Yamato Baseball Club

The Yamato Baseball Club was a Japanese baseball team in the Japanese Baseball League. Based in Tokyo, the franchise was founded as the Korakuen Eagles before the 1937 season and was dissolved before the 1944 season.

Franchise history

Korakuen Eagles

In 1937, catcher Harris McGalliard, won the Nippon [Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|JBL Most Valuable Player Award] with a batting average of.285 and 25 RBI.

Kurowashi

The team was owned by Ryutaro Takahashi of Dai-Nippon Beer from 1939 to 1941. For the 1940 and 1941 seasons, the team changed its name to Kurowashi .
Tadashi Kameda pitched two no-hitters for Kurowashi, on March 18, 1940, against the Lion Baseball Club, and on April 14, 1941, against the Osaka Tigers.

Yamato

Kenkichi Saeki, president of Yamato Ironworks, purchased the team in 1942. As a result, the team changed its name to the '''Yamato Baseball Club.'''

Dissolution

During its nine seasons of existence, the franchise only had two winning campaigns and never finished higher than third in the JBL standings. As a result, the team was dissolved before the 1944 season.