12/31/1956
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Monday, October 31st , 1955
Vesutan Bees: Released 3B Yukio Okuda.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Ottaviano Boyd.
Sunday, October 30th , 1955
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent RP Jomei Yamada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,800.
Denki Dynamics: Signed free agent RP Mikizo Fukuchi to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,740.
Vesutan Bees: Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Denki Dynamics: Released RP Nagahisa Ogawa.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP George Myers.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP Yoshitaka Date.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Ottaviano Boyd to a minor league contract.
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent 3B Yukio Okuda to a minor league contract.
Saturday, October 29th , 1955
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent SP Haruya Kaneshiro to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent SP Shunko Takeda to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Released SP Haruya Kaneshiro.
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Charlie Earl.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Johnny Asbury.
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent RP George Myers to a minor league contract.
Friday, October 28th , 1955
Sapporo Bears: Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Johnny Asbury to a minor league contract.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Charlie Earl to a minor league contract.
Thursday, October 27th , 1955
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Abe Angler.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Tiny Fowler.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released CF Lou Orton.
Sapporo Bears: Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, October 26th , 1955
Kyoto Owls: Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Paul Bayliss to a minor league contract.
Kyoto Owls: Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Denki Dynamics: Released SP Jim Colvin.
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Paul Bayliss.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Abe Angler to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent CF Lou Orton to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Tiny Fowler to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, October 25th , 1955
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent RP Nagahisa Ogawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Kinboshi Kites: Released RP Nagahisa Ogawa.
Denki Dynamics: Signed free agent RP Nagahisa Ogawa to a minor league contract.
Monday, October 24th , 1955
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Warren Smith.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Ottaviano Boyd.
Sunday, October 23rd , 1955
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent SP Korenaga Nakamura to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent RP Taisho Nakamura to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,740.
Kinboshi Kites: Released SP Korenaga Nakamura.
Nagasaki Stars: Released 3B Yukio Okuda.
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Fred Lambert.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Warren Smith to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Ottaviano Boyd to a minor league contract.
Saturday, October 22nd , 1955
Kobe Bulls: Signed free agent SP Hiro Shima to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Nagasaki Stars: Released RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent 3B Yukio Okuda to a minor league contract.
Osaka Sailors: Signed free agent 3B Fusashi Mochizuki to a minor league contract.
Friday, October 21st , 1955
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Dutch Kurtz to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent SP Takeshi Miyazaki to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent SP Hiroiaki Kai to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Tiny Fowler to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent SP Mikizo Fukuchi to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,740.
Kinboshi Kites: Released SP Mikizo Fukuchi.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Frank Bryan.
Kinboshi Kites: Released SP Takeshi Miyazaki.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Tiny Fowler.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Dutch Kurtz.
Thursday, October 20th , 1955
Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP George Myers.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Frank Bryan to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, October 19th , 1955
Denki Dynamics: Signed free agent SP Jim Colvin to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Sapporo Bears: Signed free agent RP Kiyomi Suzuki to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,780.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Fred Lambert to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Mugito Matsumura.
Kyoto Owls: Signed free agent CF Totaro Nakashima to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent RP George Myers to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, October 18th , 1955
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent 1B Saburo Shibuya to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,360.
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Roy Cox.
Monday, October 17th , 1955
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Roy Cox to a minor league contract.
Sunday, October 16th , 1955
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Charlie Scott.
Saturday, October 15th , 1955
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Stan Blake.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Ottaviano Boyd.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed General Manager Nariaki Matsumoto to a 2-year, $1,755 per year contract.
Hosho Reliables: Signed free agent C Mikita Miki to a minor league contract.
Denki Dynamics: Signed free agent CF Narihide Hamasaki to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Charlie Scott to a minor league contract.
Friday, October 14th , 1955
Rakisuta Rams: Released SP Zaijiro Terada.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Leo Daly.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP George Myers.
Osaka Sailors: Signed General Manager Monzaemon Ueno to a 2-year, $2,465 per year contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Ottaviano Boyd to a minor league contract.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Stan Blake to a minor league contract.
Thursday, October 13th , 1955
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Whitey Chapman.
Denki Dynamics: Signed free agent SP Dick Dunn to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Leo Daly to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent RP George Myers to a minor league contract.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed free agent CF Seiesnsui Nakatsuka to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, October 12th , 1955
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Dick Dunn.
