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Chiba Lotte Marines

League

Pacific League

Location

Chiba

Ballpark

Chiba Marine Stadium

Year Founded

1950

Nickname(s)

Lotte (ロッテ), Marines (マリーンズ), Kamome (鴎, gull)

League championships

1950, 1960, 1970, 1974, 2005

Japan Series championships

1950, 1974, 2005

Former name(s)

Mainichi Orions (1950-1957), Mainichi Daiei Orions (1958-1963), Tokyo Orions (1964-1968), Lotte Orions (1969-1991)

Colors

Red and black

Manager

Bobby Valentine

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The Chiba Lotte Marines (千葉ロッテマリーンズ, Chiba Rotte Marīnzu^?) are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League, based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the other being the Central League. is a Stadium in Chiba City, Japan. It is primarily used for Baseball, and is the home field of the Chiba Lotte Marines. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gulls (often informally Seagulls) are birds in the family Laridae Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. or is a seven-game championship played by the teams of Japan 's two professional baseball leagues (the Central League and Pacific League) Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Robert John Valentine (born May 13 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut) nicknamed Bobby V, is a former player and manager in Baseball is a Bat-and-ball Sport played between two teams of nine players each For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the other being the Central League. WikipediaWikiProject Japanese prefectures for guidelines--> is a prefecture of Japan located in the Greater Tokyo Area. The is a Geographical area of Honshū, the largest Island of Japan.

1 History
2 Players of note
3 See also
4 External links

History

The Chiba Lotte Marines franchise began in 1950 with the birth of the Pacific League. The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the other being the Central League. The Marines were founded as the Mainichi Orions, and they won the inaugural Japan Series in 1950. or is a seven-game championship played by the teams of Japan 's two professional baseball leagues (the Central League and Pacific League) In 1958, they were renamed the Daimai Orions; the Tokyo Orions in 1964; the Lotte Orions in 1969; and finally, since 1992, they have been the Chiba Lotte Marines. The franchise was slow to duplicate its initial success: the Orions made the Japan Series in 1960 and 1970, only to lose both years. In 1974, they beat the Chunichi Dragons, becoming the first Pacific League team to win the Series in 10 years as the Yomiuri Giants had claimed the prior nine titles behind the Oh-Nagashima attack. The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. The is a Nippon Professional Baseball team based at the Tokyo Dome in Bunkyo, Tokyo, Japan. Sadaharu Oh or officially Wang Chenchih ( Hepburn: Ō Sadaharu, born May 20 1940) is a former baseball player and manager of the Shigeo Nagashima (長嶋茂雄 born February 20, 1936 in Sakura Chiba, Japan) is a former professional baseball player and After that the team failed to reach the Japan Series again until 2005. The Japan Series, the 56th edition of Nippon Professional Baseball 's Championship series began on October 22 and ended on October 26 They had started the 2005 season in first place, then fell behind the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks as the year progressed, but came back to beat SoftBank 3 games to 2 in the Pacific League championship. The are a Japanese baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. In the final game, they trailed 2-1 entering the 8th inning. After a thirty-one year absence, the team returned to the Japan Series for the first time as the Chiba Lotte Marines, after 14 seasons with that name. In a one-sided series the Marines swept the more popular Hanshin Tigers in four games, including scoring ten runs in each of the first three games. The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team based in Koshien Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and are in the Central League. The apparent ease with which the Marines defeated the Tigers added fuel to the ongoing debate concerning the need for a playoff system in the Central League, which was finally added in 2007. A playoff or final in Sports is a game or series of games played after the regular season is over with the goal of determining a league champion or a similar accolade The or is one of Japan 's two major professional Baseball leagues the winner of which plays the Japan Series against the winner of the other league the The Marines went on to defeat South Korea's Samsung Lions in the finals of the Konami Cup Championships. Samsung Lions ( is a Korean professional Baseball team founded in 1982. The Asia Series (officially known as the Konami Cup for sponsorship reasons is an international Baseball tournament in East Asia that was first held between

Players of note

Current manager

2 Bobby Valentine

Current players

0 Tadahiro Ogino
3 Saburo Ohmura
4 José Ortiz
7 Tsuyoshi Nishioka
8 Toshiaki Imae
9 Kazuya Fukuura
10 Shoitsu Ohmatsu
12 Yusuke Kawaski
14 Satoru Komiyama
16 Yasutomo Kubo
17 Yoshihisa Naruse
18 Naoyuki Shimizu
22 Tomoya Satozaki
23 Akira Otsuka
25 Naotaka Takehara
29 Shingo Ono
31 Shunsuke Watanabe
33 Tasuku Hashimoto
41 Hiroyuki Kobayashi
42 Julio Zuleta
44 Daisuke Hayakawa
46 Szu-Yu Wu
48 Koji Takagi
50 Benny Agbayani
52 Hisao Heiuchi

