Hiroshima Carp

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Hiroshima Toyo Carp

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

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)

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External link

Hiroshima Carp official web site

Central League
Japanese Professional Baseball
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 similiar uniforms.

See also: Hiroshima Carp, 1950, 1967, 1968, 1975, 1979, 1980, 1984