List of Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks seasons

The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks are a professional baseball team based in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Hawks play in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball. They began play in 1938 as the Nankai Club for the Japanese Baseball League that played in Osaka. They subsequently rebranded as the Kinki Nippon Club and Kinki Great Ring before playing the next 41 years as the Nankai Hawks, starting in 1947. They won the JBL pennant twice in 1946 and 1948. They rebranded again to become the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks in 1989 with the purchase by department store chain Daiei, who moved the team to Fukuoka. In 2004, they became the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks after the sale to SoftBank Group on January 28, 2005.

Since the formation of NPB in 1950, in their 76 seasons, the franchise has won 12 Japan Series championships, third most in NPB history while finishing first in the Pacific League 26 times with 22 appearances in the Series. Since the introduction of the playoff system in the Pacific League in 2004, the Hawks have made the Climax Series 19 times.

Season-by-season records

Key to colors † Japan Series champions * Japanese Baseball League champions Pacific League champions ^ Playoff berth

Key to abbreviations JBL - Japanese Baseball League PL – Pacific League W – Wins L – Losses T – Ties GB - Games behind [a] CS – Climax Series

Key to awards ESA – Eiji Sawamura Award [b] JS MVP – Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award MSA – Matsutaro Shoriki Award MVP – Most Valuable Player Award ROY – Rookie of the Year Award