Nagasaki Stars: Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Aguri Honda.
Hosho Reliables: Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Whitey Chapman to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, October 11th , 1955
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent SP Roka Harada to a minor league contract.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent SP Toshimasa Kobayashi to a minor league contract.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Dick Dunn to a minor league contract.
Kobe Bulls: Signed free agent SP Hironobu Takaoka to a minor league contract.
Denki Dynamics: Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Monday, October 10th , 1955
Kyoto Owls: 1B Terunobu Saito retired from professional baseball.
Vesutan Bees: 1B Francisco Herrera retired from professional baseball.
Vesutan Bees: RP Doi Iwasaki retired from professional baseball.
Osaka Sailors: RF Motoshige Kubota retired from professional baseball.
Hosho Reliables: 1B Yakumo Nishi retired from professional baseball.
Sapporo Bears: LF Masujiro Takahashi retired from professional baseball.
Vesutan Bees: SP Nariakira Yamada retired from professional baseball.
Vesutan Bees: SP Gou Sawamura retired from professional baseball.
Rakisuta Rams: SP Hideshi Igarashi retired from professional baseball.
Yokohama Kingfishers: SP Takeshi Watanabe retired from professional baseball.
Kinboshi Kites: SP Ken Yamada retired from professional baseball.
Denki Dynamics: SP Shunzen Terada retired from professional baseball.
Kobe Bulls: SP Satonori Yamasaki retired from professional baseball.
Hosho Reliables: SP Akahito Takizawa retired from professional baseball.
Kinboshi Kites: 1B Umito Nishioka retired from professional baseball.
Kobe Bulls: SP Heikichi Kawasaki retired from professional baseball.
Denki Dynamics: SP Satoshi Smith retired from professional baseball.
Denki Dynamics: LF Yauyuki Hayashida retired from professional baseball.
Yokohama Kingfishers: LF Reijiro Fujii retired from professional baseball.
Fukuoka Falcons: RP Akiharu Smith retired from professional baseball.
Sapporo Bears: 1B Reiji Nakahara retired from professional baseball.
Denki Dynamics: 1B Jim Klingberg retired from professional baseball.
Nagasaki Stars: SP Ed Brown retired from professional baseball.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Activated SP Ryusuke Maeda from the 60-day injured list.
Sapporo Bears: First Base Coach Jim Jackson retires.
Denki Dynamics: Team Trainer Kenichi Taniguchi retires.
Osaka Sailors: General Manager Jake Bryant retires.
Yokohama Kingfishers: General Manager Luis Bermudez retires.
Sapporo Bears: Signed Team Trainer Katsuto Arakaki to a 2-year contract extension.
Sapporo Bears: Signed Manager Teruyoshi Endo to a 3-year contract extension.
Sapporo Bears: Signed Scouting Director Buzz French to a 2-year contract extension.
Sapporo Bears: Signed Bench Coach Matsuta Fujimori to a 2-year contract extension.
Sapporo Bears: Signed General Manager Babe Lewis to a 2-year contract extension.
Sapporo Bears: Signed Pitching Coach Yoshiharu Miyauchi to a 2-year contract extension.
Sapporo Bears: Signed 3B Coach Ron Steele to a 2-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed General Manager Tony Avilez to a 1-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed Team Trainer Joe Bailey to a 2-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed Pitching Coach Hajime Fukuoka to a 1-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed Manager Kazuyuki Kamiichi to a 3-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed 1B Coach Saburo Suzuki to a 2-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed 3B Coach Buddy Wesling to a 2-year contract extension.
Kyoto Owls: Signed Scouting Director Sid Payne to a 2-year contract extension.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed Pitching Coach Taira Tokunaga to a 2-year contract extension.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed Scouting Director Karl Carpenter to a 2-year contract extension.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed Hitting Coach Dick Rice to a 2-year contract extension.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed Manager Hiroaki Shimada to a 3-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed 1B Coach Pat Alexander to a 2-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed Team Trainer Joe Maute to a 2-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed Hitting Coach Masakado Goto to a 2-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed Pitching Coach Sadamu Nakata to a 2-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed 3B Coach Isaburo Fukushima to a 2-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed Scouting Director Katsunosuki Inoue to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed General Manager Bucky Leonard to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed Hitting Coach John Rodgers to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed Pitching Coach Dick Dunn to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed Bench Coach Randy Hohlt to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed 1B Coach Andy McLeod to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed 3B Coach Ayahito Ueda to a 2-year contract extension.
