| Sunday, December 30th , 1956 | Signed free agent LF Masazumi Seki to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract. | Thursday, December 27th , 1956 | Signed free agent 3B Tenshin Shibata to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, December 25th , 1956 | Signed free agent 3B Tenshin Shibata to a minor league contract. | Saturday, December 22nd , 1956 | Signed free agent 3B Tenshin Shibata to a minor league contract. | Monday, December 17th , 1956 | Signed free agent 2B Yasuo Hirano to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Mitsunobu Fukui to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Teruhisa Kanazawa to a minor league contract. | Friday, December 14th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Kuniaki Usui to a minor league contract. | Sunday, December 9th , 1956 | Signed free agent 2B Yasahiko Kato to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Teruhisa Kanazawa to a minor league contract. | Thursday, December 6th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract. | Sunday, December 2nd , 1956 | Signed free agent 3B Tenshin Shibata to a minor league contract. | Thursday, November 29th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, November 28th , 1956 | Released SP Aguri Honda. | Sunday, November 25th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Kuniaki Usui to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, November 13th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Mitsuhisa Okamoto to a minor league contract. | Friday, November 9th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Manabu Shiotani to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, November 6th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract. | Friday, November 2nd , 1956 | Signed free agent 2B Isei Yamaguchi to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, October 31st , 1956 | Signed free agent LF Masazumi Seki to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract. | Monday, October 29th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Nagahisa Ogawa to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, October 24th , 1956 | Signed free agent LF Masazumi Seki to a minor league contract. | Monday, October 22nd , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, October 17th , 1956 | Signed free agent 3B Tenshin Shibata to a minor league contract. | Friday, October 12th , 1956 | Signed Hitting Coach Motoshige Aoki to a 2-year contract extension. | Signed free agent RP Futoshi Tamaki to a minor league contract. | Friday, September 28th , 1956 | Signed free agent 3B Tenshin Shibata to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, September 12th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Seiryo Doi to a minor league contract. | Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract. | Monday, September 3rd , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Mitsunobu Fukui to a minor league contract. | Sunday, September 2nd , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Seiryo Doi to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Signed free agent RP Nobuo Yamane to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released SP Seiryo Doi. | Released RP Shihei Yamamoto. | Friday, August 3rd , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract. | Wednesday, August 1st , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Etsuji Tsruta to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,400. | Signed free agent RP Kazufumi Fukuoka to a minor league contract. | Thursday, July 19th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Shonosuke Yamaguchi to a minor league contract. | Friday, July 6th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Hiroiaki Kai to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released 2B Sadakuno Honda. | Signed free agent SP Hiro Shima to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, July 3rd , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Kiyomi Suzuki to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,740. | Released SP Kiyomi Suzuki. | Saturday, June 23rd , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Atsuhiro Smith to a minor league contract. | Monday, June 11th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Kiyomi Suzuki to a 1-year contract worth a total of $4,780. | Released SP Kiyomi Suzuki. | Tuesday, June 5th , 1956 | Drafted SP Tomochika Takada in the 1956 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 5, 5th overall pick). | Drafted RF Ryutaro Arakawa in the 1956 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 5, 17th overall pick). | Drafted C Shunji Yamanaka in the 1956 first-year player draft (Round 3, Pick 5, 29th overall pick). | Drafted LF Hiroaki Kikuchi in the 1956 first-year player draft (Round 4, Pick 5, 41st overall pick). | Drafted C Hidetoshi Smith in the 1956 first-year player draft (Round 5, Pick 5, 53rd overall pick). | Thursday, May 31st , 1956 | RP Kenichiro Kawai did not elect for free agency and will remain in the Sapporo organization. | Monday, May 21st , 1956 | Placed CF Naonobu Nishio on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/20/1956. | Sunday, May 20th , 1956 | Placed CF Hidetsugu Yoshida on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/19/1956. | Signed free agent 3B Hideiichi Nagata to a minor league contract. | Saturday, May 19th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Nagahisa Ogawa to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released RP Nagahisa Ogawa. | Wednesday, May 9th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Kenichiro Kawai to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Saturday, May 5th , 1956 | Placed 1B Tsuguto Nakamura on the 14-day injured list, retroactive to 05/04/1956. | Thursday, April 26th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, April 17th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Tetsuya Ishibashi to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, March 20th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Zenichiro Tsuji to a minor league contract. | Thursday, February 16th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Hiroiaki Kai to a minor league contract with a major league option. | Released SP Hiroiaki Kai. | Monday, February 6th , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Jobu Kawamoto to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, January 31st , 1956 | Signed free agent SP Aguri Honda to a minor league contract. | Tuesday, January 24th , 1956 | Signed free agent RP Washichi Matsumoto to a minor league contract. | | |