Lotte Orions
| Chiba Lotte Marines | |||||
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Nippon Professional Baseball (1950–present)
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| Ballpark | Chiba Marine Stadium (1992–present) | ||||
| Year established | 1950 | ||||
| Nickname(s) | Kamome (鴎?, gulls) | ||||
| Pacific League pennants | 5 (1950, 1960, 1970, 1974, 2005) | ||||
| Japan Series championships | 4 (1950, 1974, 2005, 2010) | ||||
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| Colors | Black, White |
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| Ownership | Lotte Co. | ||||
| Manager | Tsutomu Ito | ||||
Nippon Professional Baseball (1950–present)
The Chiba Lotte Marines (千葉ロッテマリーンズ Chiba Rotte Marīnzu?) are a professional baseball team in Japan's Pacific League based in Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, in the Kantō region, and owned by the Lotte conglomerate.
The Marines franchise began in 1950 as the Mainichi Orions, an inaugural member of the Pacific League. The Marines won the inaugural Japan Series in 1950.
In 1958, the team was merged with the Daiei Unions and renamed the Daimai Orions. In 1964 they became the Tokyo Orions, and the Lotte Orions in 1969. The franchise was slow to duplicate its initial success: the Orions made the Japan Series in 1960 and 1970, only to lose both years.
The team played in central Tokyo until 1972. From 1973 to 1977 the Lotte Orions played in the northern Japanese city of Sendai. In 1974, they beat the Chunichi Dragons, becoming the first Pacific League team to win the Series in ten years as the Yomiuri Giants had claimed the prior nine titles behind the Oh–Nagashima attack.
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