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{{Infobox baseball team
| name                = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
| logo                = Softbank_hawks_emblem.svg
| cap_logo            = Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks insignia.svg
| league              = '''[[Nippon Professional Baseball]]'''
:'''[[Pacific League]] (1950–present)'''
{{nowrap|[[Japanese Baseball League]] (1938–1949)}}
| division            = 
| location            = [[Chūō-ku, Fukuoka|Chūō-ku]], [[Fukuoka]], [[Fukuoka Prefecture|Fukuoka]], [[Japan]]
| stadium             = [[Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka]]
| founded             = {{start date and age|1938|02|22}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Index by team |url=https://npb.jp/teams/ |website=NPB |access-date=1 September 2022}}</ref>
| nickname            = ''Taka'' (鷹, hawk)
| former_names        ={{plainlist|
*Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1989–2004)
*Nankai Hawks (1947–1988)
*Kinki Great Ring (1946–1947)
*Kinki Nippon Club (1944–1945)
*Nankai Club (1938–1944)
}}
| series2      = JBL
| series2_champs      = '''2''' (1946, 1948)
| league_champ_type  = PL pennants
| league_champs      = '''20''' ({{npby|1951}}, {{npby|1952}}, {{npby|1953}}, {{npby|1955}}, {{npby|1959}}, {{npby|1961}}, {{npby|1964}}, {{npby|1965}}, {{npby|1966}}, {{npby|1973}}, {{npby|1999}}, {{npby|2000}}, {{npby|2003}}, {{npby|2010}}, {{npby|2011}}, {{npby|2014}}, {{npby|2015}}, {{npby|2017}}, {{npby|2020}}, {{npby|2024}})
| series              = [[Japan Series]]
| series_champs       = '''11''' ([[1959 Japan Series|1959]], [[1964 Japan Series|1964]], [[1999 Japan Series|1999]], [[2003 Japan Series|2003]], [[2011 Japan Series|2011]], [[2014 Japan Series|2014]], [[2015 Japan Series|2015]], [[2017 Japan Series|2017]], [[2018 Japan Series|2018]], [[2019 Japan Series|2019]], [[2020 Japan Series|2020]])
| berths              = '''19''' ([[1973 Pacific League Playoffs|1973]], [[2004 Pacific League Playoffs|2004]], [[2005 Pacific League Playoffs|2005]], [[2006 Pacific League Playoffs|2006]], [[2007 Pacific League Climax Series|2007]], [[2009 Pacific League Climax Series|2009]], [[2010 Pacific League Climax Series|2010]], [[2011 Pacific League Climax Series|2011]], [[2012 Pacific League Climax Series|2012]], [[2014 Pacific League Climax Series|2014]], [[2015 Pacific League Climax Series|2015]], [[2016 Pacific League Climax Series|2016]], [[2017 Pacific League Climax Series|2017]], [[2018 Pacific League Climax Series|2018]],  [[2019 Pacific League Climax Series|2019]], [[2020 Pacific League Climax Series|2020]], [[2022 Pacific League Climax Series|2022]], [[2023 Pacific League Climax Series|2023]], [[2024 Pacific League Climax Series|2024]])
| former_ballparks    ={{plainlist|
*[[Heiwadai Stadium]] (1989–1992)
*[[Osaka Stadium]] (1950–1988)
*[[Koshien Stadium]] (1948–1949)
*[[Nankai Nakamozu Stadium]] (1939–1947)
*[[Sakai Ohama Stadium]] (1938)}}
| colors              = Revolution Yellow, Black, White, Grey<ref>{{Cite web |title=球団理念 |language=ja-jp |publisher=福岡ソフトバンクホークス |date=2023-01-24 |url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/team/idea.html |accessdate=2023-01-26 }}</ref><br />{{color box|#FFC30F}} {{color box|black}} {{color box|white}} {{color box|#b6b6b6}}
| mascot              = Harry Hawk and the Hawk Family
| owner               = [[Masayoshi Son]], [[:ja:後藤芳光|Yoshimitsu Goto]]
| management          = [[SoftBank Group]], Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Corp.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/company/company_profile.html | title=会社概要 }}</ref>
| president           = [[Sadaharu Oh]]
| manager             = [[Hiroki Kokubo]]
| general_manager = [[Sugihiko Mikasa]]
| uniform             = [[File:SoBa Hawks Uniforms.PNG|175px|center]]
| website             = [https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/ softbankhawks.co.jp]
|native_name=福岡ソフトバンクホークス|native_name_lang=ja}}

The {{Nihongo|'''Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks'''|福岡ソフトバンクホークス|Fukuoka Sofutobanku Hōkusu}} are a Japanese [[professional baseball]] team based in [[Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture]]. They compete in [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] (NPB) as a member of the [[Pacific League]]. Founded on February 22, 1938, as the Nankai Club, being the first [[Kansai]] team to play in [[Osaka]] proper, the team went through a few name changes before settling on '''Nankai Hawks''' in 1947, eventually changing ownership in {{npby|1988}} and moving to Fukuoka in {{npby|1989}}. The team subsequently became known as the '''Fukuoka Daiei Hawks''' until 2005, when they were purchased by [[SoftBank Group]], becoming the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. Since 1993, the Hawks have played at [[Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka]], which has gone under several name changes and seats 40,000 people.<ref name="sbh">{{Cite news |title=2021年度 福岡PayPayドームの定員について |url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/news/detail/00003991.html |newspaper=公式サイト |date=2021-01-29 |accessdate=2023-02-09 |publisher=福岡ソフトバンクホークス}}</ref>

The Hawks are often regarded as one of the most successful franchises in Pacific League and the richest in all of baseball under the ownership of SoftBank Group,<ref>[https://www.madisontrust.com/information-center/visualizations/richest-sports-team-owners/ The Richest Sports Team Owners]</ref> with the second most wins in all of [[Japanese sports]], only trailing the [[Yomiuri Giants]]. The Hawks have played in the [[Japan Series]] 21 different times. The club also won two [[Japanese Baseball League]] championships in 1946 and 1948 while the team was based in Osaka. The Hawks' 11 Japan Series championships, including seven championships between {{npby|2011}} and {{npby|2020}}, and 20 Pacific League pennants, with the most recent pennant coming in {{npby|2024}} and most recent Japan Series in 2020, are second-most in Pacific League and third-most in all of NPB, only trailing the [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] and Yomiuri Giants.

For various reasons, the Hawks experienced a 35 year title drought between {{npby|1964}} and {{npby|1999}} including a period of 26 years from {{npby|1973}} to 1999 without a single Japan Series appearance, despite the relocation to Fukuoka. The drought finally ended in 1999, with gradual additions over the previous five years under new manager and home run king [[Sadaharu Oh]]. Under Oh (as manager and later executive), Daiei, and later SoftBank, the Hawks embraced internal development and [[sabremetrics]] as they eventually formed a baseball [[dynasty (sports)|dynasty]] off of a core led by slugger [[Yuki Yanagita]] and aces [[Kodai Senga]] and [[Tsuyoshi Wada]], capturing Japan Series titles in {{npby|2003}}, {{npby|2011}}, {{npby|2014}}, {{npby|2015}}, {{npby|2017}}, {{npby|2018}}, {{npby|2019}}, and {{npby|2020}}, making the Hawks first team since the {{npby|1965}}-1973 Yomiuri Giants to win more than three consecutive championships.<ref name="game 4 JT">{{cite news|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/11/26/baseball/japanese-baseball/fukuoka-softbank-hawks-yomiuri-giants-fourth-straight-japan-series-title/ |title=Hawks sweep Giants again to clinch fourth straight Japan Series title |date=November 26, 2020 |access-date=November 25, 2020 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |author=Coskrey, Jason}}</ref>

Through 2024, the franchise's all-time record is 5,707–5,049–405 (.531).<ref>{{cite web | url=https://npb.jp/bis/teams/yearly_h.html | title=福岡ソフトバンクホークス 年度別成績 （1938–2022） }}</ref> The team's manager is [[Hiroki Kokubo]] and the organization's acting CEO is {{ill|Yoshimitsu Goto|ja|後藤芳光}}.

== History ==
{{For|a list of the team's records by season|Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks seasons}}

=== Nankai Electric Railway Company ownership (1938–1988) ===
The franchise that eventually became the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks was founded on February 22, 1938, by [[Nankai Electric Railway]] president [[Jinkichi Terada]] as '''Nankai Club''', based in central [[Osaka]]. The organization was said to be created as a result of rival railway companies [[Hanshin Electric Railway]] and [[Hankyu]] convincing Nankai to create a baseball club of their own. While initially met with resistance, the club was admitted to the [[Japanese Baseball League]] (JPBL) in the fall of 1938, playing their first games at [[Sakai Ohama Stadium]], but moved into [[Nakamozu Stadium]] in 1939. The team's name was changed to '''Kinki Nippon''' in mid-1944 as wartime austerity measures forced Nankai to temporarily merge with [[Kinki Nippon Railway]]. After the 1945 hiatus in the JBL due to the [[Pacific War|Greater East Asia War]], in 1946 the team's name was changed to '''Kinki Great Ring''' and the team won the JBL championship. The name was chosen as a translation of Japan's ancient name, Yamato, in a similar way to the [[Montreal Canadiens]] or the [[New York Yankees]].

In mid-1947, when Nankai broke away from Kinki Nippon Railway, they decided to change the team's name, also due to the fact that the name was popular with American soldiers stationed in Osaka, since they also found it funny, and settled upon the moniker they would use until they would sell the team in 1988 – '''{{nihongo|Nankai Hawks|南海ホークス}}'''. The team was named after Nankai's logo, which, at that time, was a winged wheel. Other names considered were Condors, which was rejected because the Nankai representative who supervised the team was bald, and Cardinals, which was rejected because the club wanted to retain their colors, so they settled on the Hawks moniker.

