List of Hanshin Tigers seasons

The Hanshin Tigers are a Nippon Professional Baseball team playing in the Central League. The team is based in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, next to their main stadium, Hanshin Koshien Stadium. They began play in 1935 as the Osaka Tigers in the Japanese Baseball League, later rebranding to Hanshin Club and then back to Osaka. In their time in the JBL, they won four league pennants. The team adopted their current name in 1960.

The Tigers are owned by Hanshin Electric Railway Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of Hankyu Hanshin Holdings Inc.

The Tigers have won the Japan Series two times (1985, 2023), tenth most among all current twelve NPB teams. They have won the Central League pennant seven times, most recently in 2025. Since the Climax Series era began for the Central League in 2007, the Tigers have appeared in the playoffs 13 times.[1]

Table key

Key to symbols and terms in season table
W Number of regular season wins
L Number of regular season losses
T Number of regular season ties
GB Games behind from league's first-place team[a]
ROY Rookie of the Year
MVP Central League Most Valuable Player Award
ESA Eiji Sawamura Award
MSA Matsutaro Shoriki Award
Series MVP Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award

Season-by-season records

Japan Series Champions
(1950–present) † 		Japanese Baseball League / Central League Pennant
(1938–1949, 1950–present) 		Central League Regular Season Champions
(1950–present) ^ 		Climax Series Berth
(2004–present) ¤
Season League Finish Wins Losses Ties Win% GB Playoffs Awards
Osaka Tigers
1936 JBL [B] 9 6 0 .600 [B]
1936 Fall JBL 1st 24 6 1 .800 Lost Playoff (Giants) 2–1
1937 Spring JBL 2nd 41 14 1 .745 0.5
1937 Fall JBL 1st 39 9 1 .813 —
1938 Spring JBL 1st 29 6 0 .829 —
1938 Fall JBL 2nd 27 13 0 .675 3.5
1939 JBL 2nd 63 30 3 .677 3.5
Hanshin Club
1940 JBL 2nd 64 37 3 .634 10.5
1941 JBL 5th 41 43 0 .488 21
1942 JBL 3rd 52 48 5 .520 21
1943 JBL 3rd 41 36 7 .532 11
1944 JBL 1st 27 6 2 .818 —
1946 JBL 3rd 59 46 0 .562 7 Tadashi Wakabayashi (MVP)
Osaka Tigers
1947 JBL 1st 79 37 3 .681 —
1948 JBL 3rd 70 66 4 .515 17 Tadashi Wakabayashi (MVP)
1949 JBL 6th 65 69 3 .485 20.5 Fumio Fujimura (MVP)
1950 Central 4th 70 67 3 .511 30
1951 Central 3rd 61 52 3 .540 20.5
1952 Central 2nd 79 40 1 .664 3.5
1953 Central 2nd 74 56 0 .569 16
1954 Central 3rd 71 57 2 .555 16
1955 Central 3rd 71 57 2 .555 20.5
1956 Central 2nd 79 50 1 .612 4.5
1957 Central 2nd 73 54 3 .573 1
1958 Central 2nd 72 58 0 .554 5.5
1959 Central 2nd 62 59 9 .512 13 Minoru Murayama (ESA)
1960 Central 3rd 64 62 4 .508 6
Hanshin Tigers
1961 Central 4th 60 67 3 .473 12.5
1962 Central 1st 75 55 3 .577 — Lost Japan Series (Flyers) 4–2–1 Minoru Murayama (MVP)
Masaaki Koyama (ESA)
1963 Central 3rd 69 70 1 .496 14.5
1964 Central 1st 80 56 4 .588 — Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 4–3 Gene Bacque (ESA
1965 Central 3rd 71 66 3 .518 19.5 Minoru Murayama (ESA)
1966 Central 3rd 64 66 5 .492 25 Minoru Murayama (ESA)
1967 Central 3rd 70 60 6 .538 14
1968 Central 2nd 72 58 3 .554 5 Yutaka Enatsu (ESA)
1969 Central 2nd 68 59 3 .535 6.5 Kōichi Tabuchi (ROY)
1970 Central 2nd 77 49 4 .611 2
1971 Central 5th 57 64 9 .471 12.5
1972 Central 2nd 71 56 3 .559 3.5
1973 Central 2nd 64 59 7 .520 0.5
1974 Central 4th 57 64 9 .471 14
1975 Central 3rd 68 55 7 .559 6
1976 Central 2nd 72 45 13 .615 2
1977 Central 4th 55 63 12 .466 21
1978 Central 6th 41 80 9 .339 30.5
1979 Central 4th 61 60 9 .504 8 Shigeru Kobayashi (ESA)
1980 Central 5th 54 66 10 .450 20.5 Akinobu Okada (ROY)
1981 Central 3rd 67 58 5 .536 8
1982 Central 3rd 65 57 8 .533 4.5
1983 Central 4th 62 63 5 .496 11.5
1984 Central 4th 53 69 8 .434 23
