12/31/1956
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Monday, December 19th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kunihiko Tagawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Kunihiko Tagawa.
Sunday, December 11th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Washichi Matsumoto.
Friday, December 2nd , 1955
Released LF Kanbu Ibe.
Thursday, December 1st , 1955
Signed free agent LF Kanbu Ibe to a minor league contract.
Saturday, November 26th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Kimihiko Mori to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Jobu Kawamoto.
Wednesday, November 23rd , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yasutaka Miyamoto to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Yasutaka Miyamoto.
Friday, November 18th , 1955
Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Thursday, November 17th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract.
Friday, November 4th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Sueichi Kawamoto to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Sueichi Kawamoto.
Saturday, October 22nd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Hiro Shima to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Tuesday, October 11th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Hironobu Takaoka to a minor league contract.
Monday, October 10th , 1955
SP Satonori Yamasaki retired from professional baseball.
SP Heikichi Kawasaki retired from professional baseball.
Signed Pitching Coach Junichi Furukawa to a 2-year contract extension.
Signed Scouting Director Susumu Kawasaki to a 2-year contract extension.
Signed Hitting Coach Chuck Taylor to a 1-year contract extension.
Signed Bench Coach John Thomas to a 2-year contract extension.
Monday, October 3rd , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Saturday, October 1st , 1955
Released 3B Fusashi Mochizuki.
Friday, September 30th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yataroh Niwa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released 3B Fusashi Mochizuki.
Released RP Yataroh Niwa.
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Signed free agent 3B Fusashi Mochizuki to a minor league contract.
Thursday, September 29th , 1955
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent 3B Fusashi Mochizuki to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, September 28th , 1955
Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Tuesday, September 27th , 1955
Released 3B Fusashi Mochizuki.
Released SP Setsujiro Mitani.
Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Monday, September 26th , 1955
Released SP Aki Yamane.
Signed free agent 3B Fusashi Mochizuki to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract.
Sunday, September 25th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Saturday, September 24th , 1955
Released SP Hironobu Takaoka.
Released 3B Fusashi Mochizuki.
Released RP Yataroh Niwa.
Friday, September 23rd , 1955
Released SP Aguri Honda.
Signed free agent RP Yataroh Niwa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent 3B Fusashi Mochizuki to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Hironobu Takaoka to a minor league contract.
Thursday, September 22nd , 1955
Released RP Taisuke Miki.
Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, September 21st , 1955
Released SP Toshimasa Kobayashi.
Signed free agent RP Taisuke Miki to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, September 20th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yoshitaka Date to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Kenichiro Kawai.
Released SP Roka Harada.
Released RP Yoshitaka Date.
Signed free agent SP Toshimasa Kobayashi to a minor league contract.
Monday, September 19th , 1955
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Signed free agent SP Roka Harada to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract.
Sunday, September 18th , 1955
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Saturday, September 17th , 1955
Released RP Nagahisa Ogawa.
Released RP Taisuke Miki.
Friday, September 16th , 1955
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Signed free agent SP Jobu Kawamoto to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Nagahisa Ogawa to a minor league contract.
Thursday, September 15th , 1955
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, September 14th , 1955
Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Tuesday, September 13th , 1955
Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Sunday, September 11th , 1955
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Saturday, September 10th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract.
Thursday, September 8th , 1955
Released SP Yuuto Yamashita.
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Wednesday, September 7th , 1955
Released SP Aguri Honda.
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Yuuto Yamashita to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, September 6th , 1955
Released SP Yuuto Yamashita.
Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Monday, September 5th , 1955
Released SP Aguri Honda.
Released CF Seiesnsui Nakatsuka.
Signed free agent SP Yuuto Yamashita to a minor league contract.
Sunday, September 4th , 1955
Signed free agent CF Seiesnsui Nakatsuka to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Thursday, September 1st , 1955
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Wednesday, August 31st , 1955
Released SP Otoya Maehara.
Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, August 30th , 1955
Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Otoya Maehara to a minor league contract.
Monday, August 29th , 1955
Released 1B Morimasa Fujimoto.
Sunday, August 28th , 1955
Signed free agent 1B Morimasa Fujimoto to a minor league contract.
Saturday, August 27th , 1955
Released SP Aki Yamane.
Friday, August 26th , 1955
Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Thursday, August 25th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Taisuke Miki to a 2-year contract worth a total of $6,160.
Released C Akiro Fujinami.
Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, August 24th , 1955
Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Released SP Otoya Maehara.
Tuesday, August 23rd , 1955
Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Otoya Maehara to a minor league contract.
Monday, August 22nd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Saikaku Nakao to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,080.
Released SP Saikaku Nakao.
Friday, August 19th , 1955
Released CL Tsutomu Kanno.
