Shochiku Robins | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball * Central League |
Ballpark | Shimonoseki Baseball Stadium (1950–1952) |
Established | 1936 |
Division championships | 1 (1950) |
Former name(s) | Dai Tokyo (1936) Lion Baseball Club (1937–1940) Asahi Baseball Club (1941–1944) Pacific Baseball Club (1946) Taiyō Robins (1947–1949) |
Former league(s) | Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949) |
Former ballparks | Kinugasa Stadium |
Colors | dark olive green, red |
Ownership | Kokumin Shimbun (1936) Komajiro Tamura (1937–1952) |
Manager | Tokuro Konishi (1936–1938, 1950, 1952) Kyouichi Nitta (1951–1952) |
The Shochiku Robins (Japanese: 松竹ロビンス, romanized: Shōchiku robinsu) were a Japanese baseball team that played in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). The franchise originated in the Japanese Baseball League (NPB's predecessor) and existed from 1936–1953, when it merged with the Taiyo Whales. Originally based in Tokyo, the club moved to Osaka in 1941.