Season	League	Regular season								Postseason (Climax & Japan Series)	Manager(s)	Awards	Home attendance [d]	Notes
		Finish [c]		W	L	T	Win%	GB
Nankai Club
1938 fall	JBL	8th		11	26	3	.297	18		—	Kazuo Takasu			[1]
1939	JBL	5th		40	50	6	.444	25		—	Kazuo Takasu Hachiro Mitani			[2]
1940	JBL	8th		28	71	6	.283	45+1⁄2		—	Kazuo Takasu			[3]
1941	JBL	4th		43	41	0	.512	19		—	Hachiro Mitani			[4]
1942	JBL	6th		49	56	0	.467	26+1⁄2		—	Hachiro Mitani Kisaku Kato			[5]
1943	JBL	8th		26	56	2	.317	28+1⁄2		—	Katsuo Takada Kisaku Kato			[6]
Kinki Nippon Club
1944	JBL	6th		11	23	1	.324	16+1⁄2		—	Kisaku Kato			[7]
1945	Season canceled
Kinki Great Ring
1946	JBL*	1st		65	38	2	.631	—		—	Kazuto Tsuruoka	Kazuto Tsuruoka (MVP)		[8] [9]
Nankai Hawks
1947	JBL	3rd		59	55	5	.518	19		—	Kazuto Tsuruoka			[10]
1948	JBL*	1st		87	49	4	.640	—		—		Kazuto Tsuruoka (MVP)		[11] [9]
1949	JBL	4th		67	67	1	.500	18+1⁄2		—				[12]
1950	PL	2nd		66	49	5	.574	15					Unknown	[13]
1951	PL*	1st		72	24	8	.750	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–1		Kazuo Kageyama (ROY) Kazuto Tsuruoka (MVP)	Unknown	[14] [15]
1952	PL*	1st		76	44	1	.633	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–2		Susumu Yuki (MVP)	656,002	[16] [15]
1953	PL*	1st		71	48	1	.597	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–2–1		Isami Okamoto (MVP)	769,500	[17] [15]
1954	PL	2nd		91	49	0	.650	+1⁄2				Motoji Takuwa (ROY)	736,500	[18]
1955	PL*	1st		99	41	3	.707	—		Lost in Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–3		Tokuji Iida (MVP)	749,300	[19] [15]
1956	PL	2nd		96	52	6	.643	1⁄2					713,900	[20]
1957	PL	2nd		78	53	1	.595	7				Tamotsu Kimura (ROY)	603,700	[21]
1958	PL	2nd		77	48	5	.612	1				Tadashi Sugiura (ROY)	743,600	[22]
1959†	PL*	1st		88	42	4	.677	—		Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–0		Tadashi Sugiura (JS MVP, MVP)	858,869	[23] [15]
1960	PL	2nd		78	52	6	.600	4					701,417	[24]
1961	PL*	1st		85	49	6	.629	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–2		Katsuya Nomura (MVP)	897,090	[25] [15]
1962	PL	2nd		73	57	3	.562	5					628,877	[26]
1963	PL	2nd		85	61	4	.582	1				Katsuya Nomura (MVP)	727,468	[27] [15]
1964†	PL*	1st		84	63	3	.571	—		Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 4–3		Joe Stanka (JS MVP, MVP)	646,235	[28] [15]
1965	PL*	1st		88	49	3	.642	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–1		Katsuya Nomura (MVP)	556,811	[29] [15]
1966	PL*	1st		79	51	3	.608	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–2		Katsuya Nomura (MVP)	572,371	[30] [15]
1967	PL	4th		64	66	3	.492	11					532,493	[31]
1968	PL	2nd		79	51	6	.608	1					632,450	[32]
1969	PL	6th		50	76	4	.397	26			Tokuji Iida		474,072	[33]
1970	PL	2nd		69	57	4	.548	10+1⁄2			Katsuya Nomura	Michio Sato (ROY)	453,980	[34]
1971	PL	4th		61	65	4	.484	22+1⁄2					452,400	[35]
1972	PL	3rd		65	61	4	.516	14					475,200	[36]
1973	PL*	1st^	3rd	68	58	4	.540	—	13	Won PL Playoffs (Hankyu) 3–2 Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–1		Katsuya Nomura (MVP)	657,700	[37] [15]
1974	PL	4th	2nd	59	55	16	.518	7	5				564,100	[38]
1975	PL	5th	3rd	57	65	8	.467	9	11+1⁄2				472,900	[39]
1976	PL	2nd	2nd	71	56	3	.559	7+1⁄2	2			Manabu Fujita (ROY)	554,000	[40]
1977	PL	2nd	3rd	63	55	12	.534	1+1⁄2	4				641,000	[41]
1978	PL	6th	6th	42	77	11	.353	20+1⁄2	18+1⁄2		Yoshinori Hirose	Yukihiro Murakami (ROY)	444,000	[42]
1979	PL	5th	6th	46	73	11	.387	18	12				466,000	[43]
1980	PL	5th	6th	48	77	5	.384	7	16				603,500	[44]
1981	PL	5th	6th	53	65	12	.449	6	11+1⁄2		Don Blasingame		546,500	[45]
1982	PL	5th	6th	53	71	6	.427	8	11+1⁄2				439,000	[46]
1983	PL	5th		52	69	9	.430	31+1⁄2			Yoshio Anabuki		650,000	[47]
1984	PL	5th		53	65	12	.449	21					610,000	[48]
1985	PL	6th		44	76	10	.367	33					553,000	[49]
1986	PL	6th		49	73	8	.402	21+1⁄2			Tadashi Sugiura		603,000	[50]
1987	PL	4th		57	63	10	.475	16					883,000	[51]
1988	PL	5th		58	71	1	.450	17+1⁄2				Hiromitsu Kadota (MSA, MVP)	918,000	[52] [15]
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
1989	PL	4th		59	64	7	.480	11			Tadashi Sugiura		1,251,000	[53]
1990	PL	6th		41	85	4	.325	40			Koichi Tabuchi		1,346,000	[54]
1991	PL	5th		53	73	4	.421	29					1,573,000	[55]
1992	PL	4th		57	72	1	.442	24					1,677,000	[56]
1993	PL	6th		45	80	5	.360	28			Rikuo Nemoto		2,462,000	[57]