Thursday, August 18th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa.
Released RP Kunimitsu Nakao.
Released RP Washichi Matsumoto.
Signed free agent SP Setsujiro Mitani to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, August 17th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Kunimitsu Nakao to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, August 16th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released C Heikichi Nakamura.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Released SP Toshimasa Kobayashi.
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Monday, August 15th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kunihiko Tagawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Kunihiko Tagawa.
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent C Heikichi Nakamura to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Toshimasa Kobayashi to a minor league contract.
Sunday, August 14th , 1955
Released SP Aguri Honda.
Released SP Toshimasa Kobayashi.
Saturday, August 13th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Toshimasa Kobayashi to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Friday, August 12th , 1955
Released SP Aki Yamane.
Thursday, August 11th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Hajato Kasuga to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Hajato Kasuga.
Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, August 10th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Tuesday, August 9th , 1955
Released SP Aguri Honda.
Released SP Roka Harada.
Monday, August 8th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Roka Harada to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Sunday, August 7th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kunimitsu Nakao to a minor league contract.
Released RP Kunimitsu Nakao.
Saturday, August 6th , 1955
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Friday, August 5th , 1955
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, August 3rd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Jomei Yamada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,080.
Released SP Jomei Yamada.
Tuesday, August 2nd , 1955
Released SP Toshimasa Kobayashi.
Monday, August 1st , 1955
Signed free agent RP Taisho Nakamura to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,440.
Released RP Taisho Nakamura.
Signed free agent SP Toshimasa Kobayashi to a minor league contract.
Sunday, July 31st , 1955
Released SP Takeshi Miyazaki.
Saturday, July 30th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Takeshi Miyazaki to a minor league contract.
Thursday, July 28th , 1955
Signed free agent CL Tsutomu Kanno to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,000.
Released SP Hiro Shima.
Wednesday, July 27th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Released SP Hironobu Takaoka.
Tuesday, July 26th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Hironobu Takaoka to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract.
Monday, July 25th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Setsujiro Mitani to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released C Gai Adachi.
Released SP Setsujiro Mitani.
Sunday, July 24th , 1955
Released SP Aki Yamane.
Released SP Roka Harada.
Signed free agent C Gai Adachi to a minor league contract.
Saturday, July 23rd , 1955
Released RP Yataroh Niwa.
Signed free agent SP Roka Harada to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Friday, July 22nd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Kimihiko Mori to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Kimihiko Mori.
Released 1B Morimasa Fujimoto.
Signed free agent RP Yataroh Niwa to a minor league contract.
Thursday, July 21st , 1955
Signed free agent SP Shunko Takeda to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Released SP Shunko Takeda.
Released 1B Morimasa Fujimoto.
Signed free agent 1B Morimasa Fujimoto to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, July 20th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kunimitsu Nakao to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Yuuto Yamashita.
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Released RP Kunimitsu Nakao.
Signed free agent 1B Morimasa Fujimoto to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, July 19th , 1955
Released SS Shirosama Tanaka.
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Yuuto Yamashita to a minor league contract.
Monday, July 18th , 1955
Released RP Yoshitaka Date.
Signed free agent RP Nobuo Yamane to a minor league contract.
Sunday, July 17th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa.
Signed free agent SP Hiro Shima to a minor league contract.
Saturday, July 16th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Friday, July 15th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Hiroiaki Kai to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Hiroiaki Kai.
Wednesday, July 13th , 1955
Released RP Yataroh Niwa.
Released RP Kunimitsu Nakao.
Tuesday, July 12th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yataroh Niwa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Kunimitsu Nakao to a minor league contract.
Saturday, July 9th , 1955
Released SP Takeshi Miyazaki.
Released RP Kunimitsu Nakao.
Friday, July 8th , 1955
Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Signed free agent SP Takeshi Miyazaki to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Kunimitsu Nakao to a minor league contract.
Thursday, July 7th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, July 5th , 1955
Released RP Zenichiro Tsuji.
Released RP Washichi Matsumoto.
Monday, July 4th , 1955
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract.
Sunday, July 3rd , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Released SP Aguri Honda.
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract.
Saturday, July 2nd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract.
Thursday, June 30th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yataroh Niwa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Yataroh Niwa.
Released SP Aki Yamane.
Wednesday, June 29th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, June 28th , 1955
Released C Gai Adachi.
Released RP Washichi Matsumoto.
Monday, June 27th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Otoya Maehara to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Otoya Maehara.
Signed free agent C Gai Adachi to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract.
Sunday, June 26th , 1955
Released SP Takeshi Miyazaki.
Released SP Toshitada Morino.
Saturday, June 25th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Toshitada Morino to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Takeshi Miyazaki to a minor league contract.
