Hiroshima Carp
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The Hiroshima Toyo Carp (広島東洋カープ) is a professional baseball team in Japan's Central League. The owner firm is Mazda.
- Founded: 1950
- Formerly known as: Hiroshima Carp (1950-1967), Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1968-1997), Hiroshima Carp (1998-)
- Home ballpark: Hiroshima Municipal Stadium
- Uniform colors: Red and white
- Logo design: "Carp" written in red and outlined in white
- League championships won (6): 1975, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1986, 1991
- Japan Series championships won (3): 1979, 1980, 1984
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Players of note
Current stars
- Takuya Kimura(OF)
- Hiroki Kuroda(P)
- Greg LaRocca
- Shigenobu Shima
OB
- Andy Sheets
Retired numbers
- 3 Sachio Kinugasa
- 8 Koji Yamamoto (Current coach)
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Trivia
Hiroshima Carp and the American Baseball team Cincinnati Reds have similiar uniforms.
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