1994	PL	4th		69	60	1	.535	7+1⁄2				Hidekazu Watanabe (ROY)	2,525,000	[58]
1995	PL	5th		54	72	4	.429	26+1⁄2			Sadaharu Oh		2,493,000	[59]
1996	PL	6th		54	74	2	.422	22					2,207,000	[60]
1997	PL	4th		63	71	1	.470	14					2,307,000	[61]
1998	PL	3rd		67	67	1	.500	4+1⁄2					2,163,000	[62]
1999†	PL*	1st		78	54	3	.591	—		Won Japan Series (Chunichi) 4–1		Koji Akiyama (JS MVP) Kimiyasu Kudo (MVP) Sadaharu Oh (MSA)	2,390,000	[63] [15]
2000	PL*	1st		73	60	2	.549	—		Lost Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–2		Nobuhiko Matsunaka (MVP)	2,786,000	[64] [15]
2001	PL	2nd		76	63	1	.547	2+1⁄2					3,087,000	[65]
2002	PL	2nd		73	65	2	.529	16+1⁄2					3,108,000	[66]
2003†	PL*	1st		82	55	3	.599	—		Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 4–3		Kenji Johjima (MVP) Sadaharu Oh (MSA) Kazumi Saito (ESA) Toshiya Sugiuchi (JS MVP) Tsuyoshi Wada (ROY)	3,228,000	[67] [15]
2004	PL	1st^		77	52	5	.597	—		Lost Playoffs Second Stage (Seibu) 3–2		Nobuhiko Matsunaka (MVP) Koji Mise (ROY)	3,070,000	[68] [15]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2005	PL	1st^		89	45	2	.664	—		Lost Playoffs Second Stage (Lotte) 3–2	Sadaharu Oh	Toshiya Sugiuchi (ESA, MVP)	2,115,977	[69] [15]
2006	PL	3rd^		75	56	5	.573	4+1⁄2		Won Playoffs First Stage (Seibu) 2–1 Lost Playoffs Second Stage (Nippon-Ham) 3–0 [e]		Sadaharu Oh (MSA) Kazumi Saito (ESA)	2,037,556	[70]
2007	PL	3rd^		73	66	5	.525	6		Lost CS First Stage (Lotte) 2–1			2,307,160	[71]
2008	PL	6th		64	77	3	.454	12+1⁄2					2,250,044	[72]
2009	PL	3rd^		74	65	5	.532	6+1⁄2		Lost CS First Stage (Rakuten) 2–0	Koji Akiyama	Tadashi Settsu (ROY)	2,245,969	[73]
2010	PL*	1st^		76	63	5	.547	—		Lost CS Final Stage (Lotte) 4–3 [e]		Tsuyoshi Wada (MVP)	2,164,430	[74] [15]
2011†	PL*	1st^		88	46	10	.657	—		Won CS Final Stage (Seibu) 4–0 [e] Won Japan Series (Chunichi) 4–3		Koji Akiyama (MSA) Hiroki Kokubo (JS MVP) Seiichi Uchikawa (MVP)	2,293,899	[75] [15]
2012	PL	3rd^		67	65	12	.508	6+1⁄2		Won CS First Stage (Seibu) 2–1 Lost CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 4–0 [e]		Tadashi Settsu (ESA)	2,447,501	[76]
2013	PL	4th		73	69	2	.514	9+1⁄2					2,408,993	[77]
2014†	PL*	1st^		78	60	6	.565	—		Won CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 4–3 [e] Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 4–1		Koji Akiyama (MSA) Seiichi Uchikawa (JS MVP)	2,468,442	[78]
2015†	PL*	1st^		90	49	4	.647	—		Won CS Final Stage (Lotte) 4–0 [e] Won Japan Series (Yakult) 4–1	Kimiyasu Kudo	Kimiyasu Kudo (MSA) Dae-ho Lee (JS MVP) Yuki Yanagita (MVP)	2,535,877	[79] [15]
2016	PL	2nd^		83	54	6	.606	2+1⁄2		Won CS First Stage (Lotte) 2–0 Lost CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 4–2 [e]			2,492,983	[80]
2017†	PL*	1st^		94	49	0	.657	—		Won CS Final Stage (Rakuten) 4–2 [e] Won Japan Series (DeNA) 4–2		Dennis Sarfate (JS MVP, MSA, MVP)	2,526,792	[81] [15]
2018†	PL	2nd^		82	60	1	.577	6+1⁄2		Won CS First Stage (Nippon-Ham) 2–1 Won CS Final Stage (Seibu) 4–2 [e] Won Japan Series (Hiroshima) 4–1–1		Takuya Kai (JS MVP) Kimiyasu Kudo (MSA)	2,566,554	[82]
2019†	PL	2nd^		76	62	5	.551	2		Won CS First Stage (Rakuten) 2–1 Won CS Final Stage (Seibu) 4–1 [e] Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–0		Yurisbel Gracial (JS MVP) Kimiyasu Kudo (MSA) Rei Takahashi (ROY)	2,656,182	[83]
2020†	PL*	1st^		73	42	5	.635	—		Won Climax Series [f] (Lotte) 3–0 [e] Won Japan Series (Yomiuri) 4–0		Kimiyasu Kudo (MSA) Ryoya Kurihara (JS MVP) Yuki Yanagita (MVP)	532,723 [g]	[84] [15]
2021	PL	4th		60	62	21	.492	8+1⁄2					462,060 [g]	[85]
2022	PL	2nd^		76	65	2	.539	0		Won CS First Stage (Seibu) 2–0 Lost CS Final Stage (Orix) 4–1 [e]	Hiroshi Fujimoto		2,247,898	[86]
2023	PL	3rd^		71	69	3	.507	15+1⁄2		Lost CS First Stage (Lotte) 2–1			2,535,061	[87]
2024	PL*	1st^		91	49	3	.650	—		Won CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 4–0 [e] Lost Japan Series (DeNA) 4–2	Hiroki Kokubo	Kensuke Kondoh (MVP)	2,726,058	[88] [15]
2025†	PL*	1st^		87	52	4	.626	—		Won CS Final Stage (Nippon-Ham) 4–3 [e] Won Japan Series (Hanshin) 4–1		Hiroki Kokubo (MSA) Liván Moinelo (MVP) Hotaka Yamakawa (JS MVP)	2,717,929	[89] [15]
Total：87 seasons, 11,304 games				5,794	5,101	409	.532	Pennants：21, Championships：14

