Seibu infielder Kazuhiro Kiyohara declares he will use his free agency rights. |
| 1995:Kintetsu signs outfielder Tuffy Rhodes, infielder Chris Donnels and pitcher Luis Aquino. |
| 1994: In game five of the Japan Series, Yomiuri beats Seibu 9-3. Yomiuri outfileder Koichi Ogata, who had zero homers during the regular season, ripped a grand slam to power the Giants attack. |
| 1993: In game four of the Japan Series, Yakult slips by Seibu 1-0. |
| 1992: Chunichi trades infielder Masaru Uno and outfielder Kiyoyuki Nagashima to lotte for pitcher Takahiro Imano and outfielder Masayuki Yokota. |
| 1992: Yomiuri releases pitcher Kiyoshi Sagawa. |
| 1992: Lotte infielder Masahiro Taijin retires. |
| 1992: Yakult releases infielder Johnny Paredes. |
| 1990: Hiroshima sells infielder Yoshio Mizukami to Daiei. |
| 1990: Daiei releases pitcher Hideaki Matsuzaki, infielder Toshinori Nagata and outfielders Jun Hatakeyama and Kunimitsu Tonda. |
| 1990: Kintetsu releases pitcher Tatsuya Yamamura. |
| 1989: Lotte manager Michiyo Arito resigns and Masaichi Kaneda is brought in for another go around as skipper. |
| 1988: Seibu wins the Japan Series. |
| 1988: Chunichi pitcher Genji Kaku will take Japanese citizenship next season, it is announced. |
| 1987: Yomiuri pitcher Masumi Kuwata wins the Sawamura Award. |
| 1986: In the first ever game eight of the Japan Series, Seibu wins it and the championship. It doesn't draw much, though, only 16, 828. |
| 1984: Hiroshima pitcher Kazuhisa Kawaguchi shuts out the Baltimore Orioles 1-0. He also drove in the only run of the game. |
| 1983: Taiyo pitcher Kazuhiko Endo is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1977: Hankyu wins game five of the Japan Series to notch a championship. |
| 1974: Orix outfielder Manabu Satake is born. |
| 1973: Seibu pitcher Jason Johnson is born. |
| 1972: The Nishitetsu Lions are sold to the Taiheiyo Club. |
| 1962: Crown Prince Akihito and two of his sisters take in a friendship match between an NPB team and the Detroit Tigers. |
| 1958: Seibu and Hanshin outfielder Yoshiie Tachibana is born. |
| 1954: The Daiei Stars wins less than 35% of their games and are fined by the league five million yen. |
| 1946: Hankyu pitcher Rick Austin is born. |
| 1945: Taiyo first baseman Mike Lum is born. |
| 1944: Nishitetsu infielder Tatsuji Tanaka is born. |
| 1937: The Eagles get five hits in an inning without scoring in a game against the Nagoya Golden Dolphins. In the third, Nobuo Tsuji tries to turn a single near the rightfield line into a double and is gunned down by the rightfielder. Susumu Urushibara and Kazutaka Terauchi both spank singles. Susumu Nakane singles and Urushibara attempts to get to the plate, but he is tagged out on thr throw. Bucky Harris singles and Terauchi attempts to use it as a ticket to the promised land, but he is also thrown out to end the inning. This has happened only one other time in Japanese history, that being in 1963. |
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| 2006: Chunichi releases pitcher Tsuyoshi Kawagishi, infielder Mitsunobu Takahashi and outfielder Yoshimi Sakurai. |
| 2005: Chunichi sells outfielder Shogo Mori to Nippon Ham. |
| 2003: Hanshin manager Senichi Hoshino resigns due to health problems, among them high blood pressure and an ulcer. |
