Nagoya Kinko

Nagoya Kinko (long name: Nagoya Kinnosachihiko) was a Japanese baseball team that played in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL) before it merged with another team. It was owned by the daily broadsheet Nagoya Shimbun. Notable players for the team over the course of its existence included Harris McGalliard and Toshio Kurosawa.

Nagoya Kinko
Information
LeagueJapanese Baseball League
Year established1936
Year folded1940; merged with Tsubasa Baseball Club
Former name(s)Nagoya Golden Dolphins (1936)
OwnershipNagoya Shimbun
ManagerGenzaburo Okada (1936–1940)
Harris McGalliard with Nagoya in 1936.

The club was founded as the Nagoya Golden Dolphins before the 1936 JBL season. In 1937 the team changed its name to Nagoya Kinko.

The franchise never had a winning record and never placed higher than fourth in the league standings. Few players wanted to play for the team,and it merged with the Tsubasa Baseball Club after the 1940 season to form the Taiyō Baseball Club (that franchise was itself dissolved following the 1943 JBL season).

Team statistics

YearTeam nameGamesWinsLossesTiesWin/Loss PercentageStandingsGames behind
1936 (fall)Golden Dolphins289190.3216/714
1937Kinko10525301.4555/816.5
23251.4794/816
19387513220.3716/910
11290.2759/919.5
19399636564.3917/930
194010434637.3518/838.5
Overall record40815124413.386 

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