Defunct Japanese Baseball Teams
Former Japanese Baseball League teams:
- Nagoya Golden Dolphins 1936-1940 - formerly Tokyo Senators 1936-1940; Tsubusa 1940, merged with Nagoya Kinko to form Taiyo 1941-1942 (merged with Tsubasa in 1940, Tsubasa later became Nishitetsu 1943.)
- Nishitetsu (dissolved in 1943.) Nishitetsu reestablished a team in 1950 for the new Nippon Professional Baseball circuit and it eventually moved to Tokorozawa, Saitama becoming the Seibu Lions.
- Yamato 1943-1944 - formerly Korakuen Eagles 1937-1938 and Eagles 1938-1940 and later Kurowashi (Black Eagles) 1940-1942 (dissolved in 1944.)
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