List of Yomiuri Giants managers

The Yomiuri Giants are a Nippon Professional Baseball team that plays in the Central League (CL). Since their inception as the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club in 1934, the Giants have employed 13 managers. The duties of the team manager include team strategy and leadership on and off the field.^[1]^[2] The franchise's first managers were Japanese Baseball Hall of Famer Daisuke Miyake and Yoshio Asanuma. After forming an All-Japan team in 1934 to play a Major League Baseball All-Star team in Japan, Yomiuri Shimbun-owner Matsutarō Shōriki kept the team together to create the Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club in December 1934.^[3] The team then traveled to the United States to play against various Minor League and amateur teams in 1935.^[4] Encouraged by the success of Shōriki's team, other Japanese teams were formed and Japanese Baseball League was established in 1936.

In the 59 seasons since the NPB was formed, the Giants have had seven different managers. Starting with the NPB's inaugural season, Shigeru Mizuhara managed the team for 11 seasons, earning the team its first four Japan Series titles. Mizuhara's total winning percentage was .638, the highest of any manager in the NPB-era. Following Mizuhara, Tetsuharu Kawakami began an 14-year managerial tenure in 1960, the longest in franchise history. Under Kawakami, the team won 11 more Japan Series titles, including 9 consecutive titles from 1965 to 1973. Kawakami won 1,066 games as the Giants' manager, the most in franchise history.

Table key

#	A running total of the number of Giants managers. Any manager who has two or more separate terms is only counted once.
GM	Number of regular season games managed; may not equal sum of wins and losses due to tie games
W	Number of regular season wins in games managed
L	Number of regular season losses in games managed
T	Number of regular season ties in games managed
Win%	Winning percentage: number of wins divided by number of games managed
PA	Playoff appearances: number of years this manager has led the franchise to the playoffs
PW	Playoff wins: number of wins this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PL	Playoff losses: number of losses this manager has accrued in the playoffs
PT	Playoff ties: number of ties this manager has accrued in the playoffs
LC	League Championships: number of League Championships, or pennants, achieved by the manager
JS	Japan Series: number of Japan Series won by the manager
†	Elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame^[5]

Managers

Statistics current through 2009 season

#	Manager	Seasons	GM	W	L	T	Win%	PA	PW	PL	PT	LC	JS	Ref
1	Miyake, DaisukeDaisuke Miyake^†	1934–1935	0000 !—	0000 !—	000 !—	00 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—
2	Asanuma, YoshioYoshio Asanuma	1935–1936	0000 !—	0000 !—	000 !—	00 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—
3	Fujimoto, SadayoshiSadayoshi Fujimoto^†	1936–1942	0604 !604	0422 !422	168 !168	14 !14	715 !.715	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	^[6]
4	Nakajima, HaruyasuHaruyasu Nakajima^†	1943	0084 !84	0054 !54	027 !27	03 !3	667 !.667	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	^[6]
5	Fujimoto, HideoHideo Fujimoto^†	1944–1946	0140 !140	0083 !83	053 !53	04 !4	610 !.610	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	^[6]
5.5 !—	Nakajima, HaruyasuHaruyasu Nakajima^†	1946–1947	0224 !224	0120 !120	098 !98	06 !6	550 !.550	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	^[6]
6	Mihara, OsamuOsamu Mihara^†	1947–1949	0393 !393	0224 !224	162 !162	07 !7	580 !.580	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	^[6]
7	Mizuhara, ShigeruShigeru Mizuhara^†	1950–1960	1409 !1,409	0881 !881	499 !499	29 !29	638 !.638	008 !8	022 !22	024 !24	002 !2	008 !8	004 !4	^[6]
8	Kawakami, TetsuharuTetsuharu Kawakami^†	1961–1974	1866 !1,866	1066 !1,066	739 !739	61 !61	591 !.591	011 !11	044 !44	018 !18	000.5 !0	011 !11	011 !11	^[6]
9	Nagashima, ShigeoShigeo Nagashima^†	1975–1980	0780 !780	0387 !387	338 !338	55 !55	534 !.534	002 !2	004 !4	008 !8	000.5 !0	002 !2	000.5 !0	^[6]
10	Fujita, MotoshiMotoshi Fujita^†	1981–1983	0390 !390	0211 !211	148 !148	31 !31	588 !.588	002 !2	007 !7	006 !6	000.5 !0	002 !2	001 !1	^[6]
11	Oh, SadaharuSadaharu Oh^†	1984–1988	0650 !650	0347 !347	264 !264	39 !39	568 !.568	001 !1	002 !2	004 !4	000.5 !0	001 !1	000.5 !0	^[6]
11.5 !—	Fujita, MotoshiMotoshi Fujita^†	1989–1992	0520 !520	0305 !305	213 !213	02 !2	589 !.589	002 !2	004 !4	007 !7	000.5 !0	002 !2	001 !1	^[6]
11.6 !—	Nagashima, ShigeoShigeo Nagashima^†	1993–2001	1202 !1,202	0647 !647	551 !551	04 !4	540 !.540	003 !3	009 !9	008 !8	000.5 !0	003 !3	002 !2	^[6]
12	Hara, TatsunoriTatsunori Hara	2002–2003	0280 !280	0157 !157	118 !118	05 !5	571 !.571	001 !1	004 !4	000.5 !0	000.5 !0	001 !1	001 !1	^[6]
13	Horiuchi, TsuneoTsuneo Horiuchi^†	2004–2005	0284 !284	0133 !133	144 !144	07 !7	480 !.480	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	000 !—	^[6]
13.5 !—	Hara, TatsunoriTatsunori Hara	2006–present	0578 !578	0318 !318	245 !245	15 !15	565 !.565	003 !3	012 !12	011 !11	001 !1	003 !3	001 !1	^[6]

References

^ "Manager: Definition | Dictionary.com". Dictionary.Reference.com. The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language. 2006. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/manager. Retrieved February 24, 2009.
^ Dickson, P. (2009). The Dickson Baseball Dictionary (Third Edition ed.). W.W. Norton & Co. p. 530. ISBN 978-0393066814.
^ Reaves, Joseph A. (2004). Taking in a Game: A History of Baseball in Asia. Bison Books. pp. 76–77. ISBN 0-803-29001-2.
^ Fitts, Robert K. (2008). Wally Yonamine: The Man Who Changed Japanese Baseball. University of Nebraska Press. p. 3. ISBN 0-803-21381-6.
^ "List of Hall of Famers". The Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. http://english.baseball-museum.or.jp/baseball_hallo/list/syllabary.html. Retrieved December 13, 2009.
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Great Japan Tokyo Baseball Club (1934–1935)	Miyake • Asanuma

Japanese Professional Baseball (1936–1949)	S. Fujimoto • Nakajima • H. Fujimoto • Nakajima • Mihara

Nippon Professional Baseball (1950–present)	Mizuhara • Kawakami • Nagashima • Fujita • Oh • Fujita • Nagashima • Hara • Horiuchi • Hara