After the JPBL was reorganized into [[Nippon Professional Baseball]] in {{npby|1950}}, the Hawks were placed into the [[Pacific League]] alongside the [[Mainichi Orions]], [[Hankyu Braves]], [[Tokyu Flyers]], [[Daiei Stars]], [[Nishitetsu Clippers]], and [[Kintetsu Pearls]]. Under player-manager [[Kazuto Tsuruoka]] (known as ''Kazuto Yamamoto'' from 1946 to 1958) they became one of the most successful franchises through the first two decades of the Pacific League's existence, taking two Japan Series championships in [[1959 Japan Series|1959]] and [[1964 Japan Series|1964]], as well as 10 Pacific League pennants. Kazuto managed the team from 1946 to 1968, becoming the full-time manager after his retirement as a player in 1952.<ref>[https://www.baseball-reference.com/japan/player.cgi?id=tsuruo002kaz "Kazuto Tsuruoka,"] Baseball-Reference.com. Accessed March 28, 2015.</ref>

In 1964, the Hawks team sent pitching prospect [[Masanori Murakami]] and two other young players to the [[San Francisco Giants]] [[minor league baseball|single-A]] affiliate in [[Fresno Giants|Fresno]] as a baseball "exchange student". On September 1 of that year, Murakami became the first Japanese player to play in [[Major League Baseball]]<ref name="murakami">{{Cite web |url=http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=sf_20011220_murakami_news&team_id=sf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020818134206/http://www.mlb.com/NASApp/mlb/mlb/news/mlb_news_story.jsp?article_id=sf_20011220_murakami_news&team_id=sf |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 18, 2002 |title=Where have you gone, Masanori Murakami? |access-date=November 13, 2008 |publisher=[[Major League Baseball]] |date=December 24, 2001 |author=Kleinberg, Alexander }}</ref>  when he appeared on the mound for the [[San Francisco Giants]] at [[Shea Stadium]] against the [[New York Mets]]. In his debut, Murakami pitched one inning, allowing one hit and facing four batters in a 1–4 loss for the Giants. Disputes over the rights to his contract eventually led to the 1967 United States – Japanese Player Contract Agreement, which effectively barred Japanese players from playing in MLB until [[Hideo Nomo]] exploited a loophole in the contract agreement to join the [[Los Angeles Dodgers]] in {{Baseball year|1995}}, although others had tried before, including pitcher Kunikazu Ogawa in {{Baseball year|1979}} for the [[Milwaukee Brewers]] and later Murakami himself attempted to return to the Giants in {{Baseball year|1983}}, but both were cut in spring training.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Stezano |first=Martin |url=https://www.history.com/news/masanori-murakami-first-japanese-major-league-baseball-player |title=How MLB's First Japanese Player Made it to Big Leagues |work=[[History (American TV network)]] |publisher=[[A&E Networks]] |date=2021-11-15 |accessdate=2022-09-01 }}</ref> Murakami returned to the Hawks in 1966, playing for them through 1974. He contributed to the team's [[1973 Japan Series]] appearance, their last under Nankai's ownership.

The team fell on hard times between 1978 and 1988, finishing no better than 4th place out of the 6 teams in the Pacific League in any year in the period. The team witnessed its fan base diminish as a result of the prolonged period of poor play, with attendance dropping and the club dealing with reduced profits. One of their only stars during this time was player-manager [[Katsuya Nomura]], was forced to leave the team after his wife having too much of a choosing on his management, forcing Nomura to either choose to leave his wife or leave the team, in which he chose the latter.

The change in the club's financial performance led Nankai Electric Railway to question the value of maintaining ownership, even after considering the value the team represented as an advertising tool. The company's board of directors and union leadership put pressure on Den Kawakatsu, then-president of Nankai Railway and primary owner of the team, to sell the team, which he refused to do. However, Kawakatsu, who represented the most ardent supporter of Nankai's ownership of the Hawks, died on April 23, 1988,<ref>{{Cite web |date = 2008-04-13 |url = http://www.sponichi.co.jp/baseball/special/calender/calender_april/KFullNormal20080413208.html |title = 【4月23日】1988年（昭63） 名物オーナー死去「オレの目の黒いうちはホークスは売らん」|language=Japanese |work = 日めくりプロ野球 |publisher = スポーツニッポン新聞社 |accessdate = 2015-12-25 }}</ref> and the team was sold to the [[Daiei]] Corporation to become the '''Fukuoka Daiei Hawks''' (福岡ダイエーホークス) after the 1988 season.

[[Katsuya Nomura]], [[Mutsuo Minagawa]], [[Hiromitsu Kadota]], and Chusuke Kizuka are among the more notable franchise players that were active during the Nankai era.

=== Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1988–2004) ===
After the franchise was acquired by department store chain Daiei, Inc., the Hawks were moved to [[Fukuoka]] for two reasons; the first being the fact that the city had gone a decade without a team in the area, as the [[Crown Lighter Lions]] moved to [[Tokorozawa]] to become the [[Seibu Lions]] in 1978, and the second was that Daiei was looking to expand their reach as a brand to [[Kyushu]], which Daiei had little to no presence in before the acquisition. As a result, they were no longer competing with the [[Hanshin Tigers]], [[Kintetsu Buffaloes]] or even the by-then rechristened [[Orix Braves]] (later the Orix Blue Wave, now the Orix Buffaloes) for a market share of the [[Keihanshin|Greater Osaka metropolitan area]]. However, in spite of those efforts of the new ownership, the Hawks still were usually in the cellar of the Pacific League, and continued to be at the bottom half of the league until 1997. The Hawks would play their first four seasons in Fukuoka at the Lions' old home of [[Heiwadai Stadium]].

In 1993, the Hawks moved out of Heiwadai Stadium and into the newly constructed [[Fukuoka Dome]], now known as [[Mizuho PayPay Dome Fukuoka]], located 2.2 kilometers northwest of Heiwadai Stadium's former grounds. Heiwadai Stadium would later be closed in November 1997 and fully demolished by 2008. The Fukuoka Dome would be the first retractable roof stadium in NPB and the only retractable roof stadium until 2023, when [[Es Con Field Hokkaido]] opened. However, due to inefficient design, high operating costs, and the rainy climate of Fukuoka, the roof is only opened on special occasions (i.e. on [[Children's Day (Japan)|Children's Day]] and other holidays) when the weather is clear, or if the Hawks win and there is a 30% or less chance of precipitation and the wind speed at 10 meters above the roof is 10 meters per second or slower.<ref>{{cite web | title=施設概要 | website=福岡ソフトバンクホークス | date=2024-08-20 | url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/stadium/institution.html | language=ja | ref={{sfnref | 福岡ソフトバンクホークス | 2024}} | access-date=2024-09-02}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/news/detail/202400546003.html | title=5/6（月・休）ルーフオープン中止のお知らせ }}</ref> Since the Hawks moved to the Fukuoka Dome, they have led Pacific League in annual average attendance every single year except for 2021, where [[COVID-19 pandemic in Japan|pandemic restrictions in Japan]] prevented them from reaching said goal.<ref>{{Cite press release |title=福岡移転後、主催ゲーム観客動員5,000万人突破のお知らせ |language=ja-jp |publisher=福岡ソフトバンクホークス |date=2010-07-28 |url=http://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/news/detail/6000.html |accessdate=2015-11-01 }}</ref>

The Hawks front office adopted a strategy of drafting and developing younger players, supplemented by free agent signings, a policy overseen by team president Ryuzo Setoyama and his aides. Setoyama's most brilliant moves were the hiring of home run king [[Sadaharu Oh]] in 1995 to take the reins of manager, a title he would hold until 2008 before he moved into the general manager's position. As of 2024, Oh is still with the Hawks organization as a [[chairperson|chairman]] of the Hawks' [[board of directors]], and still engages with day-to-day operations of the team at the age of 84. Oh replaced then-manager Rikuo Nemoto, who was named team president and held that position until his death in 1999.  Also tapped was Akira Ishikawa, a little-known former player, who was tasked with bringing in talented amateurs. He brought in the likes of former [[Hanshin Tigers]] catcher [[Kenji Johjima]], [[Kazumi Saitoh]], [[Nobuhiko Matsunaka]], future [[Chicago White Sox]] and [[Chiba Lotte Marines]] infielder [[Tadahito Iguchi]], shortstop [[Munenori Kawasaki]], and future team captain and current manager [[Hiroki Kokubo]].

Supplementing the amateur signings were some key free-agent acquisitions. Daiei went toe to toe with the then richest man in Japan, [[Yoshiaki Tsutsumi]], to pull former Seibu stars from their 1980s championship teams to Fukuoka. Among them were infielder [[Hiromichi Ishige]], immensely popular outfielder (and Hawks manager from 2008 to 2014, replacing Oh in that capacity) [[Koji Akiyama]], and ace left-handed pitcher and former manager [[Kimiyasu Kudoh]].

These moves, alongside a few unpopular cost-cutting measures, helped to make the Hawks gradually more competitive with each passing year, and in 1999, the team finally broke through. That season, Daiei made their first [[Japan Series]] appearance since 1973 (and first as a Fukuoka team), and defeated the [[Chunichi Dragons]] in five games, giving them their first championship since 1964. Kudoh was dominant in his Game 1 start (complete game, 13 strikeouts), and Akiyama was named the [[1999 Japan Series]]'s [[most valuable player]].

The following year, the Hawks again made the Japan Series, but this time lost to the powerful [[Yomiuri Giants]] in six games. Despite the shaky financial ground that Daiei was on thanks to their rampant expansion in bubble-era Japan, the team continued to be competitive. The team won their second Japan Series in five years, defeating the popular [[Hanshin Tigers]] in seven games in the [[2003 Japan Series]], a series in which the home team won every game.