1985 Central 1st 74 49 7 .602 — Won Japan Series (Lions) 4–2 Randy Bass (MVP)
Randy Bass (Series MVP)
Yoshio Yoshida (MSA)
1986 Central 3rd 60 60 10 .500 13.5
1987 Central 6th 41 83 6 .331 37.5
1988 Central 6th 51 77 2 .398 29.5
1989 Central 5th 54 75 1 .419 30.5
1990 Central 6th 52 78 0 .400 36
1991 Central 6th 48 82 0 .369 26
1992 Central 2nd 67 63 2 .515 2 Teruyoshi Kuji (ROY)
1993 Central 4th 63 67 2 .485 17
1994 Central 4th 62 68 0 .477 8 Keiichi Yabu (ROY)
1995 Central 6th 46 84 0 .354 36
1996 Central 6th 54 76 0 .415 23
1997 Central 5th 62 73 1 .459 21
1998 Central 6th 52 83 0 .385 27
1999 Central 6th 55 80 0 .407 26
2000 Central 6th 57 78 1 .422 21
2001 Central 6th 57 80 3 .416 20.5 Norihiro Akahoshi (ROY)
2002 Central 4th 66 70 4 .485 19
2003 Central 1st 87 51 2 .630 — Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 4–3 Kei Igawa (MVP)
Kei Igawa (ESA)
Senichi Hoshino (MSA)
2004 Central 4th 66 70 2 .485 13
2005 Central 1st 87 54 5 .617 — Lost Japan Series (Marines) 4–0 Tomoaki Kanemoto (MVP)
2006 Central 2nd 84 58 4 .592 3.5
2007 Central 3rd 74 66 4 .529 4.5 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Dragons) 2–0 Keiji Uezono (ROY)
2008 Central 2nd 82 59 3 .582 2 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Dragons) 2–1
2009 Central 4th 67 73 4 .479 24.5
2010 Central 2nd 78 63 3 .553 1 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Giants) 2–0
2011 Central 4th 68 70 6 .493 9
2012 Central 5th 55 75 14 .423 31.5
2013 Central 2nd 73 67 4 .521 12.5 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Carp) 2–0
2014 Central 2nd 75 68 1 .524 7 Won Climax Series First Stage (Carp) 1–0
Won Climax Series Final Stage (Giants) 4–1
Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 4–1
2015 Central 3rd 70 71 2 .496 6 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Giants) 2–1
2016 Central 4th 64 76 3 .457 24.5
2017 Central 2nd 78 61 4 .561 10 Lost Climax Series First Stage (BayStars) 2–1 Shun Takayama (ROY)
2018 Central 6th 62 79 2 .440 20
2019 Central 3rd 69 68 6 .504 6 Won Climax Series First Stage (BayStars) 2–1
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Giants) 4–1
2020 Central 2nd 60 53 7 .531 7.5 [C]
2021 Central 2nd 77 56 10 .579 1 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Giants) 2–0
2022 Central 3rd 68 71 10 .579 12 Won Climax Series First Stage (BayStars) 2–1
Lost Climax Series Final Stage (Swallows) 4–0
2023 Central 1st 85 53 5 .616 — Won Climax Series Final Stage (Carp) 4–0
Won Japan Series (Buffaloes) 4–3[2] 		Shoki Murakami (MVP)
Shoki Murakami (ROY)
Kōji Chikamoto (Series MVP)
Akinobu Okada (MSA)
2024 Central 2nd 74 63 6 .540 3.5 Lost Climax Series First Stage (Baystars) 2–0
2025 Central 1st 85 54 4 .612 — Won Climax Series Final Stage (BayStars) 4–0
Lost Japan Series (Hawks) 4–1[3] 		Teruaki Satō (MVP)

References

  1. ^ https://npb.jp/bis/teams/yearly_t.html
  2. ^ "阪神38年ぶり日本一!PV観戦の甲子園"大声援"がネットで反響「映像だけなのに虎ファン凄すぎ」" [Hanshin is best in Japan for the first time in 38 years! "Loud cheers" at Koshien of fans watching the PV resonate online, "Even though it's only a video broadcast, Tiger fans are still amazing."] (in Japanese). Sports Nippon. November 5, 2023. Archived from the original on November 5, 2023. Retrieved November 5, 2023.
  3. ^ Coskrey, Jason (October 30, 2025). "Hawks rally past Tigers in 11th to win Japan Series". The Japan Times. Retrieved October 30, 2025.

Notes

a This is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
B Records for 1936 seasons are incomplete.
[C] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Central League decided to send the regular season champion to the Japan Series directly with no Climax Series playoff.

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