| 2000: Yomiuri whips Daiei 9-3 in game six of the Japan Series to win it all. Hideki Matsui is named series MVP. Daiei outfielder Koji Akiyama owns the all time series strikeout record with 53. |
| 1999: In game five of the Japan Series, Daiei beats Chunichi 6-4 to win it all. Daiei outfielder Koji Akiyama is named MVP. |
| 1999: Yomiuri releases pitcher Jose Parra. |
| 1999: Hanshin releases pitchers Tomojiro Adachi, Hiroki Yamamura and Yukiyasu Nakanose as well as infielder Tetsuya Nakazato. |
| 1998: Yokohama reliever Kazuhiro Sasaki is named Central League MVP. |
| 1998: Chunichi pitcher Kenshin Kawakami is named Central League Rookie of the Year. |
| 1998: Seibu shortstop Kazuo Matsui is named Pacific League MVP. |
| 1998: Seibu outfielder Tatsuya Ozeki is named Pacific League Rookie of the Year. |
| 1998: Hanshin hires Katsuya Nomura as its manager. |
| 1997: Yakult catcher Atsuya Furuta is given a Matsutaro Shoriki Awaard. |
| 1997: Hiroshima outfielder Koji Inoue retires. |
| 1997: Yokohama announces the addition of former Daiei pitcher Yutaka Ashikaga. |
| 1997: Kintetsu releases pitcher Ryuji Nishimura. |
| 1996: Hiroshima sends pitcher Satoshi Iriki and infielder Hideyuki Mifume to Kintetsu for catcher Ryo Yoshimoto. |
| 1996: Daiei announces the addition of former Hiroshima pitcher Hidetsugu Mochizuki after a tryout. |
| 1996: Hanshin catcher Katsuhiko Kido retires. |
| 1995: Yakult trades infielder Shinichi Sakurai to Seibu for pitcher Taiji Kitahara. |
| 1995: Hanshin pitcher Yukihiko Yamaoki retires. |
| 1995: Lotte releases pitcher Takayasu Kato and infielders Takeshi Aiko and Shigeru Shimada. |
| 1993: Seibu beats Yakult 5-2 in game five of the Japan Series at Meiji Jingu Stadium. |
| 1993: Kintetsu releases pitchers Tetsuro Kato and Shigeki Taguchi as well as infielder Isao Ueyama and outfielder Mitomu Kawano. |
| 1992: Yakult decides it will release pitcher Mitsuo Sumi. |
| 1992: Chunichi outfielder Seiji Enda retires. |
| 1991: Seibu wins the Japan Series. |
| 1991: Hiroshima sends outfielder Takashi Osanai to Taiyo for infielder Toshio Choshi. |
| 1991: Hiroshima decides to release outfielder Rod Allen. |
| 1988: Chunichi releases outfielder Gary Rajsich and acquires outfielder George Hinashaw. |
| 1986: Hiroshima outfielder Koji Yamamoto retires. |
| 1986: Michiyo Arito assumes the managerial reigns at Lotte. |
| 1985: Chunichi pitcher Tatsuo Komatsu is named winner of the Sawamura Award. |
| 1983: Hiroshima pitcher Esmailin Carida is born. |
| 1981: Yokohama outfielder Kazunori Tanaka is born. |
| 1972: Yomiuri wins game five of the Japan Series to take it all. |
| 1969: Daiei and Yomiuri outfielder Noriyoshi Omichi is born. |
| 1967: Yomiuri wins game six of the Japan Series to take another title. |
| 1959: Nankai, behind submariner Tadashi Sugiura, sweeps the Yomiuri Giants in the Japan Series. |
| 1954: Chunichi outfielder Gary Rajsich is born. |
| 1952: Hankyu outfielder Shinya Kobayashi is born. |
| 1907: Nagoya Golden Dolphins and Hankyu infielder Kengo Kuroda is born. |
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| 2006: Nippon Ham releases outfielder Tomochika Tsuboi. |
| 2002: Yomiuri wins game three of the Japan Series 10-2 at Seibu Dome. |
| 2001: Yakult releases outfielder Satoshi Takahashi. |
| 2001: NTT Kyushu announces that it will abolish its industrial league nine on October 31. |