==== Home run record controversy ====
In {{npby|2001}}, American [[Tuffy Rhodes|Karl "Tuffy" Rhodes]], playing for the [[Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes]], hit 55 home runs with several games left, equaling Hawks' manager [[Sadaharu Oh]]'s single-season home run record.  The Buffaloes played a weekend series against the Oh-managed Hawks late in the season, after already clinching the pennant on a [[walk-off grand slam]] against the [[Orix BlueWave]] on September 26. Rhodes was intentionally walked during each at-bat of the series.  Video footage showed Hawks' catcher Kenji Johjima grinning as he caught the intentional balls. Oh denied any involvement and Hawks battery coach Yoshiharu Wakana stated that the pitchers acted on his orders, saying, "It would be distasteful to see a foreign player break Oh's record." Rhodes completed the season with 55 home runs.  League commissioner Hiromori Kawashima denounced the Hawks' behavior as "unsportsmanlike", and Wakana would be fired from the position as a result. Hawks pitcher [[Keisaburo Tanoue]] went on record saying that he wanted to throw strikes to Rhodes, but didn't want to disrespect the orders of his catcher.<ref>Roah, Jeff, [http://tokyoq.com/weekly_updates/tutt/tutt011012.html "tokyo under the tracks: It's Never Too Late to Insert an Asterisk"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090113212440/http://tokyoq.com/weekly_updates/tutt/tutt011012.html |date=2009-01-13 }}, Tokyo Q, October 12, 2001.</ref><ref name="search.japantimes.co.jp">Whiting, Robert, "[http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/sb20081031j3.html Equaling Oh's HR record proved difficult]", ''[[Japan Times]]'', October 31, 2008, p. 12.</ref>

In {{npby|2002}}, Venezuelan [[Alex Cabrera]] hit 55 home runs with five games left in the season, with several of those to be played against Oh's Hawks. Oh told his pitchers to throw strikes to Cabrera, but most of them ignored his order and threw balls well away from the plate, although this also had to do with Cabrera later on being revealed to have likely been on steroids, likely taken during his time with the [[Arizona Diamondbacks]] after having been named to the [[Mitchell Report]] in 2007, and that other pitchers were intentionally walking him. After the game, Oh stated, "If you're going to break the record, you should do it by more than one. Do it by a lot."<ref name="search.japantimes.co.jp" />  In the wake of the most recent incident involving Cabrera, [[ESPN]] listed Oh's single-season home run record as #2 on its list of "The Phoniest Records in Sports".<ref>Merron, Jeff, [http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=phonyrecords-030225 "The Phoniest Records in Sports"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040621155959/http://sports.espn.go.com/chat/sportsnation/story?page=phonyrecords-030225 |date=June 21, 2004 }}, ESPN.com, February 28, 2003.</ref>

Eventually, in {{npby|2013}}, [[Curaçao]]an-[[Netherlands|Dutch]] [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]] outfielder [[Wladimir Balentien]] broke the NPB single-season home run record, finishing the season with 60 home runs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20130915&content_id=60680808&vkey=news_mlb&c_id=mlb|title=Balentien breaks Oh's Japanese home run record|last=Berry|first=Adam|work=MLB.com|date=September 15, 2013|access-date=September 15, 2013}}</ref> In {{npby|2022}}, Swallows [[infielder]] [[Munetaka Murakami]] broke Oh's record for the most home runs in a single season by a Japanese-born player, hitting 56 home runs in the regular season.<ref>{{Cite web |last=NEWS |first=KYODO |title=Murakami celebrates youngest Triple Crown with 56th homer |url=https://english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/10/cab380264a5d-baseball-murakami-passes-ohs-best-season-mark-with-56th-homer.html |access-date=2022-12-14 |website=Kyodo News+}}</ref>

=== Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2005–present) ===
Daiei had been under financial pressure to sell its stake in the team over the previous few years, with reports in 2003 suggesting the company would sell the team and the [[Fukuoka Dome]]. After filing for a bankruptcy reorganization provision in 2004, Daiei attempted to hold on to the team and held discussions with its primary lenders, including [[UFJ Bank]], to see if it could find a way to retain the team, but ultimately the sale went through to [[SoftBank Group]] on January 28, 2005. SoftBank had been interested in owning a baseball team since 2002 and agreed to purchase all 14,432,000 of Daiei's shares in the team, which accounted for 98% of team ownership, for 15 billion yen.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20041130_0 |title=Concerning an Acquisition of the Fukuoka Daiei Hawks and a Basic Agreement with Hawks Town |publisher=[[SoftBank Group]] |date=2004-11-30 |accessdate=2022-08-16 }}</ref> This deal did not include the Fukuoka Dome and surrounding Hawks Town complex, which was sold in 2003 to [[DigitalBridge|Colony Capital]] and then later sold to an affiliate of the [[Government of Singapore Investment Corporation]] in 2007. SoftBank initially decided to lease the rights to the Fukuoka Dome for 4.8 billion yen per year for 20 years, but they would eventually purchase the stadium from the GIC affiliate for 87 billion yen in March 2012, with the stadium being fully owned by the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Marketing Corporation by July 1, 2015.<ref>{{Cite press release |url=https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20120324 |title=Acquisition of Fukuoka Yahoo! JAPAN Dome |publisher=[[SoftBank Group]] |date=2012-03-24 |accessdate=2022-08-20 }}</ref>

The Hawks continued their winning ways after the sale of the team to SoftBank. Following the sale, the Hawks represented one of the richest teams in the world, with a player core still intact from the last years of the Daiei era. Particularly strong was the team's starting pitching behind Saitoh, [[Tsuyoshi Wada]], [[Nagisa Arakaki]], and [[Toshiya Sugiuchi]].  In 2005, the Hawks finished in first place during the regular season, but fell to the eventual [[Japan Series]] champions, the [[Chiba Lotte Marines]] in the second stage of the [[Climax Series]].  In 2006, a dramatic pennant race led to an even more exciting playoff run that ended in the Sapporo Dome at the hands of the eventual Japan Series Champions, the [[Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters]].  Team manager Sadaharu Oh missed most of the [[2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2006 season]] due to stomach cancer.

The Hawks' {{npby|2007}} season was plagued by injuries and general ineffectiveness and inconsistency, leading to another 3rd-place finish and first-stage exit in the playoffs at the hands of the Marines. In {{npby|2008}}, though various injuries still affected the Hawks' bench (especially the bullpen), the club claimed its first Interleague title in June, winning a tiebreaker against the [[Hanshin Tigers]]. However, injuries caught up with them in the final month of the season, and the Hawks finished in last place with a 54–74–2 record.  The finish represented their worst since 1996. Oh announced his transfer to a front office role at the end of the season, as former Hawk and fan favorite [[Koji Akiyama]] was named as his successor.

In {{npby|2009}}, the team cracked the playoffs once again on the backs of breakout seasons from surging starting pitcher [[D. J. Houlton]], outfielder [[Yuya Hasegawa]], Rookie of the Year [[Tadashi Settsu]] and another stellar season from ace Sugiuchi.  However, the team still was unable to get out of the first stage, as the [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles]] ousted the Hawks in a 2-game sweep.

==== Team of the 2010s ====
The Hawks finally reclaimed the Pacific League regular season title in {{npby|2010}} after a seven-year wait. The title came after a see-saw season in which the team recovered several times after extended losing streaks. Starting pitcher Wada, back from injury through much of the previous two seasons, was, along with fellow ace Sugiuchi, at his best. Wada set career highs in wins and games started.  The reliable "SBM" relieving trio of Settsu, [[Brian Falkenborg]], and Mahara limited opponent offenses late in games.  The bullpen also benefited from the emergence of [[Keisuke Kattoh]] and [[Masahiko Morifuku]], with the latter blossoming in the second half of the season.

The Hawks offense was largely composed of role players who seemed to take turns having big games and off days, and it was the team's speed that drove the team as the Hawks led the league in stolen bases in the regular season with 148, well ahead of their nearest challenger, who had 116. [[Yuichi Honda]] and Kawasaki combined to steal 89 bases.  However, despite putting forward a strong group, the Hawks failed to make it to the [[Japan Series]], losing to the [[Chiba Lotte Marines]] in six games in the Climax Series despite having a 3–1 series lead.

SoftBank won the Pacific League again in 2011, with a dominating season on all fronts.  The offense was bolstered further by the acquisition of former [[Yokohama BayStars]] outfielder [[Seiichi Uchikawa]], who led the league in batting average in 2011. Pitching from Sugiuchi, Wada and an excellent bounce-back season from Houlton also helped propel the team to the best record in NPB.  After sweeping the [[Saitama Seibu Lions]] in the Pacific League Climax Series, the Hawks took on the [[Chunichi Dragons]] to win the Japan Series, a rematch of the 1999 Japan Series.  The Dragons pushed SoftBank to the full seven games, but the Hawks shut out the Dragons 3–0 in the seventh game to win their first Japan Series since 2003.

The 2012 season started with losses for the Hawks. During the off season, they lost their star starters [[Tsuyoshi Wada]] (to the [[Baltimore Orioles]]), [[Toshiya Sugiuchi]] and [[D.J. Houlton]] (to [[Yomiuri Giants]]) through free agency. All star shortstop [[Munenori Kawasaki]] also left the team for the [[Seattle Mariners]]. Closer [[Takahiro Mahara]] would sit out the season through injury. To compensate for these losses, the team acquired outfielder [[Wily Mo Peña]] and starter [[Brad Penny]] from MLB, in addition to starter [[Kazuyuki Hoashi]] from the Lions. However, of the 3 major signings, only  Peña made regular contributions. Hoashi and Penny made two starts combined in 2012, as Hoashi missed almost the entire season with an injury and Penny was released.

The team had to deal with their off season losses to their pitching staff from within the organization. Settsu was elevated to the team's ace, while young pitchers such as [[Kenji Otonari]] and [[Hiroki Yamada (baseball)|Hiroki Yamada]] were given bigger roles. [[Nagisa Arakaki]] returned from long-term injury to join the rotation.  However, new closer Falkenborg had to sit out most of the season through injury, eventually handing over the role to Morifuku. Arakaki could not regain his former numbers. In the end, the losses could not be mitigated. Despite a tailspin to end the season, the Hawks snuck into the Climax Series, finishing 3rd in the Pacific League regular season standings, one game over the [[Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles]], but eventually lost out to the pennant-winning [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]] in the P.L. Climax Series Final Stage. The bright spark of the season came from rookie starter [[Shota Takeda]], who went 8–1 with an ERA of 1.07.

