List of Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters seasons

The Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Pacific League. The team is based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido. The team began play in 1946 for the Japanese Baseball League as the Senators in Tokyo. They changed their named to the Tokyu Flyers the following year and did a handful of name changes over the years, most notably playing as the Toei Flyers (1954–1972). In 1973, the team was purchased by Nippon Ham and rebranded as the Nippon-Ham Fighters. In 2004, the team moved to Sapporo, Hokkaido and changed the name of the team to add Hokkaido to it. The team moved to Es Con Field Hokkaido in Kitahiroshima in 2023. In 80 seasons, the team has won the Japan Series three times (1962, 2006, 2016) while winning seven Pacific League pennants. They have appeared in the league playoffs 15 times.https://npb.jp/bis/teams/yearly_f.html

Table key + Key to symbols and terms in season tableWNumber of regular season winsLNumber of regular season lossesTNumber of regular season tiesGBGames behind from league's first-place teamROYPacific League Rookie of the Year AwardMVPPacific League Most Valuable Player AwardESAEiji Sawamura AwardMSAMatsutaro Shoriki AwardSeries MVPJapan Series Most Valuable Player Award

Season-by-season records Japan Series Champions(1950–present) †Pacific League Pennant(1950–present) Pacific League Regular Season Champions(1950–present) ^Climax Series Berth(2004–present) ¤ Season LeagueFinishWinsLossesTiesWin%GBPlayoffsAwardsSenators 1946JBL5th47 58 0 .448 19Tokyu / Kyeui / Tokyu / Toei / Nittaku Home Flyers 1947JBL6th51 65 3 .440 281948JBL5th597011.45724.51949JBL7th64731.467231950 Pacific 6th 51690.425 32.51951 Pacific6th38568.404331952 Pacific6th49 59 0 .454 211953 Pacific6th50 67 3 .427 201954 Pacific7th52 86 2 .377 38.51955 Pacific7th51 89 3 .364 481956 Pacific6th5892 4 .390 39.5 1957 Pacific5th5673 3 .436 281958 Pacific5th57 70 3 .450 221959 Pacific3rd67 635 .515 211960 Pacific5th52 78 2 .400 301961 Pacific2nd83 52 5 .611 2.51962 Pacific1st78 52 3 .600 —Won Japan Series (Tigers) 4–2Isao Harimoto (MVP)Masayuki Dobashi (Series MVP)Masayuki Tanemo (Series MVP)1963 Pacific3rd76 71 3 .517 10.51964 Pacific3rd78 68 4 .534 5.51965 Pacific2nd76 61 3 .555 121966 Pacific3rd70 60 6 .538 91967 Pacific3rd65 65 4 .500 101968 Pacific6th51 795 .392 291969 Pacific4th57 70 3 .449 19.51970 Pacific5th54 70 6 .435 24.51971 Pacific5th44 74 12 .373 35.51972 Pacific4th63 61 6 .508 151973 Pacific5th/3rd55 69 6 .444Nippon-Ham Fighters1974 Pacific6th/6th49 75 6 .395 1975 Pacific4th/4th55 63 12 .4661976 Pacific4th/5th52 67 11 .4371977 Pacific4th/4th58 61 11 .4871978 Pacific3rd/4th55 63 12 .4661979 Pacific3rd/4th6360 7 .512 1980 Pacific2nd/2nd66 53 11 .555Isamu Kida (MVP)1981 Pacific4th/1st68 54 8 .557Won Pacific League playoffs (Orions) 3–1–1Lost Japan Series (Giants) 4–2Yutaka Enatsu (MVP)1982 Pacific4th/1st67 52 11 .563 Lost Pacific League playoffs (Lions) 3–11983 Pacific3rd64 59 7 .520 20.51984 Pacific6th44 73 13 .376 29.51985 Pacific5th53 65 12 .449 231986 Pacific5th57 65 8 .467 13.51987 Pacific3rd63 60 7 .512 11.51988 Pacific3rd62 65 3 .488 12.51989 Pacific5th54 73 3 .425 181990 Pacific4th66 63 1 .512 16.51991 Pacific4th53 72 5 .424 28.51992 Pacific5th54 73 3 .425 261993 Pacific2nd71 52 7 .577 11994 Pacific6th4679 5 .368 28.51995 Pacific4th59 68 3 .465 221996 Pacific2nd68 58 4 .540 71997 Pacific4th63 71 1 .470 141998 Pacific2nd67 65 3 .508 3.51999 Pacific5th60732 .451 18.52000Pacific3rd69 651 .515 4.52001Pacific6th53 843 .387 24.52002Pacific5th61 76 3.445 282003Pacific5th62 74 4 .456 19.5Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2004Pacific3rd6665 2 .504 12Lost Pacific League playoffs (Lions) 2–12005Pacific5th6271 3 .466 26.52006Pacific1st8254 0 .603 —Won Pacific League playoffs (Hawks) 3–0Won Japan Series (Dragons) 4–1Michihiro Ogasawara (MVP)Atsunori Inaba (Series MVP)2007Pacific1st7960 5 .568 —Won Climax Series Final Stage (Marines) 3–2Lost Japan Series (Dragons) 4–1Yu Darvish (MVP)2008Pacific3rd7369 2 .514 4Won Climax Series First Stage (Buffaloes) 2–0Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Lions) 4–22009Pacific1st8260 2.577 —Won Climax Series Final Stage (Golden Eagles) 4–1Lost Japan Series (Giants) 4–2Yu Darvish (MVP)2010Pacific4th7467 3 .525 32011Pacific2nd7265 7 .526 17.5Lost Climax Series First Stage (Lions) 2–02012Pacific1st7459 11 .556 —Won Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–0Lost Japan Series (Giants) 4–2Mitsuo Yoshikawa (MVP)2013Pacific6th64 78 2 .451 18.52014Pacific3rd73 68 3 .518 6.5 Won Climax Series First Stage (Buffaloes) 2–1Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–32015Pacific2nd79 62 2 .560 12Lost Climax Series First Stage (Marines) 2–12016Pacific1st87 533 .621 –Won Japan Series (Carp) 4–2Shohei Ohtani (MVP)Brandon Laird (Series MVP)2017Pacific5th60 83 0 .420 342018Pacific3rd74 66 3 .529 13.5Lost Climax Series First Stage (Hawks) 2–12019Pacific5th65 73 5 .471 132020Pacific5th53 62 5 .461 20 2021Pacific5th55 68 20 .447 142022Pacific6th59 81 3 .421 16.5 2023Pacific6th60 82 1 .423 27.52024Pacific2nd75 60 8 .556 13.5Won Climax Series First Stage (Marines) 2–1Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–02025Pacific2nd83 57 3 .593 4.5Won Climax Series First Stage (Buffaloes) 2–0Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Hawks) 4–3

Notes This is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two. The award was not open to the Pacific League until 1989. The award was not given out in the following years: 1971, 1980, 1984, 2000, 2019, and 2024.

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