Hanshin Tigers - Season-by-season

Season-by-season

From the Kosaido Publishing Co., Ltd. (株式会社廣済堂出版, Kabushikigaisha Kōsaidō Shuppan?) guidebook.

Season	Place	Manager
Former Japanese Baseball League
1936	Spring: Did not place Summer: Did not place Autumn: 2nd	Shigeo Mori (森茂雄?, spring, summer) → Shuichi Ishimoto (石本秀一?, autumn)
1937	Spring: 2nd Autumn: 1st (League Champion) Annual League Champion	Shuichi Ishimoto (石本秀一?)
1938	Spring: 1st (League Champion) Autumn: 2nd Annual League Champion	Shuichi Ishimoto (石本秀一?)
1939	2nd	Shuichi Ishimoto (石本秀一?)
1940	2nd	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1941	5th	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1942	3rd	Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林忠志?)
1943	3rd	Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林忠志?)
1944	1st (League Champion)	Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林忠志?)
1945	No league play
1946	3rd	Fumio Fujimura (藤村富美男?)
1947	1st (League Champion)	Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林忠志?)
1948	3rd	Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林忠志?)
1949	6th	Tadashi Wakabayashi (若林忠志?)
In the Central League
1950	4th	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1951	3rd	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1952	2nd	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1953	2nd	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1954	3rd	Kenjiro Matsuki (松木謙治郎?)
1955	3rd	Ichiro Kishi (岸一郎?) → Fumio Fujimura (藤村富美男?)
1956	2nd	Fumio Fujimura (藤村富美男?)
1957	2nd	Fumio Fujimura (藤村富美男?)
1958	2nd	Yoshio Tanaka (田中義雄?)
1959	2nd	Yoshio Tanaka (田中義雄?)
1960	3rd	Masayasu Kaneda (金田正泰?)
1961	4th	Masayasu Kaneda (金田正泰?) → Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1962	1st (League Champion)	Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1963	3rd	Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1964	1st (League Champion)	Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1965	3rd	Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1966	3rd	Shigeru Sugishita (杉下茂?) → Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1967	3rd	Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1968	2nd	Sadayoshi Fujimoto (藤本定義?)
1969	2nd	Tsuguo Goto (後藤次男?)
1970	2nd	Minoru Murayama (村山実?)
1971	5th	Minoru Murayama (村山実?)
1972	2nd	Minoru Murayama (村山実?, - April 21) → Masayasu Kaneda (金田正泰?, April 22 -)
1973	2nd	Masayasu Kaneda (金田正泰?)
1974	4th	Masayasu Kaneda (金田正泰?)
1975	3rd	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1976	2nd	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1977	4th	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1978	6th (last place)	Tsuguo Goto (後藤次男?)
1979	4th	Don Blasingame (Don Blazer)
1980	5th	Don Blasingame (Don Blazer) → Futoshi Nakanishi (中西太?)
1981	3rd	Futoshi Nakanishi (中西太?)
1982	3rd	Motoo Andoh (安藤統男?) Takao Sato (佐藤孝夫?, June 13 - June 15)
1983	4th	Motoo Andoh (安藤統男?)
1984	4th	Motoo Andoh (安藤統男?)
1985	1st (League Champion) Japan Series Champion	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1986	3rd	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1987	6th (last place)	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1988	6th (last place)	Minoru Murayama (村山実?)
1989	5th	Minoru Murayama (村山実?)
1990	6th (last place)	Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村勝広?)
1991	6th (last place)	Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村勝広?)
1992	2nd	Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村勝広?)
1993	4th	Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村勝広?)
1994	4th	Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村勝広?)
1995	6th (last place)	Katsuhiro Nakamura (中村勝広?, - July 23) → Taira Fujita (藤田平?, July 24 -)
1996	6th (last place)	Taira Fujita (藤田平?, - September 11) → Takeshi Shibata (柴田猛?, September 12 -)
1997	5th	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1998	6th (last place)	Yoshio Yoshida (吉田義男?)
1999	6th (last place)	Katsuya Nomura (野村克也?)
2000	6th (last place)	Katsuya Nomura (野村克也?)
2001	6th (last place)	Katsuya Nomura (野村克也?)
2002	4th	Senichi Hoshino (星野仙一?)
2003	1st (League Champion)	Senichi Hoshino (星野仙一?)
2004	4th	Akinobu Okada (岡田彰布?)
2005	1st (League Champion)	Akinobu Okada (岡田彰布?)
2006	2nd	Akinobu Okada (岡田彰布?)
2007	3rd (Advanced to the Climax Series)	Akinobu Okada (岡田彰布?)
2008	2nd (Advanced to the Climax Series)	Akinobu Okada (岡田彰布?)
2009	4th	Akinobu Mayumi (真弓明信?)
2010	2nd (Advanced to the Climax Series)	Akinobu Mayumi (真弓明信?)
2011	4th	Akinobu Mayumi (真弓明信?)
2012	5th	Yutaka Wada (和田豊?)