In 2014 the Hawks won the [[2014 Japan Series|Japan Series]] in five games over the [[Hanshin Tigers]]. Manager Koji Akiyama retired after the season, and the team named his former teammate Kimiyasu Kudo to succeed him.  Under Kudoh's stewardship, SoftBank won for a second consecutive season in [[2015 Japan Series|2015]] again in five games, this time over the [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]]. Outfielder [[Yuki Yanagita]] won Pacific League MVP, the batting title, and a Triple 3 (.300 [[batting average|BA]], 30 [[home run|HR]], 30 [[stolen base|SB]] or better in all 3 categories).<ref>{{cite news|last1=Nagatsuka|first1=Kaz|title=Yakult's Yamada, Softbank's Yanagita win MVP Awards|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2015/11/25/baseball/japanese-baseball/yakults-yamada-softbanks-yanagita-win-mvp-awards/#.VsAkWFZlxA8|access-date=14 February 2016}}</ref> It marked the first time since the Seibu Lions won three in a row from 1990 to 1992 that a team had won consecutive Japan Series championships.

After falling to [[Shohei Ohtani]] and the Fighters in 2016, the Hawks rebounded to win the [[2017 Japan Series]] on the back of a dominating 94–49–0 season, their best season since {{npby|1959}} in terms of winning percentage, in six games over the [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]], in a series where the Hawks led 3–0, but were almost pushed to a seventh game.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2017/10/22/baseball/japanese-baseball/hawks-earn-spot-japan-series/|title=Hawks earn spot in Japan Series|work=The Japan Times|date=October 22, 2017|access-date=October 24, 2017}}</ref>
The following year the Hawks also won the [[2018 Japan Series]] against the [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]] in six games, making it back to back titles for a second time, and four out of the last five; the next year, they became the first team to win three straight Japan Series titles since the [[Seibu Lions]] did it from 1990 to 1992, by sweeping the [[Yomiuri Giants]]. Pitcher [[Kodai Senga]] would blossom into the team's ace over their run of six championships in seven seasons, as he also threw the team's first [[no-hitter]] since 1943 on September 6, 2019, against the Chiba Lotte Marines.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2019/09/06/baseball/japanese-baseball/hawks-kodai-senga-tosses-no-hitter-fans-12-triumph-marines/|title=Hawks' Kodai Senga tosses no-hitter, fans 12 in triumph over Marines|work=The Japan Times|date=September 6, 2019|access-date=February 9, 2023}}</ref>

==== 2020s ====
In {{npby|2020}}, the Hawks won the [[2020 Japan Series]], again in a four game sweep over the Yomiuri Giants, becoming the first team to win more than three consecutive Japan Series titles since the Yomiuri Giants won the last of nine consecutive titles in 1973. They also became the first team in NPB history to sweep two [[Japan Series]] against the same opponent in back-to-back seasons. Most notably, [[Matt Moore (baseball)|Matt Moore]] pitched seven no-hit innings in Game 3 of that Japan Series as the Hawks came within one out of the first combined no-hitter in Japan Series play since [[Daisuke Yamai]] and [[Hitoki Iwase]] threw a [[perfect game (baseball)|combined perfect game]] for the Chunichi Dragons to end the [[2007 Japan Series]].

The Hawks ended an injury-riddled and underwhelming {{npby|2021}} with a 60–62–21 record, finishing 4th in the Pacific League, the first time the team had not qualified for the playoffs since 2013. This also was the first time since 2008 that the Hawks failed to maintain a .500 winning percentage season, as manager Kimiyasu Kudoh stepped down after the conclusion of the 2021 season.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2021/10/10/baseball/japanese-baseball/hawks-kudo-resignation-plans/ |title=Hawks manager Kimiyasu Kudo plans to step down |work=[[The Japan Times]] |publisher=News2u Holdings, Inc. |date=2021-10-10 |accessdate=2022-09-30 }}</ref>

Following Kudoh's departure, farm team manager [[Hiroshi Fujimoto (baseball)|Hiroshi Fujimoto]] was promoted to the majors to be the new manager for {{npby|2022}}. Yuki Yanagita was named team captain by Fujimoto, becoming the first team captain since [[Seiichi Uchikawa]] gave up the role after the {{npby|2018}} season. The Hawks went on a tear to begin the season, winning eight straight games, with Fujimoto being the first new manager to win seven consecutive games, and the first time since 1955 that the Hawks won eight straight games to open the season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=【ソフトバンク】67年ぶり開幕７連勝！柳田悠岐Ｖ弾 藤本監督は新人監督NPB最長記録 – プロ野球 : 日刊スポーツ |url=https://www.nikkansports.com/baseball/news/202204010001178.html |access-date=2022-04-08 |website=nikkansports.com |language=ja}}</ref> A solid spring, including a [[Maddux (statistic)|Maddux]] no-hitter by [[Nao Higashihama]] on May 12 against the Saitama Seibu Lions,<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2022/05/12/baseball/japanese-baseball/higashihama-no-hitter-hawks/ |title=Nao Higashihama's no-hitter adds to strong performance by NPB pitchers in 2022 |work=[[The Japan Times]] |publisher=News2u Holdings, Inc. |date=2022-05-12 |accessdate=2023-02-09 }}</ref> followed by a less than ideal summer filled with ups and downs, including going 1–9 in their annual Hawk Festival series and being the first team since the {{npby|1995}} Seibu Lions to be no-hit by the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, led to the Hawks losing the pennant race to the [[Orix Buffaloes]] via tiebreaker after the Hawks lost to the Chiba Lotte Marines on the final day of the season, with both teams finishing with a record of 76–65–2. This marked the first time the top two teams in a league shared the exact same record in NPB history at the conclusion of the regular season, resulting in a tiebreaker being necessary. The Hawks lost the overall regular season series against Orix, as the Buffaloes won 15 games against them in comparison to SoftBank's 10 wins, resulting in Orix taking the 2022 Pacific League pennant.<ref>{{Cite web |title=【データ】オリックスがソフトバンクと勝率で並ぶも直接対決の差でＶ（日刊スポーツ） |url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/514c7727bbf3b32a28c30bc77c5eb65665f5cfa4 |access-date=2022-10-02 |website=Yahoo!ニュース |language=ja |archive-date=2022-10-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221002133330/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/514c7727bbf3b32a28c30bc77c5eb65665f5cfa4 |url-status=dead }}</ref> They would eventually fall to the Buffaloes in the second stage of the Climax Series, breaking an eighteen game playoff winning streak in the process.

On October 10, 2022, the Hawks announced the formation of a yon-gun squad (third farm team), becoming the first team in NPB to begin operations on a third farm team, beginning play in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/86b3fa413180e898d0f689a1d7e6c261c83afa6c | title=【ソフトバンク】来季から球界初「４軍制」創設へ ２０日ドラフト会議で育成選手を大量指名（スポーツ報知） | access-date=2022-10-10 | archive-date=2022-10-15 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015184959/https://news.yahoo.co.jp/articles/86b3fa413180e898d0f689a1d7e6c261c83afa6c | url-status=dead }}</ref> Before the {{npby|2023}} season, the Hawks added to their already loaded core in response to losing ace Kodai Senga to the [[New York Mets]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.mlb.com/news/kodai-senga-introduced-by-mets | title=Senga acclimating quickly, meets New York media | website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> by signing elite contact hitter [[Kensuke Kondoh]] to a 7-year deal from the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters, poaching elite reliever [[Roberto Osuna]] away from the [[Chiba Lotte Marines]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.nishinippon.co.jp/item/n/1025916/ | title=ホークス、オスナ獲得へ 今季ロッテでプレー、160キロに迫る剛速球 }}</ref> and signing [[Kohei Arihara]] after a failed stint with the [[Texas Rangers (baseball)|Texas Rangers]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Hill | first=David | title=Former Texas Rangers pitcher Kohei Arihara heads back to Japan | website=Call to the Pen | date=6 January 2023 | url=https://calltothepen.com/2023/01/06/former-texas-rangers-pitcher-kohei-arihara-heads-back-japan/amp/ | access-date=8 May 2023}}</ref> Despite these additions and Kondoh breaking out for a near [[Triple Crown (baseball)|Triple Crown]] season, only losing it out to [[Yuma Tongu]] also having a breakout campaign and winning the 2023 Pacific League Batting Title, the Hawks were hampered by a lack of foreign power and subpar pitching, being unable to climb the mountain and settled for a third place finish in Pacific League, losing out on second on the final day of regular season play, the second year in a row where they lost position on the final day of the regular season. Eventually, they would fall short, losing to the Marines in the 1st Stage of the Pacific League Climax Series. After that, it was announced that Fujimoto was to step down as manager due to health concerns, and was replaced by the club's farm team manager [[Hiroki Kokubo]]. The Hawks once again were active in the 2023–24 off-season, trading pitchers [[Keisuke Izumi]] and [[Rei Takahashi]] for Yomiuri Giants slugger [[Adam Walker (baseball)|Adam Walker]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.giants.jp/news/21785/|title=Yomiuri Giants press release 2023.11.6 福岡ソフトバンクホークスとのトレード合意について|language=ja-JP|website=[[Yomiuri Giants]] Official site|date=November 6, 2023|accessdate=December 4, 2023}}</ref> acquiring first baseman slugger [[Hotaka Yamakawa]] after a scandal tarnished his image with the Lions, and extended foreign pitchers [[Liván Moinelo]] and [[Carter Stewart]] to long-term, record setting deals,<ref>{{Cite web|title=SoftBank lefty Moinelo set for hefty contract extension|url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2024/03/26/baseball/japanese-baseball/moinelo-contract-extension/|access-date=April 2, 2024|website=japantimes.co.jp|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Baseball: Hawks hand Stewart 2-year contract extension|url=https://www.nippon.com/en/news/kd1108353994984783910/|access-date=January 2, 2024|website=nippon.com|language=en}}</ref> as well as converting Moinelo from a reliever to a starter to bolster their lackluster pitching. These moves worked, as the Hawks would dominate in 2024, locking up their 20th Pacific League pennant on September 23, having taken first in Pacific League on April 4 and never relinquishing it.<ref>{{cite web | title=Baseball: Talent depth, new manager Kokubo lead Hawks back to top ｜ Kyodo News | website=Kyodo News | date=2024-09-23 | url=https://nordot.app/1210947627442651673 | ref={{sfnref|Kyodo News|2024}} | access-date=2024-09-24}}</ref> This led them to a 91–49–3 record, the most wins put up by an NPB team since their 94–49 record in 2017. This was also their 6th 90 win season, just 1 shy of every team in NPB combined (4 by the Lions, 2 by the Giants, and 1 by the defunct Shochiku Robins). However, they would get shut down by the [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]] in the [[2024 Japan Series]] in six games, breaking an NPB record 14 game [[Japan Series]] win streak and marking the first Hawks' Japan Series loss in the SoftBank era.

