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.
In October 1940, the league outlawed the use of English in Japanese baseball. and the team changed its name to Kurowashi through 1941. The team was owned by Ryutaro Takahashi from 1939 to 1941.
Kenkichi Saeki, president of Yamato Ironworks, purchased the team in 1942. As a result, the team changed its name to the Yamato Baseball Club.
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.
