Hiroshima Carp

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The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (広島東洋カープ) is a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The owner firm is Mazda.

Founded: 1950

Formerly known as: Hiroshima Carp (1950-1967), Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1968-1997), Hiroshima Carp (1998-)

Home ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

Uniform colors: Red and white

Logo design: "Carp" written in red and outlined in white

League championships won (6): 1975, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1991

Japan Series championships won (3): 1979, 1980, 1984

Contents 1 Players of note 1.1 Current stars 1.2 OB 1.3 Retired numbers 2 External link 3 Trivia

Players of note

Current stars

• Takuya Kimura(OF)
• Hiroki Kuroda(P)
• Greg LaRocca
• Shigenobu Shima

OB

• Andy Sheets

Retired numbers

• 3 Sachio Kinugasa
• 8 Koji Yamamoto (Current coach)

External link

• Hiroshima Carp official web site

Japanese Professional Baseball
Central League
Yomiuri Giants | Chunichi Dragons | Yakult Swallows | Hiroshima Carp | Hanshin Tigers | Yokohama BayStars
Pacific League
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | Chiba Lotte Marines | Seibu Lions | Orix Buffaloes | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series | Japanese Baseball League (former)

Trivia

Hiroshima Carp and the American Baseball team Cincinnati Reds have similar uniforms. Also, their mascot name Slyly is similar to the Philadelphia Phillies The Phillie Phanatic.