List of Tokyo Yakult Swallows seasons
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The Tokyo Yakult Swallows are a professional baseball team based in Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. The team have played in the Central League of Nippon Professional Baseball since they were first formed in 1950 as the Kokutetsu Swallows. Formerly, they were known as the Kokutetsu Swallows, Sankei Swallows, Sankei Atoms, Yakult Atoms, and Yakult Swallows before they adopted their current moniker in 2006. The Swallows are named after their corporate owners, Yakult Honsha, who have owned the team since 1970. One of two teams to play in Tokyo, they have played their games at Meiji Jingu Stadium since 1964.
In 76 seasons, they have won the Japan Series six times (1978, 1993, 1995, 1997, 2001, 2021) while winning the league pennant nine times. In the Climax Series era for the league since 2007, they have reached the playoff seven times.
| W | Number of regular season wins |
|---|---|
| L | Number of regular season losses |
| T | Number of regular season ties |
| GB | Games behind from league's first-place team[a] |
| ROY | Central League Rookie of the Year Award |
| MVP | Central League Most Valuable Player Award |
| ESA | Eiji Sawamura Award |
| MSA | Matsutaro Shoriki Award |
| Series MVP | Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award |