| 2000: Yomiuri releases pitchers Satoshi Iriki, Kiyoshi Hashimoto and Yoshiyuki Nakamura as well as catcher Hidekazu Mitsuyama, infielder Norio Tanabe and outfielder Masahito Watanabe. |
| 2000: Chunichi announces the addition of infielder Tim Unroe. |
| 1999: Daiei infielder Koichiro Yoshinaga and Yokohama infielder Tatsuya Shindo announce that they will use their free agency rights. |
| 1999: Chunichi releases infielder Tokitaka Minamibuchi. |
| 1999: Seibu releases pitcher Yutaka Oshima. |
| 1999: Philadelphia claims Milwaukee pitcher Hideo Nomo off of waivers, but Nomo refuses the invitation and becomes a free agent. |
| 1999: Hanwha beats Lotte 4-3 in game five of the Korea Series to win it all. |
| 1998: Lotte infielder Koichi Hori declares free agency. |
| 1998: Former Hanshin outfielder Atsuhiro Motonishi decides to sign with Nippon Ham. |
| 1998: After a tryout, Hanshin decides to sign former Kintetsu pitcher Masao Teramae and ex-Orix pitcher Yuichi Kiyohara. |
| 1997: Kintetsu infielder Norihiro Nakamura is diagnosed with a cartilage problem in his left wrist. |
| 1996: Orix manager Akira Ogi is given a Matsutaro Shoriki Award. |
| 1996: Former Seibu outfielder Osamu Abe decides to sign with Kintetsu. |
| 1996: Yomiuri releases pitcher Ryu Hanekawa and infielders Kazushige Nagashima and Ryohei Fusejima. |
| 1996: Yomiuri pitcher Yuji Mizuno and infielder Kaoru Okazaki retire. |
| 1995: Seibu outfielder Makoto Sasaki and pitcher Taigen Kaku say that they will use their free agency rights. |
| 1994: Yomiuri whips Seibu 3-1 at Tokyo Dome to clinch a Japan Series championship. |
| 1993: The Central League names Yakult skipper Katsuya Nomura Manager of the Year. |
| 1993: Yakult pitcher Kenjiro Kawasaki is named Central League Comeback Player of the Year. |
| 1993: Yomiuri decides to release outfielder Jesse Barfield. |
| 1993: Lotte releases pitcher Itaru Kobayashi. |
| 1992: Nippon Ham Fighters executive Keiji Ozawa is named the team's new manager. |
| 1992: Chunichi infielder Koji Takahashi and outfielder Seiji Enda retire. |
| 1992: Yomiuri pitchers Kaoru Mizusawa and Mitsuru Hagiwara retire. |
| 1991: Hiroshima acquires infielder Marty Brown. |
| 1991: Seibu outfielder Koji Akiyama is given a Matsutaro Shoriki Award. |
| 1991: Yakult effectively releases pitchers Kazuaki Kawamura, Hiroaki Oe, Kazukimi Kobayashi and Shoji Arisumi and outfielders Junji Ogawa, Hideharu Takani and Mitsugu Ishibashi. |
| 1990: Hanshin trades pitcher Chikafusa Ikeda, catcher Eiji Iwakiri, infielder Katsunori Tomari and outfielder Hisashi Ono to Daiei in exchange for pitchers Shuji Fujimoto, Toyotoshi Chikada and Yoshiaki Nishikawa as well as catcher Hiroyuki Yoshida and outfielder Masahiko Migita. |
| 1990: Hankyu deals pitcher Yutaro Imai to Daiei for pitcher Minoru Yano. |
| 1990: Hanshin acquires outfielder Marvell Wynne. |
| 1989: Yomiuri wins game seven of the Japan Series after being down three games to none. |
| 1986: Seibu infielder Hiromichi Ishige is named Pacific League MVP while Seibu first baseman Kazuhiro Kiyohara is dubbed Rookie of the Year. |
| 1986: Hiroshima pitcher Manabu Kitabeppu is named Central League MVP while Hiroshima pitcher Hiroshi Nagatomi is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 1986: Senichi Hoshino takes over as manager of Chunichi. |
| 1983: Seibu beats Yomiuri 6-3 in the Japan Series. |
| 1983: Yomiuri pitcher Takashi Kamoshida is born. |