Former players

Kevin Beirne
Mike Diaz
Julio Franco
Matt Franco
Mel Hall
Isao Harimoto
Pete Incaviglia
Hideki Irabu
Masahide Kobayashi
Leron Lee - uncle of Derrek Lee
Lee Seung-Yeop
Jim Lefebvre
Darryl Motley
Hiromitsu Ochiai (Present manager of Chunichi Dragons)
Hiroshi Ogawa
Dan Serafini
Jose Fernandez
Yasuhiko Yabuta

Retired numbers

none

Honored number

26 - This number is considered the number of the fan, the 'twentysixth player' on the bench. Robert John Valentine (born May 13 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut) nicknamed Bobby V, is a former player and manager in José Rafael Ortiz (born October 25 1963) &mdashbetter known as Piculín or Picu &mdash is a retired Puerto Rican professional Tsuyoshi Nishioka (Japanese西岡剛 born July 27, 1984 in Daitō Osaka, Japan) is a professional Baseball player for the Toshiaki Imae (born August 26, 1983 in Kyoto) is a Professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan born September 15, 1965, is a professional baseball player from Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan. Yoshihisa Naruse (Japanese成瀬善久 born October 13, 1985 in Tochigi Japan) is a pitcher for the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Professional Naoyuki Shimizu (清水直行 born November 24, 1975) is a professional baseball player from Kyoto, Japan. Tomoya Satozaki (born May 20, 1976 in Naruto, Tokushima, Japan) is a Professional Baseball player for the Shunsuke Watanabe (渡辺俊介 born August 27, 1976) is a professional Baseball player from Tsuga Tochigi, Japan. Hiroyuki Kobayashi (born June 4, 1978 in Sōka, Saitama, Japan) is a right-handed Pitcher in Japan's Nippon Professional Julio Zuleta Tapia (born March 28, 1975 in Panama City Panama) is a professional baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines in Japan's Daisuke Hayakawa (Japanese早川大輔 born June 3, 1975 in Chiba Japan) is a professional Baseball player for the Chiba Lotte Marines Szu-Yu Wu 吳偲佑 (born May 24, 1982) is a professional Baseball player. Benny Agbayani (born December 28, 1971) is a professional Baseball player who played with the New York Mets, Colorado Rockies and Kevin Patrick Beirne (born January 1, 1974, in Houston Texas) was a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher Julio César Robles Franco (born August 23 1958, in Hato Mayor, Dominican Republic) is a former Major League Baseball Infielder Matt Franco (born August 19, 1969 in Santa Monica California) is a former professional baseball player who played First base in the Major Melvin Hall Jr (born September 16, 1960 in Lyons New York) is a former Major League Baseball player from 1981 to 1996 for the Chicago Isao Harimoto (張本勲 born June 19, 1940 in Hiroshima Japan) real name is Jang Hun, is a former Nippon Professional Baseball Peter Joseph Incaviglia (born April 2, 1964, in Pebble Beach California) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder. Hideki Irabu ( Japanese: 伊良部秀輝 born in Hirara (now Miyakojima) Okinawa Prefecture, Japan on May 15, Masahide (Masa Kobayashi (小林雅英 born May 24, 1974 in Ōtsuki, Yamanashi, Japan) is a Major League Baseball Leron Lee (born March 4 1948 in Bakersfield California) is a former Left fielder in Major League Baseball who played 8 seasons with Derrek Leon Lee (born September 6 1975 in Sacramento California) is a First baseman in Major League Baseball who has played for the Chicago Lee Seung-yeop also Lee Seung-yuop (born August 18, 1976 in Daegu, South Korea) is a Baseball player currently playing James Kenneth (Jim Lefebvre (born January 7, 1942 in Inglewood, California) is a former Second baseman, Third baseman Darryl DeWayne Motley (born January 21, 1960 in Muskogee Oklahoma) is a former Major League Baseball Outfielder who played six seasons Hiromitsu Ochiai (落合博満 Ochiai Hiromitsu, born December 9, 1953) is currently manager of the Chunichi Dragons in Japan 's The are a professional baseball team based in Nagoya, the chief city in the Chubu ("Middle of Japan" region of Japan. is a former Japanese pitcher and murderer On November 18 2004 he murdered a 67-year-old woman Kazuko Nishiuchi Daniel Joseph Serafini (born January 25, 1974, in San Francisco, California) is a left-handed Major League Baseball Relief is a Major League Baseball Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals. (NPB teams were having 25 players on their active roster)

The team is currently managed by Bobby Valentine. Robert John Valentine (born May 13 1950 in Stamford, Connecticut) nicknamed Bobby V, is a former player and manager in

External links

(Japanese) Chiba Lotte Marines official web site

Lotte Group is a large South Korea - Japan Chaebol ( conglomerate) The Lotte Giants (롯데 자이언츠 are a professional Baseball team in Busan, Korea.

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