== Roster ==
{{Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks roster}}

=== Former players ===

==== Hawks former players ====

{{Collapse top|Hawks former players|width=90%|border=3px|b-color=#000|bg=#F6C500}}
{| Class="wikitable sortable"style="white-space:nowrap; text-align:center; font-size: small;"
|-
!{{abbr|DS|Debut season}}
!{{abbr|FS|Final season}}
!Former players
!Country
!{{abbr|YR|Years}}
!Era
!{{abbr|Pos|Position}}
!class="unsortable"|Note
|-
|{{baseball year|1938}}
|{{baseball year|1942}}
|{{sortname|Yoshiyuki|Iwamoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|[[Pacific League]] [[Best Nine Award]] (1950,1951)<br />[[Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame]] Member
|-
|{{baseball year|1939}}
|{{npby|1952}}
|{{sortname|Kazuto|Tsuruoka}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|[[Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|JBL & Pacific League MVP Award]] (1946,1948,1951)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{baseball year|1942}}
|{{baseball year|1948}}
|{{sortname|Takehiko|Bessho}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[Eiji Sawamura Award]] (1947)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{baseball year|1949}}
|{{npby|1953}}
|{{sortname|Kazuhiro|Kuroda}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1950}}
|{{npby|1959}}
|{{sortname|Kazuo|Kageyama}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1951,1952)
|-
|{{npby|1954}}
|{{npby|1971}}
|{{sortname|Mutsuo|Minagawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|18
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1968)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1954}}
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{sortname|Katsuya|Nomura}}
|{{JPN}}
|'''23'''
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Catcher|C]]
|NPB [[Triple Crown (baseball)|Triple Crown Award]] (1965)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1955}}
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{sortname|Yoshinori|Hirose}}
|{{JPN}}
|23
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1963–1965)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1956}}
|{{npby|1968}}
|{{sortname|Yoshio|Anabuki}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1958}}
|{{npby|1970}}
|{{sortname|Tadashi|Sugiura}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award|Pacific League MVP Award]] (1959)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1960}}
|{{npby|1965}}
|{{sortname|Joe|Stanka}}
|{{USA}}
|6
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1964)<br />[[Japan Series]] MVP (1964)
|-
|{{npby|1961}}
|{{npby|1963}}
|{{sortname|Buddy|Peterson}}
|{{USA}}
|3
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|Former MLB player.<br />NPB All-Star Series (1962,1963)
|-
|{{npby|1962}}
|{{npby|1967}}
|{{sortname|Kent|Hadley}}
|{{USA}}
|6
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1962}}<br />& {{npby|1966}}
|{{npby|1963}}<br />& {{npby|1974}}
|{{sortname|Masanori|Murakami}}
|{{JPN}}
|17
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|First Asian [[Major League Baseball|MLB]] player.<br />[[San Francisco Giants]] ({{mlby|1964}}–{{mlby|1965}})
|-
|{{npby|1964}}
|{{npby|1964}}
|{{sortname|Johnny|Logan|Johnny Logan (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1967}}
|{{npby|1970}}
|{{sortname|Toshio|Yanagida|Toshio Yanagida (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|NPB All-Star Series (1968)
|-
|{{npby|1968}}
|{{npby|1968}}
|{{sortname|Marty|Keough}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1969}}
|{{npby|1969}}
|{{sortname|Lee|Thomas|Lee Thomas (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1970}}
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{sortname|Don|Blasingame}}
|{{USA}}
|8
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1970}}
|{{npby|1973}}
|{{sortname|Clarence|Jones|Clarence Jones (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|4
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Pacific League Home runs Leader (1974,1976)
|-
|{{npby|1970}}<br />& {{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1988}}<br />& {{npby|1992}}
|{{sortname|Hiromitsu|Kadota}}
|{{JPN}}
|21
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League MVP Award (1988)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1970}}
|{{npby|1972}}
|{{sortname|Takashi|Teraoka}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1971}}
|{{npby|1971}}
|{{sortname|Thad|Tillotson}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1972}}
|{{npby|1975}}
|{{sortname|Takenori|Emoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1972}}
|{{npby|1973}}
|{{sortname|Willie|Smith|Willie Smith (outfielder)}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player. 
|-
|{{npby|1972}}
|{{npby|1981}}
|{{sortname|Shinsaku|Katahira}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Infielder|IF]], [[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1973}}
|{{npby|1976}}
|{{sortname|Hiroaki|Fukushi}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League [[Winning percentage]] Leader (1980)
|-
|{{npby|1974}}
|{{npby|1974}}
|{{sortname|Wes|Parker}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.<br />MLB [[Gold Glove Award]] (1967–1972)
|-
|{{npby|1975}}
|{{npby|1985}}
|{{sortname|Hiromasa|Arai}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Batting Leader (1987)<br />Pacific League Best Nine Award (1979,1982,1986,1987)
|-
|{{npby|1975}}
|{{npby|1975}}
|{{sortname|Jim|Nettles}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1976}}
|{{npby|1976}}
|{{sortname|Don|Buford}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1974)
|-
|{{npby|1976}}
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{sortname|Yutaka|Enatsu}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Eiji Sawamura Award (1968)<br />Pacific League [[Save (baseball)|Saves]] Leader (1977,1979–1983)
|-
|{{npby|1976}}
|{{npby|1976}}
|{{sortname|Tom|Robson|Tom Robson (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{sortname|Gail|Hopkins}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{npby|1977}}
|{{sortname|Jack|Pierce|Jack Pierce (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|[[Mexican Professional Baseball Hall of Fame]] Member
|-
|{{npby|1978}}
|{{npby|1981}}
|{{sortname|Carlos|May}}
|{{USA}}
|4
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1978}}
|{{npby|1985}}
|{{sortname|Mitsuo|Tateishi}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1978}}
|{{npby|1978}}
|{{sortname|Bobby|Tolan}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1979}}
|{{npby|1980}}
|{{sortname|Frank|Ortenzio}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
| 
|-
|{{npby|1980}}
|{{npby|1989}}
|{{sortname|Nobuyuki|Kagawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Catcher|C]] 
|Also known as [[Dokaben]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1981}}
|{{npby|1982}}
|{{sortname|Jim|Tyrone}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1982}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Fujimoto|Hiroshi Fujimoto (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|17
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1983}}
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Ogawa|Hiroshi Ogawa (shortstop)}}
|{{JPN}}
|14
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1984}}
|{{npby|1985}}
|{{sortname|Jeff|Doyle|Jeff Doyle (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Second baseman|2B]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Pacific League Home runs Leader (1974,1976)
|-
|{{npby|1984}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Shinichi|Katoh}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1984}}
|{{npby|1986}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Nyman}}
|{{USA}}
|3
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1984}}
|{{npby|1993}}
|{{sortname|Makoto|Sasaki|Makoto Sasaki (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Batting Leader (1992)<br />Pacific League Best Nine Award (1991–1995,1997)
|-
|{{npby|1986}}
|{{npby|1986}}
|{{sortname|Danny|Goodwin}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1986}}
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{sortname|Dave|Hostetler}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{sortname|Steve|Hammond}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{sortname|Hideji|Katoh|Hideji Katō}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Batting Leader (1973,1979)<br />Pacific League RBI leader (1975–1976 ,1979)
|-
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{sortname|Hiroyuki|Mori}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1987}}
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Moriwaki}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1988}}
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{sortname|Tony|Bernazard}}
|{{PUR}}
|3
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Second baseman|2B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1988}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Noriyoshi|Omichi}}
|{{JPN}}
|19
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei<br />/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|[[Nippon Professional Baseball All-Star Series|NPB All-Star Series]] (2001, 2004)
|-
|{{npby|1988}}<br />& {{npby|1993}}
|{{npby|1988}}<br />& {{npby|1993}}
|{{sortname|George|Wright|George Wright (outfielder)}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1988}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Toyohiko|Yoshida}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Best Battery Award (1994)
|-
|{{npby|1988}}
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{sortname|Koichiro|Yoshinaga}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#006400;color:white"|Nankai/Daiei
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1994,1996)
|-
|{{npby|1989}}
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{sortname|Willie|Upshaw}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{npby|1993}}
|{{sortname|Toshifumi|Baba}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|[[Mitsui Golden Glove Award]] (1995,1996)
|-
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{sortname|Goose|Gossage}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum]]
|-
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{sortname|Takayuki|Nishijima}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|-
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Manabu|Saito|Manabu Saito (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{sortname|Keisaburo|Tanoue}}
|{{JPN}}
|18
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League [[Winning percentage]] Leader (2001)
|-
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{npby|1990}}
|{{sortname|Jim|Wilson|Jim Wilson (first baseman)}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Yutaka|Ashikaga}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{sortname|Koji|Bonishi}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{sortname|Takayoshi|Eguchi}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{sortname|Mike|Laga}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1991}}<br />& {{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2009}}<br />& {{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Arihito|Muramatsu}}
|{{JPN}}
|14
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League [[Stolen base]]s Leader (1996)<br />Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2003, 2004)
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Tsuyoshi|Shimoyanagi}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[Central League]] The most wins champion (2005)
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1993}}
|{{sortname|Lee|Tunnell}}
|{{USA}}
|3
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1991}}
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{sortname|Eddie|Williams|Eddie Williams (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{sortname|Chihiro|Hamana}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|NPB All-Star Series (1992,1995,1996)
|-
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{sortname|Hisao|Niura}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Central League ERA champion (1977, 1978)<br />Central League Best Nine Award (1978)
|-
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Kazuya|Tabata}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Kenichi|Wakatabe}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Rookie Special Award (1992)<br />NPB All-Star Series (2002)
|-
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{npby|1992}}
|{{sortname|Boomer|Wells|Greg Wells (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Pacific League Batting Leader (1984,1989)<br />Pacific League [[Run batted in|RBI]] Leader (1984,1987,1989,1992)
|-
|{{npby|1993}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Shinichi|Sato|Shinichi Sato (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Koji|Akiyama}}
|{{JPN}}
|9
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League [[Home run]]s Leader (1987)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1994}}<br />& {{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2003}}<br />& {{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Hiroki|Kokubo}}
|{{JPN}}
|16
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Pacific League Home runs Leader (1995)<br />Pacific League RBI Leader (1997)
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Hiromi|Matsunaga|Hiromi Matsunaga (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Pacific League Stolen bases Leader (1985)<br />Pacific League Best Nine Award (1988–1991,1994)
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Kevin|Reimer}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Bobby|Thigpen}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB single season saves holder.