Denki Dynamics: Signed Scouting Director Leon Wheeler to a 2-year contract extension.
Hosho Reliables: Signed Scouting Director Shoshichi Hirata to a 2-year contract extension.
Hosho Reliables: Signed General Manager Jeff Hewitt to a 2-year contract extension.
Hosho Reliables: Signed Team Trainer Al Lloyd to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed Team Trainer Frank Myers to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed Pitching Coach Takushi Fujimoto to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed General Manager Hidenosuke Okumura to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed Scouting Director Keiichi Sakamoto to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed Bench Coach Bill Armstrong to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed Manager Yusuke Kimura to a 3-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed 1B Coach Charlie Evans to a 2-year contract extension.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed 3B Coach John Wyche to a 2-year contract extension.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Manager Motoki Kagawa to a 2-year contract extension.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed 1B Coach Jim Shamburger to a 2-year contract extension.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed General Manager Alberto Acevedo to a 2-year contract extension.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Bench Coach Johnny Lucas to a 2-year contract extension.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Pitching Coach Tom Pike to a 2-year contract extension.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed Scouting Director Joe Spicer to a 1-year contract extension.
Vesutan Bees: Signed Team Trainer Shigem Ichikawa to a 2-year contract extension.
Vesutan Bees: Signed Bench Coach Jack Schomaker to a 2-year contract extension.
Vesutan Bees: Signed Pitching Coach Luther Powers to a 2-year contract extension.
Vesutan Bees: Signed 3B Coach Johnny Wilson to a 2-year contract extension.
Vesutan Bees: Signed 1B Coach Dave Bradley to a 2-year contract extension.
Osaka Sailors: Signed 3B Coach Harry Carr to a 2-year contract extension.
Osaka Sailors: Signed Hitting Coach Yuu Hasegawa to a 2-year contract extension.
Osaka Sailors: Signed Scouting Director Takayuri Mukai to a 2-year contract extension.
Osaka Sailors: Signed Bench Coach Slick Smith to a 1-year contract extension.
Osaka Sailors: Signed 1B Coach Jack Manzella to a 2-year contract extension.
Kobe Bulls: Signed Pitching Coach Junichi Furukawa to a 2-year contract extension.
Kobe Bulls: Signed Scouting Director Susumu Kawasaki to a 2-year contract extension.
Kobe Bulls: Signed Hitting Coach Chuck Taylor to a 1-year contract extension.
Kobe Bulls: Signed Bench Coach John Thomas to a 2-year contract extension.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed Team Trainer Hisatoshi Saga to a 2-year contract extension.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed Hitting Coach Haruyoshi Okamoto to a 2-year contract extension.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed 3B Coach Ray Ford to a 2-year contract extension.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed Scouting Director Mel Ellis to a 2-year contract extension.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed Bench Coach Shojiro Tasaka to a 2-year contract extension.
Rakisuta Rams: Activated CL Masakado Matsuda from the 60-day injured list.
Fukuoka Falcons: Activated 1B Saiki Nojima from the 60-day injured list.
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Sapporo Bears: Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract.
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent RP Fred Klima to a minor league contract.
Saturday, October 8th , 1955
RP Eddie Bruckner retired from professional baseball.
RP Tex Foster retired from professional baseball.
RP Kobo Saruwatari retired from professional baseball.
LF Shunso Kitano retired from professional baseball.
1B Unpei Goto retired from professional baseball.
RP Taiyou Kamiichi retired from professional baseball.
RP Tatsumi Hashiguchi retired from professional baseball.
RP Setsujiro Mitani retired from professional baseball.
RP Gideon Stevens retired from professional baseball.
2B Koji Morioka retired from professional baseball.
2B Chikato Chonan retired from professional baseball.
RP Yukinori Imai retired from professional baseball.
RP Yuuto Yamashita retired from professional baseball.
LF Mayoku Yokota retired from professional baseball.
RP Hajato Kasuga retired from professional baseball.
RP Soushi Fujita retired from professional baseball.
2B Tenshou Morita retired from professional baseball.
C Kazuma Tanabe retired from professional baseball.
C Akihito Machida retired from professional baseball.