Statistics current through the 2025 season

Notes

• ^a Games behind is determined by calculating the difference in wins plus the difference in losses divided by two.
• ^b Pacific League pitchers were not eligible to receive the Eiji Sawamura Award until 1989. ^[90]
• ^c From 1973 to 1982, the Pacific League employed a split season format. Each season was divided into two halves and had their own winner. ^[91] For sorting purposes, these seasons are sorted by the team's cumulative season performance unless the team won the PL playoff series and thus the league. In that case, the team is considered to be the first place winner of the league and is sorted as such.
• ^d The Pacific League did not report exact attendance figures until the 2005 season. ^[92]
• ^e The final stage of the Climax Series awards the regular season champion an automatic one-win advantage. ^[93]
• ^f Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Pacific League decided to modify the traditional Climax Series format and eliminate the first stage series to instead only play one modified final stage series. ^[94]
• ^g Nippon Professional Baseball shortened the 2020 season because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Games that were played had their fan attendance either entirely prohibited or significantly limited. ^[95] Attendance continued to be limited into the 2021 season. ^[96]

References

General

• "福岡ソフトバンクホークス 年度別成績 （1938-2025）" [Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Results by Year (1938–2025)] (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved December 30, 2025.
• "パシフィック・リーグ 年度別入場者数(1950~2025)" [Pacific League Annual Attendance by Year (1950~2025)](pdf) (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved December 30, 2025.

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