| 1981: Orix pitcher Satoshi Komatsu is born. |
| 1981: Yokohama pitcher Michiomi Yoshihara is born. |
| 1977: Kintetsu catcher Kenji Nagasaka is born. |
| 1975: Orix outfielder Karim Garcia is born. |
| 1974: Yakult infielder Hayato Sumitomo is born. |
| 1974: Nishitetsu outfielder George Wilson dies at age 49. |
| 1969: Lotte, Chunichi and Orix infielder Tokitaka Minamibuchi is born. |
| 1967: Kintetsu pitcher Narciso Elvira is born. |
| 1965: Orix infielder Tokitaka Minamibuchi is born. |
| 1961: Nankai Hawks players go ballistic at a call by the plate umpire during game four of the Japan Series. |
| 1961: Hiroshima, Daiei, Chunichi, Nippon Ham and Lotte catcher Kiyoshi Yamanaka is born. |
| 1959: Yomiuri outfielder Jesse Barfield is born. |
| 1954: The Pacific League regular season ends. |
| 1949: Yomiuri outfielder Eiji Takahashi is born. |
| 1941: Hankyu pitcher Kotaro Mori throws a no hitter. |
| 1941: Nishitetsu infielder Toyohisa Kurokawa is born. |
| 1931: Kintetsu and Hankyu infielder Takatsugu Togochi is born. |
| 1931: An MLB all star team arrives in Japan. |
| 1925: Hanshin outfielder Genbe Tsuji is born. |
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| 2006: Chunichi infielder Hiroshi Narahara retires. |
| 2006: Nippon Ham releases infielder Jose Macias. |
| 2006: Yomiuri moves pitcher Hiroshi Sato to Rakuten for no compensation. |
| 2003: Hanshin infielder Katsumi Hirosawa retires. |
| 2002: Yomiuri clinches another Japan Series title with a 6-2 victory over Seibu at Seibu Dome. It is only the second time that Yomiuri has beaten Seibu in the post season and it is the club's 20th Japan Series title overall. |
| 2001: A tryout involving all 12 Japanese pro teams is held. |
| 2001: Daiei pitcher Ryuji Kimura retires. |
| 2001: Kintetsu outfielder Tuffy Rhodes is given an award by the governor of Osaka Prefecture. |
| 2000: Yom8iuri outfielder Hideki Matsui is named Central League MVP while Yokohama pitcher Tatsuhiko Kinjo is given the Rookie of the Year nod. |
| 2000: Daiei first baseman Nobuhiko Matsunaka is named Pacific League MVP. No Rookie of the Year is nominated, though. |
| 2000: Seibu outfielder Susumu Otomo has surgery on a shoulder. |
| 2000: Hanshin sends pitchers Toshiro Yufune and Kazu Yamazaki as well as catcher Hirotoshi Kitagawa to Kintetsu for pitchers Hiroki Sakai and Tetsushi Mende and outfielder Koji Hirashita. |
| 2000: Hiroshima sells infielder Takeshi Nonogaki to Daiei. |
| 2000: Lotte announces that former Hiroshima pitcher Atsushi Kobayashi has passed a tryout. |
| 2000: Former Yankees pitcher Katsuhiro Maeda passes a tryout with Chunichi. However, neither the Dragons nor the Japanese player's union will recognize his agent, Dan Nomura. That's gratitude for you. Or a sign of just how in thrall the union is to ownership. |
| 1999: Daiei pitcher Kimiyasu Kudoh is named Pacific League MVP while Seibu pitcher Daisuke Matsuzaka is named Rookie of the Year., |
| 1999: Chunichi pitcher Shigeki Noguchi is named Central League MVP while Yomiuri pitcher Koji Uehara is named Rookie of the Year. |
| 1999: Lotte sends pitcher Takayuki Kawamoto to Yomiuri for infielder Hiroo Ishii. |
| 1999: Hiroshima pitcher Ken Yamasaki has knee surgery. |
| 1999: It is revealed that Hanshin infielder Hiroshi Hirao will have surgery to repair a herniated disk in his back. |
| 1998: Nippon Ham releases outfielder Jerry Brooks. |