Friday, June 24th , 1955
Released CF Kaori Arakawa.
Released RP Kenichiro Kawai.
Released SP Shirai Takahashi.
Thursday, June 23rd , 1955
Released SP Yuuto Yamashita.
Signed free agent SP Shirai Takahashi to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent CF Kaori Arakawa to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, June 22nd , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yoshitaka Date to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Jomei Yamada.
Signed free agent SP Yuuto Yamashita to a minor league contract.
Monday, June 20th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Hiroyuki Ichikawa.
Sunday, June 19th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Friday, June 17th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kunihiko Tagawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Kunihiko Tagawa.
Released 3B Ton Ueda.
Thursday, June 16th , 1955
Released SP Aki Yamane.
Signed free agent 3B Ton Ueda to a minor league contract.
Wednesday, June 15th , 1955
Released RP Kazufumi Fukuoka.
Signed free agent SP Aki Yamane to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, June 14th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Kimihiko Mori to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Kimihiko Mori.
Released SP Hironobu Takaoka.
Released LF Yoshinari Kawashima.
Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract.
Monday, June 13th , 1955
Signed free agent LF Yoshinari Kawashima to a minor league contract.
Signed free agent SP Hironobu Takaoka to a minor league contract.
Saturday, June 11th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Thursday, June 9th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Kimihiko Mori to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Kimihiko Mori.
Wednesday, June 8th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Keisaburo Onodera.
Monday, June 6th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released 1B Takamitsu Kawamoto.
Released SP Keisaburo Onodera.
Released SP Tetsuya Ishibashi.
Released RF Atsushi Ikeda.
Released 1B Sueki Komatsu.
Released RP Kiyomi Suzuki.
Sunday, June 5th , 1955
Drafted SS Takaharu Iba in the 1955 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick).
Drafted 1B Takamitsu Kawamoto in the 1955 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 17th overall pick).
Drafted 1B Sueki Komatsu in the 1955 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 29th overall pick).
Drafted SP Tetsuya Ishibashi in the 1955 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 41st overall pick).
Drafted RF Atsushi Ikeda in the 1955 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick).
Saturday, June 4th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Keisaburo Onodera.
Tuesday, May 31st , 1955
SP Toshiaki Yamasaki did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Kobe organization.
Monday, May 23rd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Akashi Nakai to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Akashi Nakai.
Sunday, May 22nd , 1955
Released SP Keisaburo Onodera.
Saturday, May 21st , 1955
Signed free agent SP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Keisaburo Onodera.
Signed free agent SP Keisaburo Onodera to a minor league contract.
Friday, May 20th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Tatsumi Hashiguchi to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Tatsumi Hashiguchi.
Wednesday, May 18th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Toshiaki Yamasaki to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released CF Toshiki Kajiwara.
Wednesday, May 11th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Jomei Yamada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,080.
Signed free agent RP Yasutaka Miyamoto to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Yasutaka Miyamoto.
Released RP Toshiaki Yamasaki.
Sunday, May 8th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yasutaka Miyamoto to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Yasutaka Miyamoto.
Friday, May 6th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yasutaka Miyamoto to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Yasutaka Miyamoto.
Thursday, May 5th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kunihiko Tagawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released RP Kunihiko Tagawa.
Wednesday, May 4th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kiyomi Suzuki to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,440.
Released RP Jomei Yamada.
Sunday, May 1st , 1955
Released RP Kunihiko Tagawa.
Monday, March 28th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Kunihiko Tagawa to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Sunday, March 13th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Shunko Takeda to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Shunko Takeda.
Sunday, February 27th , 1955
Released SP Yukinori Imai.
Saturday, February 26th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Yukinori Imai to a minor league contract.
Tuesday, February 15th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Jomei Yamada to a 1-year contract worth a total of $3,080.
Released RP Yuta Kawai.
Sunday, January 23rd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Akashi Nakai to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Akashi Nakai.
Wednesday, January 19th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Akiharu Smith to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,560.
Released RP Akiharu Smith.
Saturday, January 15th , 1955
Released RP Kenichiro Kawai.
Friday, January 14th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract.
Monday, January 10th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Seiichi Matsuda to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,520.
Released RP Izo Tomita.
Sunday, January 9th , 1955
Signed free agent SP Shunko Takeda to a minor league contract with a major league option.
Released SP Shunko Takeda.
Thursday, January 6th , 1955
Signed free agent RP Yuta Kawai to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,440.
Released RP Akiharu Smith.
Tuesday, January 4th , 1955
Released SP Yukinori Imai.
Monday, January 3rd , 1955
Signed free agent SP Yukinori Imai to a minor league contract.
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