Hanshin Tigers
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- Hanshin
- Leagues Played
- Japan NPB 1728 Japan NPB Exhibition 94 Japan Pre-Season Friendlies 16 Japan NPB Japan Series 8 Japan NPB Climax Series 3 MLB Spring Training 2
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Fixtures
| Japan NPB | 09/06 09:00 | - |
Hiroshima Carp
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Hanshin Tigers 
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| Japan NPB | 09/07 09:00 | - |
Hanshin Tigers vs
Hiroshima Carp
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| Japan NPB | 09/09 09:00 | - |
Hanshin Tigers vs
Yokohama Bay Stars
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| Japan NPB | 09/10 09:00 | - |
Hanshin Tigers vs
Yokohama Bay Stars
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| Japan NPB | 09/11 09:00 | - |
Hanshin Tigers vs
Yokohama Bay Stars
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| Japan NPB | 09/13 05:00 | - |
Yomiuri Giants
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Hanshin Tigers
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Results
| Japan NPB | 09/05 09:00 | - |
[7] Hiroshima Carp
v
Hanshin Tigers [8]
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W | 1-6 | |
| Japan NPB | 09/04 09:00 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Chunichi Dragons
[8] 
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W | 7-5 | |
| Japan NPB | 09/03 09:00 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Kazma
[8] |
L | 2-5 | |
| Japan NPB | 09/02 09:00 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Chunichi Dragons
[8]
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W | 5-3 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/31 09:00 | - |
[11] Yomiuri Giants
v
Hanshin Tigers [8]
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W | 4-5 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/30 09:00 | - |
[11] Yomiuri Giants
v
Hanshin Tigers [8]
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W | 2-3 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/29 09:00 | - |
[11] Yomiuri Giants
v
Hanshin Tigers [8]
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L | 4-3 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/28 08:45 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Yokohama Bay Stars
[10]
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L | 4-5 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/27 08:45 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Yokohama Bay Stars
[10]
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W | 2-1 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/26 08:45 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Yokohama Bay Stars
[10]
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W | 3-2 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/24 08:00 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Ruch Chorzow II
[12] |
W | 8-1 | |
| Japan NPB | 08/23 09:00 | - |
[8] Hanshin Tigers v
Yakult Swallows
[12] 
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D | 2-2 |
Wikipedia - Hanshin Tigers
The Hanshin Tigers (阪神タイガース, Hanshin Taigāsu) are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, next to their main stadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium.
The Tigers are owned by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.
The Hanshin Tigers are one of the oldest professional clubs in Japan. They played their first season in 1936 as the Osaka Tigers and assumed their current team name in 1961.
History
The Hanshin Tigers, the second-oldest professional club in Japan, were founded on December 10, 1935, with the team being formed in 1936. The team was first called Ōsaka Tigers. In 1940, amid anti-foreign sentiment and the Tojo government's ban on English nicknames, the Tigers changed the name to simply Hanshin. In 1947, the team reverted to Ōsaka Tigers after the JPBL permitted use of English nicknames. The current team name was assumed in 1961 due to the team playing in the suburb of Nishinomiya, which is not in Osaka Prefecture.
The Tigers won four titles before the establishment of the two-league system in 1950. Since the league was split into the Central League and Pacific League, the Tigers have won the Central League pennant six times (1962, 1964, 1985, 2003, 2005, 2023) and Japan Series twice (1985, 2023).
When the 2004 Major League Baseball season began in Japan, the Tigers played an exhibition game against the New York Yankees at the Tokyo Dome on March 29. The Tigers won 11–7.
The 2025 Major League Baseball season kicked off with two games at the Tokyo Dome between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the Chicago Cubs. Prior to the series, the Tigers played exhibition games against each of these major league clubs, winning both on consecutive shutouts.
In 2005, 2006, 2007, and 2009, more than three million people attended games hosted by the Tigers, the only one of the 12 Nippon Professional Baseball teams to achieve this. In 2011, the Hanshin Tigers drew an average home attendance of 40,256.
The home field, Koshien Stadium, is used by high school baseball teams from all over Japan for the national championship tournaments in spring and summer. The summer tournament takes place in the middle of the Tigers' season, forcing the Tigers to go on a road trip and play their home games at Kyocera Dome Osaka. Fans call this "The Road of Death".
Famous players in Hanshin Tigers history include Fumio Fujimura, Masaru Kageura, Minoru Murayama, Yutaka Enatsu, Masayuki Kakefu, Randy Bass, Taira Fujita, and many others.