Hiroshima Carp

The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (広島東洋カープ) is a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The owner firm is Mazda.

Founded: 1950

Formerly known as: Hiroshima Carp (1950-1967), Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1968-1997), Hiroshima Carp (1998-)

Home ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium

Uniform colors: Red and white

Logo design: "Carp" written in red and outlined in white

League championships won (6): 1975, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1991

Japan Series championships won (3): 1979, 1980, 1984

Contents

1 Players of note 1.1 Current stars 1.2 OB 1.3 Retired numbers 2 External link 3 Trivia

Players of note

Current stars

• Takuya Kimura (OF)
• Hiroki Kuroda (P)
• Greg LaRocca
• Shigenobu Shima

OB

• Andy Sheets

Retired numbers

• 3 Sachio Kinugasa
• 8 Koji Yamamoto (Current coach)

External link

• Hiroshima Carp official web site

Trivia

Hiroshima Carp and the American Baseball team Cincinnati Reds have similiar uniforms.