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The Yomiuri Giants (in
Kanji: 読売巨人; Yomiuri-kyojin) are a popular
baseball team in
Japan. The team is owned by the Yomiuri Group, a media conglomerate
which includes two
newspapers and a
television network.
The Yomiuri Giants are the oldest professional team in Japan, which was
founded in
1936 and joined the new
Japanese Professional League. The Giants won nine titles before the
establishment of the two league system in
1950. Starting in
1965, the Giants won nine consecutive Central League pennants and
Japan Series titles, in large part because of the hitting of
Shigeo Nagashima and
Sadaharu Oh. The Giants have won the
2002 pennant. The Yomiuri Giants have won more pennants and Japan
Series titles than any other team.
League Championships:
1951,1952,
1953,
1955,
1956,
1957,
1958,
1959,
1961,
1963,
1965,
1966,
1967,
1968,
1969,
1970,
1971,
1972,
1973,
1976,
1977,
1981,
1983,
1987,
1989,
1990,
1994,
1996,
2000,
2002
Japan Series Championships:
1951,
1952,
1953,
1955,
1961,
1963,
1965,
1966,
1967,
1968,
1969,
1970,
1971,
1972,
1973,
1981,
1989,
1994,
2000,
2002
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