2B Kimiyasu Mori retired from professional baseball.
RP Keisaburo Onodera retired from professional baseball.
RP Kunimitsu Nakao retired from professional baseball.
RP Akashi Nakai retired from professional baseball.
LF Toshiki Kajiwara retired from professional baseball.
C Akiro Fujinami retired from professional baseball.
RP Junsuke Matsuura retired from professional baseball.
C Gai Adachi retired from professional baseball.
C Eiji Nagao retired from professional baseball.
RP Saikaku Nakao retired from professional baseball.
CF Shigekazu Nakayama retired from professional baseball.
C Yoshimichi Miyata retired from professional baseball.
RP Kazuko Ryu retired from professional baseball.
RP Bob Bell retired from professional baseball.
RP Chris Taylor retired from professional baseball.
RP Gus Warren retired from professional baseball.
RP Tsutomu Kanno retired from professional baseball.
2B Takayuri Kitagawa retired from professional baseball.
LF Tomoya Okazaki retired from professional baseball.
RP Hidemitsu Yoshinaga retired from professional baseball.
RP Tomiji Watanabe retired from professional baseball.
RP Ryuusei Sawai retired from professional baseball.
SS Narihide Oishi retired from professional baseball.
3B Hideo Fujita retired from professional baseball.
Pitching Coach Tokio Kimura retires.
Manager Okahito Miura retires.
General Manager Satoshi Tanaka retires.
General Manager Koushou Sakai retires.
Team Trainer Iruma Oyama retires.
Scouting Director Ryuuma Shintaku retires.
Scouting Director Naoko Masuda retires.
Team Trainer Tomaru Yamamoto retires.
Monday, October 3rd , 1955
Kobe Bulls: Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Osaka Sailors: Signed free agent SP Jomei Yamada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,500.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent SP Junsuke Matsuura to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent SP Kimihiko Mori to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Sapporo Bears: Signed free agent SP Toshitake Ochiai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,020.
Osaka Sailors: Released SP Jomei Yamada.
Sapporo Bears: Released SS Kotaro Takai.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Released SP Kimihiko Mori.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa.
Kobe Bulls: Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Kinboshi Kites: Released SP Junsuke Matsuura.
Sunday, October 2nd , 1955
Nagasaki Stars: Signed free agent SP Hajato Kasuga to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent RP Kunimitsu Nakao to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed free agent RP Gou Kida to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,520.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent RP Yataroh Niwa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Vesutan Bees: Released RP Kunimitsu Nakao.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Released SP Aguri Honda.
Vesutan Bees: Released SP Roka Harada.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Released RP Yataroh Niwa.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Released SP Otoya Maehara.
Nagasaki Stars: Released SP Hajato Kasuga.
Rakisuta Rams: Released SP Takeshi Miyazaki.
Saturday, October 1st , 1955
Osaka Sailors: Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Kinboshi Kites: Signed free agent RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Osaka Sailors: Signed free agent RP Kouichi Hiramatsu to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,640.
Kyoto Owls: Signed free agent SP Toshitake Ochiai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,020.
Osaka Sailors: Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Vesutan Bees: Released SP Hironobu Takaoka.
Osaka Sailors: Released RP Taisuke Miki.
Vesutan Bees: Released SP Aki Yamane.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Released SP Hiro Shima.
Hosho Reliables: Released SP Aguri Honda.
Kobe Bulls: Released 3B Fusashi Mochizuki.
Kyoto Owls: Released SP Toshitake Ochiai.
Sapporo Bears: Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Kinboshi Kites: Released RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa.
Kinboshi Kites: Released SP Otoya Maehara.
Kinboshi Kites: Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Fukuoka Falcons: Signed free agent SP Toshimasa Kobayashi to a minor league contract.
Rakisuta Rams: Signed free agent SP Yuuto Yamashita to a minor league contract.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent SP Otoya Maehara to a minor league contract.
Yokohama Kingfishers: Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Vesutan Bees: Signed free agent SP Roka Harada to a minor league contract.
Kyoto Owls: Signed free agent RP Nagahisa Ogawa to a minor league contract.
Kyoto Owls: Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract.
Kyoto Owls: Released RP Nagahisa Ogawa.
Kyoto Owls: Released RP Kenichiro Kawai.
Rakisuta Rams: Released SP Yuuto Yamashita.
Fukuoka Falcons: Released SP Toshimasa Kobayashi.
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