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{sortname|Brian|Traxler}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Tomoyuki|Uchiyama}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{sortname|Hidekazu|Watanabe}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[Nippon Professional Baseball Rookie of the Year Award|Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award]] (1994)
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Shuji|Yoshida}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League [[Hold (baseball)|Holds]] Leader (1998, 2001)
|-
|{{npby|1994}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Shintaro|Yoshitake}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star Series (2005)
|-
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{sortname|Masao|Fujii}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Holds Leader (1999)<br />His number '''15''' is honored by the Hawks.
|-
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{sortname|Hiromichi|Ishige}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1981–1987,1992,1993)<br />Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1981–1983,1985–1988,1991,1993)
|-
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Kenji|Johjima}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Pacific League MVP Award (2003)
|-
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{sortname|Kimiyasu|Kudo}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[List of Nippon Professional Baseball earned run average champions|Pacific League ERA Champion]] (1985, 1987, 1993, 1999)<br />Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame Member
|-
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{npby|1995}}
|{{sortname|Kevin|Mitchell|Kevin Mitchell (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.<br />[[Silver Slugger Award]] (1989)
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Masashi|Arikura}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{sortname|Rodney|Bolton}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{sortname|Ryo|Kawano}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|José|Núñez|José Núñez (right-handed pitcher)}}
|{{DOM}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Kazumi|Saito}}
|{{JPN}}
|15
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Eiji Sawamura Award (2003, 2006)<br />NPB Triple Crown (2006)
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Masahiro|Sakumoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1996}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Kazuhiro|Takeda}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League The most wins champion (1998)<br />Pacific League Saves Leader (1991)
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{sortname|Tadahito|Iguchi}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Pacific League Stolen bases Leader (2001, 2003)
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{sortname|Shinji|Kurano}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Nobuhiko|Matsunaka}}
|{{JPN}}
|19
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|NPB Triple Crown Award (2004)<br />Pacific League MVP Award (2000, 2004)
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Rod|Nichols}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Katsunori|Okamoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Greg|Pirkl}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Shibahara}}
|{{JPN}}
|15
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1998, 2000)<br />Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2000, 2001, 2003)
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|Fujio|Tamura}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (1993)
|-
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{npby|1997}}
|{{sortname|David|West|David West (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Ryan|Hancock}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
| 
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{sortname|Shintaro|Yamasaki}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Nagadomi}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Junji|Hoshino}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Luis|Lopez|Luis Lopez (catcher)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Central League RBI Leader (1996,1997)<br />Central League Hitting Leader (1997)
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Tomohiro|Nagai}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|1999 Japan Series Outstanding Player Award
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{sortname|Tatsuji|Nishimura}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[Nippon Professional Baseball Comeback Player of the Year Award|NPB Comeback Player of the Year Award]] (1998)
|-
|{{npby|1998}}<br />& {{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2002}}<br />& {{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Takashi|Sasagawa|Takashi Sasagawa (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|18
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{sortname|Takayuki|Shinohara}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Winning percentage Leader (1999)
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Ryan|Thompson|Ryan Thompson (outfielder)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{npby|1998}}
|{{sortname|Brian|Williams|Brian Williams (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Yudai|Deguchi}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{sortname|Melvin|Nieves}}
|{{PUR}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Akio|Mizuta}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Shinsuke|Ogura}}
|{{JPN}}
|14
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Rodney|Pedraza|Rod Pedraza}}
|{{USA}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Saves Leader (2000, 2001)
|-
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Yusuke|Torigoe}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|1999}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Ryo|Yoshimoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{sortname|Brian|Banks|Brian Banks (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2000}}<br />& {{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2011}}<br />& {{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Munenori|Kawasaki}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Former MLB player. Currently with Tochigi Golden Braves<br />Pacific League Hits Leader (2004)<br />Pacific League stolen base Leader (2004)
|-
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{sortname|Naoki|Matoba}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Pacific League Best Battery Award (2006)
|-
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Brady|Raggio}}
|{{USA}}
|3
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{npby|2000}}
|{{sortname|Matt|Randel}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Hisao|Arakane}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Haney}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{sortname|Pedro|Valdés}}
|{{PUR}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|He scored a 104 RBIs. (2003)
|-
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Michinao|Yamamura}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2001}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Katsuki|Yamazaki}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Morgan|Burkhart}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{sortname|Carlos|Castillo|Carlos Castillo (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Shotaro|Ide}}
|{{JPN}}
|9
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Yasushi|Kamiuchi}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Toshiya|Sugiuchi}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Eiji Sawamura Award (2005)<br />Pacific League MVP Award (2005)
|-
|{{npby|2002}}<br />& {{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2006}}<br />& {{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Hayato|Terahara}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2002}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Masanori|Taguchi}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{sortname|Nagisa|Arakaki}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League [[Strikeout]]s Leader (2004)
|-
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{sortname|Brandon|Knight|Brandon Knight (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{sortname|Bryant|Nelson}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Second baseman|2B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{sortname|Matt|Skrmetta}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{sortname|Chen|Wen-bin}}
|{{TWN}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2003}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Julio|Zuleta}}
|{{PAN}}
|4
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2005)
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Kenji|Akashi}}
|{{JPN}}
|19
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|NPB All-Star Series (2012)<br />Japan Series Outstanding Player Award (2015)
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Lindsay|Gulin}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2004}}<br />& {{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2010}}<br />& {{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Keisuke|Kaneko}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Ryuma|Kidokoro}}
|{{JPN}}
|15
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Takahiro|Mahara}}
|{{JPN}}
|9
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Saves Leader (2007)
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{sortname|Héctor|Mercado}}
|{{PUR}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Koji|Mise}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award (2004)<br />Pacific League Saves Leader (2004)
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Katsuhiko|Miyaji}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei/SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2005)
|-
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{npby|2004}}
|{{sortname|Brad|Voyles}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#ffa500"|Daiei
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Tony|Batista}}
|{{DOM}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Jolbert|Cabrera}}
|{{COL}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Second baseman|2B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Tomoaki|Egawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|15
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{sortname|Pedro|Feliciano}}
|{{PUR}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|Tatsuya|Ide}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Mitsui Golden Glove Award (1997, 2002)<br />NPB All-Star Series (1997, 2001)
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Naoyuki|Ohmura}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Hitting Leader (2006)
|-
|{{npby|2005}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Toru|Takahashi|Toru Takahashi (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Yuta|Arakawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{sortname|D. J.|Carrasco}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Yoshiaki|Fujioka}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Yuichi|Honda}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Second baseman|2B]]
|Pacific League Stolen bases Leader (2010,2011)<br />Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2011‐2012)
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Keisuke|Katto}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Yusuke|Kosai}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Nobuhiro|Matsuda}}
|{{JPN}}
|17
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Second baseman|3B]]
|Pacific League Best nine Award (2018)<br />Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2011,2013‐2019)
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{sortname|Michitaka|Nishiyama}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Hidenori|Tanoue}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2009)
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Akihiro|Yanase}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2006}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Yang|Yao-hsun}}
|{{TWN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{sortname|Brian|Buchanan}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Shuhei|Fukuda}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Rick|Guttormson}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Yuya|Hasegawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|15
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Batting Leader (2013)<br />Pacific League Hitting Leader (2013)
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{sortname|Adam|Hyzdu}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Masahiko|Morifuku}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star Series (2011.2012)
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|C. J.|Nitkowski}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Kenji|Otonari}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star Series (2012)
|-
|{{npby|2007}}<br />& {{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2008}}<br />& {{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Jason|Standridge}}
|{{USA}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Hiroaki|Takaya}}
|{{JPN}}
|15
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Hitoshi|Tamura}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2010)
|-
|{{npby|2007}}
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Hiroki|Yamada|Hiroki Yamada (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|11
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Sho|Iwasaki}}
