Hiroshima Toyo Carp

The  is a Japanese professional baseball team in the city of Hiroshima and Hiroshima Prefecture.Hiroshima. Wikivoyage.  The Carp play in Japan's Central League or .Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB),  "Teams (Rosters, Schedules/Scores, Individual Stats); retrieved 2012-7-17.

The team's  ballpark is Mazda Stadium.

The Carp is a team with the greatest number of perfect games in Japanese professional baseball.

History
The team joined the Central League as the Hiroshima Carp in 1949.
Carp Won Central League Championship for the first time in 1975.

The team mascot "Slyly" bears resemblance to the Phillie Phanatic of the Philadelphia Phillies. "Carp Boya" is another team mascot.

League titles
 Japan series titles(3) 1979,1980,1984
 Central League Championship (6) 1975,1979,1980,1984,1986,1991
Notable players
 BaseballReference.com, Koji Yamamoto; retrieved 2012-7-17.
 BaseballReference.com, Sachio Kinugasa; retrieved 2012-7-17.

Current manager
 BaseballReference.com, Kenjiro Nomura; retrieved 2012-7-17.

Current players
 BaseballReference.com, Tomonori Maeda; retrieved 2012-7-17.
 BaseballReference.com, Akihiro Higashide; retrieved 2012-7-17.
 BaseballReference.com, Kenta Kuirhara; retrieved 2012-7-17.
 BaseballReference.com, Eishin Soyogi; retrieved 2012-7-18.
 BaseballReference.com, Kenta Maeda; retrieved 2012-7-18.
 BaseballReference.com, Takuro Ishii; retrieved 2012-7-18.
 BaseballReference.com, Shogo Kimura; retrieved 2012-7-18.

MLB players
 BaseballReference.com, Hiroki Kuroda; retrieved 2012-7-18.
 Alfonso Guilleard SorianoBaseballReference.com, Alfonso Soriano; retrieved 2012-7-18.
 Colby Lewis
 BaseballReference.com, Ken Takahashi; retrieved 2012-7-18.

Gallery

Related pages
 Sports in Japan

References

 Other websites 

  Hiroshima Carp official web site
  japanesebaseball.com Carp page
  Carp train (operated by Hiroden) 

Category:Baseball teams in Japan
Category:1949 establishments in Asia
Category:Organizations based in Hiroshima