| 1998: Former Lotte infielder Kazunori Higuchi passes a tryout with Hanshin. |
| 1998: Hanshin catcher Toru Iwata retires. |
| 1998: Hanshin outfielder Hiroshi Yoshida has surgery to remove bone chips from his right elbow. |
| 1998: Orix outfielder Manabu Satake dislocates his left elbow. |
| 1997: Nippon Ham trades pitcher Yukihiro Nishizaki to Seibu in exchange for pitcher Takehiro Ishii and infielder Hiroshi Narahara. |
| 1997: Hanshin announces that Orix infielder Naoyuki Kazaoka has passed a tryout. |
| 1996: Daiei outfielder Kenichi Yamazaki retires. |
| 1995: Chunichi trades infielders Toru Nimura, Tadaharu Sakai and Yasushi Yamamoto to Lotte for pitchers Yukinaga Maeda and Sadaharu Hiranuma as well as infielder Kazunori Higuchi. |
| 1995: Orix releases pitchers Yasuhiro Kawabata, Koji Maeda and Hiroshi Motohigashi as well as outfieldfer Tsuyoshi Fujimoto. |
| 1994: Yomiuri has its parade to celbrate winning the CL pennant. |
| 1993: Hiroshima sells pitcher Wataru Adachi to Nippon Ham. |
| 1992: The NPB-MLB all star series gets underway. |
| 1991: Nippon Ham releases catcher Yoshiharu Wakana. |
| 1990: Seibu decides to release pitcher Shigeo Iida. |
| 1989: Yomiuri catcher Takayoshi Nakao is named Comeback Player of the Year along with Chunichi pitcher Akira Nishimoto. |
| 1986: Junzo Sekine formally takes the managerial reigns for Yakult. |
| 1986: It is dexcided that all half swings will be called strikes. |
| 1982: Seibu beats Chunichi in game six of the Japan Series to win the championship. |
| 1980: Daiei pitcher Toshiya Sugiuchi is born. |
| 1971: Orix and Yokohama catcher Yoshifumi Kawasaki is born. |
| 1970: Yakult pitcher Tomohito Itoh is born. |
| 1969: Hankyu catcher Koji Okamura becomes the first man ever ejected from a Japan Series game. |
| 1967: Lotte pitcher Hiromu Kojima is born. |
| 1965: The Japan Series opens. |
| 1964: Yomiuri outfielder Ro Meishi is born. |
| 1962: Kintetsu and Nankai catcher Kenji Chuma is born. |
| 1960: Daiei pitcher Lee Tunnell is born. |
| 1955: The Tombo Pencil Company ends it s affiliation with the Takahashi Unions and the name of the team thus reverts back to Takahashi. |
| 1955: Hankyu outfielder Yoshitaka Sato is born. |
| 1951: Chunichi catcher Takuji Kanayama is born. |
| 1940: Taiyo outfielder Takayoshi Tomita is born. |
| 1935: Nishitetsu infielder Yasuo Takiuchi is born. |
| 1932: Taiyo outfielder Kaoru Ogura is born. |
| 1925: Tokyu pitcher Masao Kinjo is born. |
| 1923: Taiyo pinch hitter Yoshiyuki Kasuya is born. |
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| 2006: Former Orix, Yomiuri and Nippon Ham pitcher Takehito Nomura is arrested for possession of amphetamines. |
| 2005: Softbank releases pitchers Lindsay Gulin and Pedro Feliciano as well as outfielder Anderson Gomes. |
| 2005: Hanshin releases infielder Teruyoshi Kuji. |
| 2001: Yakult manager Tsutomu Wakamatsu is given a Matsutaro Shoriki Award. |
| 2001: Hanshin sells pitcher Atsushi Kubota to Orix. |
| 2000: Yomiuri outfielder Hideki Matsui is given a Matsutaro Shorkiki Award. |
| 2000: Yakult announces that former Yomiuri pitcher Satoshi Iriki has passed a trout. |
| 2000: Hanshin releases outfielder Yasuaki Taiho. |
| 2000: Daiei infielder Hiroshi Yugamidani retires. |
| 2000: Orix announces the acquisitions of former Hanshin pitcher Tsutomu Tamura, ex-Yokohama catcher Yoshifumi Kawasaki and erstwhile Hiroshima infielder Tomotaka Tamaki. |