|{{JPN}}
|14
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Holds Leader (2017)<br />Currently with [[Chunichi Dragons]]
|-
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|D. J.|Houlton}}
|{{USA}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League The Most Wins Champion (2011)
|-
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Tetsuya|Matoyama}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Shota|Oba}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Jeremy|Powell}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{npby|2008}}
|{{sortname|Michael|Restovich}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{sortname|Chris|Aguila}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Brian|Falkenborg}}
|{{USA}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Best relief pitcher (2010)
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{sortname|Justin|Germano}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{sortname|Kameron|Loe}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Kim|Mu-young}}
|{{KOR}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Akira|Niho}}
|{{JPN}}
|13
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with [[Hanshin Tigers]]
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|José|Ortiz|José Ortiz (second baseman)}}
|{{DOM}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Second baseman|2B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Tadashi|Settsu}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Rookie of the Year Award (2009)<br />Eiji Sawamura Award (2012)
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Soichiro|Tateoka}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Currently with [[Yomiuri Giants]]
|-
|{{npby|2009}}
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Shingo|Tatsumi}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Lee|Bum-ho}}
|{{KOR}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|J. D.|Durbin}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Takehito|Kanazawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Hiroyuki|Kawahara}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{sortname|Roberto|Petagine}}
|{{VEN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Central League Home runs Leader (1999, 2001)<br />Central League MVP Award (2001)
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Masaumi|Shimizu}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2010}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Teruaki|Yoshikawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Edison|Barrios}}
|{{VEN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Yhency|Brazobán}}
|{{DOM}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Alex|Cabrera}}
|{{VEN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Pacific League Home runs Leader (2002)<br />Pacific League MVP Award (2002)
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Soichi|Fujita}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League Hold Champion (2000)<br />NPB All-Star Series (2001)
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Toru|Hosokawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2008,2011)<br />Mitsui Golden Glove Award (2008,2011)
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{sortname|Anthony|Lerew}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Kodai|Senga}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Pacific League strikeout leader. (2019,2020)<br />Pacific League ERA leader. (2020).<br />Pacific League winning percentage leader.(2017)<br />Pacific League wins champion. (2020).<br />Currently with [[New York Mets]]
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Seiichi|Uchikawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Central League & Pacific League Batting Leader (2008,2011)<br />Central League & Pacific League Hitting Leader (2008,2012)
|-
|{{npby|2011}}
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Ayatsugu|Yamashita}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Brandon|Allen|Brandon Allen (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Ángel|Castro|Ángel Castro (pitcher)}}
|{{DOM}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Terry|Doyle}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Kazuyuki|Hoashi}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star Series (2005.2008)
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Go|Kamamoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{sortname|Kyohei|Kamezawa|Kyōhei Kamezawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Shinya|Kayama}}
|{{JPN}}
|12
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]].
|-
|{{npby|2012}}<br />& {{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2014}}<br />& {{npby|2014}}
|{{sortname|Hideki|Okajima}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.<br />[[Major League Baseball Rookie of the Month Award|MLB  Rookie of the Month Award]] (April 2007)
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Wily Mo|Peña}}
|{{DOM}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Brad|Penny}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Renyel|Pinto}}
|{{VEN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{sortname|Levi|Romero}}
|{{VEN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2012}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Naoki|Shirane}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{sortname|Shintaro|Ejiri}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Ryota|Igarashi}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Central League Saves Leader (2004)
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Yuya|Iida}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Bryan|LaHair}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Yusuke|Masago}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Vicente|Padilla}}
|{{NIC}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Tomoki|Takata}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Shogo|Yamamoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{sortname|Hirofumi|Yamanaka}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Yuki|Yoshimura|Yuki Yoshimura (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{npby|2013}}
|{{sortname|Makoto|Yoshino}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{sortname|Bárbaro|Cañizares}}
|{{CUB}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Ryo|Hidaka}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Takeshi|Hosoyamada}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Ren|Kajiya}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with [[Hanshin Tigers]]
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Keizo|Kawashima}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Dae-ho|Lee}}
|{{KOR}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|Pacific League RBI Leader (2012)
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Yuito|Mori}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star (2015,2018)<br />Pacific League Saves leader (2018)<br />Currently with [[Yokohama DeNA BayStars]].
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Kenichi|Nakata}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Ken|Okamoto}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Dennis|Sarfate}}
|{{USA}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Pacific League Saves Leader (2015, 2016, 2017)
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Kaisei|Sone}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Currently with [[Hiroshima Toyo Carp]]
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Shinya|Tsuruoka}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2012)
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Seiji|Uebayashi}}
|{{JPN}}
|10
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star (2017)<br />Currently with Chunichi Dragons.
|-
|{{npby|2014}}
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{sortname|Brian|Wolfe}}
|{{USA}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Daisuke|Matsuzaka}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Eiji Sawamura Award (2001)<br />Pacific League The Most Wins Champion (1999–2001)
|-
|{{npby|2015}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Rick|van den Hurk}}
|{{NED}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.<br />Japan Series Outstanding Player Award (2015)
|-
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{sortname|Kenta|Chatani}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Infielders|IF]]
|Currently with [[Chiba Lotte Marines]]
|-
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Reiji|Kozawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with Tokyo Yakult Swallows
|-
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Kenta|Kurose}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Infielders|IF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Robert|Suárez}}
|{{VEN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Central League Saves Leader (2020)<br />Currently with [[San Diego Padres]]
|-
|{{npby|2016}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Jumpei|Takahashi}}
|{{JPN}}
|8
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Oscar|Colas}}
|{{CUB}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielders|OF]]
|Currently with [[Chicago White Sox]]
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Alfredo|Despaigne}}
|{{CUB}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielders|OF]]
|Pacific League Best Nine Award (2017, 2019)
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Yuto|Furuya}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Ryuhei|Kuki}}
|{{JPN}}
|7
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Hiroki|Hasegawa|Hiroki Hasegawa (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with [[Tokyo Yakult Swallows]].
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{sortname|Kyle|Jensen}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[First baseman|1B]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2017}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Seigi|Tanaka}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with [[Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters]].
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Yurisbel|Gracial}}
|{{CUB}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielders|3B]]
|[[Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award]]. (2019)
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Tomoya|Ichikawa}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Catcher|C]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Shu|Masuda}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Infielder|IF]]
|Currently with Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Ryoma|Matsuda}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{sortname|Ariel|Miranda}}
|{{CUB}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Former MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Tetsuro|Nishida}}
|{{JPN}}
|3
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Kotaro|Otake}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with Hanshin Tigers.
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Arata|Shiino}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Rei|Takahashi}}
|{{JPN}}
|6
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star (2019)<br />Pacific League Rookie of the Year (2019)<br />Currently with [[Yomiuri Giants]].
|-
|{{npby|2018}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Yuta|Watanabe|Yuta Watanabe (baseball)}}
|{{JPN}}
|4
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Keisuke|Izumi}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with the Yomiuri Giants.
|-
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Kaino}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|Currently with the Saitama Seibu Lions.
|-
|{{npby|2019}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Masato|Okumura}}
|{{JPN}}
|5
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{sortname|Matt|Moore|Matt Moore (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|[[Major League Baseball All-Star Game|MLB All-Star Game]] (2013)<br />Currently with [[Los Angeles Angels]].
|-
|{{npby|2020}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Wladimir|Balentien}}
|{{NED}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielders|OF]]
|Central League home run leader (2011–2013)<br />Central League Best Nine Award (2012–2013)
|-
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Dariel|Álvarez}}
|{{CUB}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielders|OF]]
|Currently with [[Mariachis de Guadalajara]].
|-
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{sortname|Nick|Martinez|Nick Martinez (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|MLB player.<br />Currently with [[San Diego Padres]]
|-
|{{npby|2021}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Masahiro|Nakatani}}
|{{JPN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Ryo|Akiyoshi}}
|{{JPN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|NPB All-Star Game (2016).
|-
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{sortname|Tyler|Chatwood}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2022}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Freddy|Galvis}}
|{{VEN}}
|2
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Shortstop|SS]]
|MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Willians|Astudillo}}
|{{VEN}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Third baseman|3B]]
|MLB player.
|-
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Joe|Gunkel}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Pitcher|P]]
|
|-
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{npby|2023}}
|{{sortname|Courtney|Hawkins|Courtney Hawkins (baseball)}}
|{{USA}}
|1
|style="background:#F6C500"|SoftBank
|[[Outfielder|OF]]
|
|}
{{Collapse bottom}}

