Orix Buffaloes

The Orix Buffaloes are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe,... Wikipedia

• League:  Nippon Professional Baseball:Pacific League (1950–present) Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949)
• Location:  HQ in Nishi-ku, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
• Ballpark:  Kyocera Dome Osaka, Hotto Motto Field Kobe
• Year founded:  January 23, 1936
• PL pennants:  15 (1967, 1968, 1969, 1971, 1972, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1984, 1995, 1996, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• championships:  5 (1975, 1976, 1977, 1996, 2022)
• Former name(s):  Orix BlueWave (1991–2004), Orix Braves (1989–1990), Hankyu Braves (1947–1988), Hankyu Club (1936–1946)
• Former ballparks:  Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium (1937–1990), Takarazuka Stadium (1936)
• Colors:  Navy Blue, Gold, White
• Mascot:  Buffalo Bull and Buffalo Bell
• Playoff berths:  10 (1973, 1974, 1975, 1977, 1979, 2008, 2014, 2021, 2022, 2023)
• Ownership:  Yoshihiko Miyauchi
• Management:  Orix
• Manager:  Mamoru Kishida
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo