Managers’ Records

Major league records of all managers from Nippon Professional Baseball and its predecessor, the 1936-1949 Japan Baseball League, by career, team-by-team, and season-by-season.

Managers’ careers

Name	nameWikiJ	key	Games	Wins	Losses	Win Pct	First Year	Last Year
Kazuto Tsuruoka	鶴岡一人	263	2,994	1,773	1,140	0.609	1946	1968
Osamu Mihara	三原修	15,562	3,248	1,687	1,453	0.537	1947	1973
Sadayoshi Fujimoto	藤本定義	15,576	3,200	1,657	1,450	0.533	1936	1968
Shigeru Mizuhara	水原茂	464	2,782	1,586	1,123	0.585	1950	1971
Katsuya Nomura	野村克也	170	3,204	1,565	1,563	0.500	1970	2009
Yukio Nishimoto	西本幸雄	14,909	2,665	1,384	1,163	0.543	1960	1981
Toshiharu Ueda	上田利治	14,575	2,574	1,322	1,136	0.538	1974	1999
Sadaharu Oh	王貞治	174	2,507	1,315	1,118	0.540	1984	2008
Tatsunori Hara	原辰徳	10,725	2,407	1,273	985	0.564	2002	2023
Kaoru Betto	別当薫	16	2,497	1,237	1,156	0.517	1952	1979
Name	nameWikiJ	key	Games	Wins	Losses	Win Pct	First Year	Last Year

Managers’ seasons

id	Year	split	splitJ	segment	franchiseKey	nameWikiJ	Name	team	teamJ	g	w	l	t	pct	finish	started	finished	careerG	careerW	careerL	careerT	careerPct	key
4	1936	Autumn	秋	秋	2	石本　秀一</a	Shuichi Ishimoto	Tigers	阪神	31	24	6	1	0.800	1	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	1,115	528	553	34	0.488	15,577
15	1937	Spring	春	春	2	石本　秀一</a	Shuichi Ishimoto	Tigers	阪神	56	41	14	1	0.745	1	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	1,115	528	553	34	0.488	15,577
16	1937	Autumn	秋	秋	2	石本　秀一</a	Shuichi Ishimoto	Tigers	阪神	49	39	9	1	0.813	1	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	1,115	528	553	34	0.488	15,577
17	1937	Spring	春	春	3	桝嘉一	Kaichi Masu	Dragons	名古屋	56	21	35	0	0.375	8	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	189	82	97	10	0.458	16,079
18	1937	Autumn	秋	秋	3	桝嘉一	Kaichi Masu	Dragons	名古屋	49	13	33	3	0.283	8	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	189	82	97	10	0.458	16,079
21	1937	Spring	春	春	5	小西得郎	Tokuro Konishi	Lion	ライオン	56	21	31	4	0.404	6	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	735	359	359	17	0.500	15,586
22	1937	Autumn	秋	秋	5	小西得郎	Tokuro Konishi	Lion	ライオン	49	19	29	1	0.396	6	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	735	359	359	17	0.500	15,586
31	1938	Spring	春	春	2	石本　秀一</a	Shuichi Ishimoto	Tigers	阪神	35	29	6	0	0.829	2	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	1,115	528	553	34	0.488	15,577
32	1938	Autumn	秋	秋	2	石本　秀一</a	Shuichi Ishimoto	Tigers	阪神	40	27	13	0	0.675	2	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	1,115	528	553	34	0.488	15,577
33	1938	Spring	春	春	3	根本行都	Yukisato Nemoto	Dragons	名古屋	35	11	24	0	0.314	4	30/11/-0001	30/11/-0001	107	40	61	6	0.396	17,153
id	Year	split	splitJ	segment	franchiseKey	nameWikiJ	Name	team	teamJ	g	w	l	t	pct	finish	started	finished	careerG	careerW	careerL	careerT	careerPct	key

Managers’ careers by team

franchise_key	franchise_code	nameWikiJ	most_recentJ	Name	Franchise	G	W	L	T	Pct	1st Year	Last Year
1	g	原辰徳	読売	Tatsunori Hara	Yomiuri	2,407	1,273	985	75	0.623	2002	2023
1	g	川上哲治	読売	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri	1,866	1,066	739	61	0.573	1961	1974
1	g	長嶋茂雄	読売	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	1,982	1,034	889	59	0.382	1975	2001
1	g	水原茂	読売	Shigeru Mizuhara	Yomiuri	1,409	881	499	29	0.603	1950	1960
1	g	藤田元司	読売	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri	910	516	361	33	0.603	1981	1992
1	g	藤本定義	読売	Sadayoshi Fujimoto	Yomiuri	604	422	168	12	0.667	1936	1942
1	g	王貞治	読売	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	650	347	264	39	0.554	1984	1988
1	g	高橋由伸	読売	Yoshinobu Takahashi</	Yomiuri	429	210	208	11	0.507	2016	2018
1	g	三原修	読売	Osamu Mihara	Yomiuri	302	177	118	7	0.601	1947	1949
1	g	中島治康	読売	Haruyasu Nakajima	Yomiuri	255	150	101	4	0.667	1943	1949
franchise_key	franchise_code	nameWikiJ	most_recentJ	Name	Franchise	G	W	L	T	Pct	1st Year	Last Year

Here’s the list of franchise codes, useful for searching for selecting each franchise’s records with different managers. Lower-case letters are used for current teams, upper-cased ones for defunct franchises.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants – g
Hanshin Tigers – t
Chunichi Dragons – d
DeNA BayStars – ba
Hiroshima Carp – c
Yakult Swallows – s

Pacific League

Orix Buffaloes – bu
SoftBank Hawks – h
Nippon Ham Fighters – f
Lotte Marines – m
Seibu Lions – l
Rakuten Eagles – e

Gone but not forgotten…

Shochiku, Taiyo, Pacific, Asahi, Lion, Daitokyo – SR
Tokyo Senators, Tsubasa, Taiyo, Nishitetsu – TS
Nagoya Kinko – NK
Taiyo Unions, Daiei, Kinboshi, Gold Star – TU
KIntetsu Buffaloes – KB
Nishinihon Pirates – NP
Takahashi, Tombo – TT
Yamato, Kurowashi, Eagles – YE

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