| 2000: Seibu announces that former Orix pitcher Yoshitaka Mizuo and ex-Nippon Ham catcher Yuichi Komaki have passed a tryout. |
| 2000: An NPB executive committee decides the conditions und4er which they will allow agents to negotiate on behalf of players. They prohibit an agent from having more than one client and the player must be present at the negotiating session. |
| 2000: Nagoya outfielder Kazuo Hattori dies at age 82. |
| 1997: Yakult pitcher Masato Yoshii announces that he will use his free agency rights. |
| 1997: It is reveraled that Hiroshima infielder Kenjiro Nomura will need hernia surgery. |
| 1997: Yakult releases pitchers Tsutomu Yamada, Fuminobu Kinoshita and Yoshihiro Yamauchi as well as infielder Masahiro Koda. |
| 1996: Oriux releases pitcher Naoki Yoshida and outfielder Minoru Shibahara. |
| 1996: Yomiuri announces the release of outfielders Mario Brito and Shane Mack. |
| 1996: Nippon Ham releases pitchers Kojiro Sakai, Yasukatsu Shirai, Yasushishi Funayama, Takahiro Kaneko, Shin Yamaguchi and Toshio Tajima as well as infielder Noriyuki Mori and outfielders Yoshihiro Suzuki, Shinichi Igarashi, Rob Ducey, Bernardo Brito and Takuya Minoda. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham sells catcher Fujio Okamura to Lotte. |
| 1995: Nippon Ham releases pitcher Toru Okamoto, infielder Yoshinori Sumiyoshi and outfielders Terushi Nakajima and Yoshimasa Maeki. In addition, pitchers Masahiro Uchiyama and Kiyoshi Sagawa as well as catcher Naoji Uchida all retire. |
| 1995: Orix outfielder Ichiro Suzuki becomes the first man in history to win a Matsutaro Shoriki Award two years running. |
| 1994: Hiroshima sends pitcher Hiroshi Nagatomi to Nippon Ham in exchange for outfielder Takuya Kimura and cash. |
| 1994: Chunichi releases pitcher Takahiro Imano. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham outfielder Nobutoshi Shimada retires. |
| 1994: Nippon Ham third baseman Atsushi Kataoka has elbow surgery. |
| 1993: Seibu beats Yakult 4-2 in game six of the Japan Series. |
| 1993: Kintets decides to sign pitcher Kyle Abbott and outfielder Lee Stevens. |
| 1992: Seibu infielder Yasutomo Suzuki retires to become a coach with the team. |
| 1991: Yoimiuri sends infielder Hironori Suguro to Orix in exchange for outfielder Terumitsu Kumano. |
| 1990: Lotte trades outfielder Yoshihiko Takahashi to Hanshin for pitcher Shoji Toyama. |
| 1989: Seibu pitcher Hiroyuki Matsunama retires. |
| 1986: Softbank infielder Tomoaki Egawa is born. |
| 1986: Hiroshima pitcher Manabu Kitabeppu wins the Sawamura Award. |
| 1984: Chunichi outfielder Yoshimi Sakurai is born. |
| 1981: Kansas City begins a series of games in Japan against Japanese teams. |
| 1981: It is revealed that Lotte outfielder Isao Harimoto will retire. |
| 1974: Yokohama infielder Steve Cox is born. |
| 1947: Nippon Ham pitcher Koichi Eda is born. |
| 1938: Toei pinch hitter Kazuo Tanaka is born. |
| 1937: Toei, Hanshin and Yakult outfielder Akio Saionji is born. |
| 1935: Hankyu and Hanshin infielder Kingo Motoyashiki is born. |
| 1925: Yomiuri infielder Mikio Tamura is born. |
| 1915: Tokyo Giants outfielder Seiichi Hayashi is born. |
| 1907: The first ever game at which admission was charged in Japanese baseball history occurs when the St. Louis Cardinals faceoff against Keio University. |