Nagoya Kinko Explained

Nagoya Kinko
Established:1936
Folded:1940; merged with Tsubasa Baseball Club
League:Japanese Baseball League
Former Names:Nagoya Golden Dolphins (1936)
Owner:Nagoya Shimbun
Manager:Genzaburo Okada (1936–1940)

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, Herb North, and Toshio Kurosawa.

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

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Year Team name Games Wins Losses Ties Win/Loss Percentage Standings Games behind
1936 (fall) Golden Dolphins 28 9 19 0 .321 6/7 14
1937Kinko 105 25 30 1 .455 5/8 16.5
23 25 1 .479 4/8 16
1938 75 13 22 0 .371 6/9 10
11 29 0 .275 9/9 19.5
1939 96 36 56 4 .391 7/9 30
1940 104 34 63 7 .351 8/8 38.5
Overall record 408 151 244 13 .386