==== Retired numbers ====
*none

==== Honored numbers ====
*{{player|15|JPN|[[Masao Fujii]]}}
*{{player|89|TWN|[[Sadaharu Oh]]}}

[[Sadaharu Oh]]'s 89 was originally planned to be retired or honored after his retirement, but Oh made clear his preference to give the number to his successor.  Ultimately, however, the man who replaced him as manager of the Hawks, Akiyama, declined to wear the number on the grounds that the honor of bearing it would be too great so shortly after Oh's departure. Instead, Akiyama wore the number 81.

== Managers ==
{| Class="wikitable sortable"style="text-align:center;white-space:nowrap; font-size: small;"
!{{abbr|No.|Number}}
!Years<br />in office
!{{abbr|YR|Year}}
!Managers
!{{abbr|G|Games}}
!{{abbr|W|Wins}}
!{{abbr|L|Losses}}
!{{abbr|T|Ties}}
!{{abbr|Win%|Winning percentage}}
!Pacific League<br />championships
!Japan Series<br />championships
!Playoff<br />berths
|-
|1
|[[1938]]
|1
|{{sortname|Kazuo|Takasu}} (1st)
|40
|11
|26
|3
|.296
|
|
|
|-
|2
|[[1939]]
|1
|{{sortname|Kazuo|Takasu}} (1st)<br />{{sortname|Hachiro|Mimachi}} (1st)
|96
|40
|50
|6
|.444
|
|
|
|-
|3
|[[1940]]
|1
|{{sortname|Kazuo|Takasu}} (2nd)
|105
|28
|71
|6
|.283
|
|
|
|-
|4
|[[1941]]
|1
|{{sortname|Hachiro|Mimachi}} (2nd)
|84
|43
|41
|0
|.512
|
|
|
|-
|5
|[[1942]]
|1
|{{sortname|Hachiro|Mimachi}} (2nd)<br />{{sortname|Kisaku|Kato}} (1st)
|105
|49
|56
|0
|.467
|
|
|
|-
|6
|[[1943]]
|1
|{{sortname|Tatsuo|Takata}}<br />{{sortname|Kisaku|Kato}} (2nd)
|84
|26
|56
|2
|.317
|
|
|
|-
|7
|[[1944]]
|1
|{{sortname|Kisaku|Kato}} (2nd)
|35
|11
|23
|1
|.324
|
|
|
|-
|8
|[[1946]]–{{npby|1965}}
|'''20'''
|{{sortname|Kazuto|Tsuruoka}} (1st)
|'''2,646'''
|'''1,585'''
|'''990'''
|'''71'''
|'''.616'''
|'''8 times'''<br />([[1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1951]], [[1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1952]], [[1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1953]], [[1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1955]],<br />[[1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1959]], [[1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1961]], [[1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1964]], [[1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1965]])
|2 times<br />([[1959 Japan Series|1959]], [[1964 Japan Series|1964]])
|
|-
|9
|{{npby|1965}}
|0
|{{sortname|Kazuo|Kageyama}}
|—
|—
|—
|—
|—
|
|
|
|-
|10
|{{npby|1966}}–{{npby|1968}}
|3
|{{sortname|Kazuto|Tsuruoka}} (2nd)
|402
|222
|168
|12
|.569
|1 ([[1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1966]])
|
|
|-
|11
|{{npby|1969}}
|1
|{{sortname|Tokuji|Iida}}
|130
|50
|76
|4
|.397
|
|
|
|-
|12
|{{npby|1970}}–{{npby|1977}}
|8
|{{sortname|Katsuya|Nomura}}
|1,040
|513
|472
|55
|.521
|1 ([[1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1973]])
|
|1 ([[1973 Pacific League Playoffs|1973]])
|-
|13
|{{npby|1978}}–{{npby|1980}}
|3
|{{sortname|Yoshinori|Hirose}}
|390
|136
|227
|27
|.375
|
|
|
|-
|14
|{{npby|1981}}–{{npby|1982}}
|2
|{{sortname|Don|Blasingame}}
|260
|106
|136
|18
|.438
|
|
|
|-
|15
|{{npby|1983}}–{{npby|1985}}
|3
|{{sortname|Yoshio|Anabuki}}
|390
|149
|210
|31
|.415
|
|
|
|-
|16
|{{npby|1986}}–{{npby|1989}}
|4
|{{sortname|Tadashi|Sugiura}}
|520
|223
|271
|26
|.451
|
|
|
|-
|17
|{{npby|1990}}–{{npby|1992}}
|3
|{{sortname|Kōichi|Tabuchi}}
|390
|151
|230
|9
|.396
|
|
|
|-
|18
|{{npby|1993}}–{{npby|1994}}
|2
|{{sortname|Rikuo|Nemoto}}
|260
|114
|140
|6
|.449
|
|
|
|-
|19
|{{npby|1995}}–{{npby|2008}}
|14
|{{sortname|Sadaharu|Oh}}
|1,913
|998
|877
|38
|.532
|3 times<br />([[1999 Nippon Professional Baseball season|1999]], [[2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2000]], [[2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2003]])
|2 times<br />([[1999 Japan Series|1999]], [[2003 Japan Series|2003]])
|4 times<br />([[2004 Pacific League Playoffs|2004]], [[2005 Pacific League Playoffs|2005]], [[2006 Pacific League Playoffs|2006]], [[2007 Pacific League Climax Series|2007]])
|-
|20
|{{npby|2009}}–{{npby|2014}}
|6
|{{sortname|Koji|Akiyama}}
|864
|456
|368
|40
|.553
|3 times<br />([[2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2010]], [[2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2011]], [[2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2014]])
|2 times<br />([[2011 Japan Series|2011]], [[2014 Japan Series|2014]])
|5 times<br />([[2009 Pacific League Climax Series|2009]], [[2010 Pacific League Climax Series|2010]], [[2011 Pacific League Climax Series|2011]],<br />[[2012 Pacific League Climax Series|2012]], [[2014 Pacific League Climax Series|2014]])
|-
|21
|{{npby|2015}}–{{npby|2021}}
|7
|{{sortname|Kimiyasu|Kudo}}
|978
|558
|378
|42
|.596
|3 times<br />([[2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2015]], [[2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2017]], [[2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season|2020]])
|'''5 times'''<br />([[2015 Japan Series|2015]], [[2017 Japan Series|2017]], [[2018 Japan Series|2018]],<br />[[2019 Japan Series|2019]], [[2020 Japan Series|2020]])
|'''6 times'''<br />([[2015 Pacific League Climax Series|2015]], [[2016 Pacific League Climax Series|2016]], [[2017 Pacific League Climax Series|2017]],<br />[[2018 Pacific League Climax Series|2018]], [[2019 Pacific League Climax Series|2019]], [[2020 Pacific League Climax Series|2020]])
|-
|22
|{{npby|2022}}–{{npby|2023}}
|2
|{{sortname|Hiroshi|Fujimoto|Hiroshi Fujimoto (baseball)}}
|286
|147
|134
|5
|.523
|
|
|2 times<br />([[2022 Pacific League Climax Series|2022]], [[2023 Pacific League Climax Series|2023]]) 
|-
|23
|{{npby|2024}}–present
|
|{{sortname|Hiroki|Kokubo|Hiroki Kokubo}}
|143
|91
|49
|3
|.650
|1 time<br />({{npby|2024}})
|
| 1 time<br />([[2024 Pacific League Climax Series|2024]])
|- class="sortbottom"
!scope="row" style="text-align:center"| '''Totals'''
! 86 seasons !! !! 19 managers !!11,161!!5,707!!5,049!!405!!.531!!20 times!!11 times!!18 times
|}

* Statistics current through the end of the {{npby|2024}} season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://npb.jp/bis/teams/yearly_h.html|title=Nippon Professional Baseball 福岡ソフトバンクホークス 年度別成績 (1938–2022)|language=ja-JP|work=[[Nippon Professional Baseball|NPB.jp]]|accessdate=November 19, 2022}}</ref>

== Mascots ==
The Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks have the largest number of mascots in [[NPB]], with a total of twelve active mascots. Nine of them are traditional mascots that are a part of the ''Hawk Family'', with three other miscellaneous traditional mascots. The currently known family members since 1992 are as follows:<ref>{{Cite news|last=HAWKS|first=Fukuoka SoftBank|title=ホークファミリー|url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/entame/hawkfamily/index.html|access-date=2022-06-02|newspaper=福岡ソフトバンクホークス|language=ja}}</ref>
*'''Harry Hawk''' – a 23 year old yellow hawk with an orange beak wearing the number 100, Harry supports the team as the main mascot. He is the youngest brother of Homer Hawk, the former main mascot when the team was owned by [[Daiei]]. Harry is the only one with a [[Twitter]] account.
*'''Honey Hawk''' – an 18 year old pink female hawk. Honey is Harry's girlfriend and the namesake of the ''Honeys'', the Hawks' dancing and cheerleading squad.
*'''Herculy Hawk''' – a 23 year old brown hawk wearing the number 200, Herculy is Harry's teammate as well as his longstanding rival since Hawk University days. Herculy is only seen wearing the team's away jersey, even at home and during special events, such as Hawks Festival or Fight! Kyushu days.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Hawk|first=Harry|title=ファイト！九州デー|url=https://twitter.com/hawksHarry/status/1528310843808657408|access-date=2022-06-02|website=Twitter|language=ja}}</ref>
*'''Honky Hawk''' – a 57 year old brown hawk, Honky is Harry's uncle, and the mayor of Hawks Town. He loves baseball and wears a brown fedora.
*'''Helen Hawk''' – a 55 year old female hawk, Helen is Honky's wife. They had eloped during their high school days.
*'''Hack Hawk''' – Harry's 7 year old nephew and the oldest brother of Hock and Rick. Hack wears red-lined T-shirt and the same color cap.
*'''Rick Hawk''' – Harry's 5 year old nephew and middle of Hawk brothers. Rick wears glasses and blue-lined T-shirt and the same color cap.
*'''Hock Hawk''' – Harry's 3 year old nephew and youngest brother of Hack and Rick. Hock wears a green-lined T-shirt and the same color cap.
*'''Homer Hawk''' – The original mascot of the Hawks from 1989 to 2004 and the older brother of the team's current mascot Harry.
The Hawks also had 2 [[VTuber]] avatar mascots, named Takamine Umi and Aritaka Hina. Unveiled on November 9, 2020, they have their own [[YouTube]] channel as well as their own Twitter profiles.<ref>{{Cite web|last=HAWKS|first=Fukuoka SoftBank|title=福岡ソフトバンクホークスVTuber 鷹観音海、有鷹ひな紹介サイト|url=https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/ex/vtuber/|access-date=2022-02-23|website=ソフトバンクホークス オフィシャルサイト|language=ja|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223125719/https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/ex/vtuber/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Dennison|first=Kara|title=Baseball and VTubers Collide as the SoftBank Hawks Debut New Virtual Mascots|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/11/10-1/baseball-and-vtubers-collide-as-the-softbank-hawks-debut-new-virtual-mascots|access-date=2022-02-23|website=Crunchyroll|language=en-us}}</ref> They also made appearances on the PayPay Dome's video board. The two were retired in December 2022.

Temporarily in 2020, the Hawks had 10 [[Spot (robot)|Spot]] robots from [[Boston Dynamics]] (at the time SoftBank owned Boston Dynamics) and 10 [[Pepper (robot)|Pepper]] robots from SoftBank Robotics to replace the fans during a game against the Eagles due to COVID-19 restrictions in NPB games. They were still used when 5,000 fans were allowed in NPB games as fans were still not allowed to sing or use their voices to make noises, only through clapping or cheering batons.<ref>{{Citation|title=Meet Pepper as the new Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks fan| date=26 August 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxclZM_XVJY|language=en|access-date=2022-02-23}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|title=Dancing robots replace fans at Japanese baseball game| date=8 July 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUT4IFUCVyg|language=en|access-date=2022-02-23}}</ref>

The Hawks are the only other team, aside from the Fighters, to have a mascot primarily for their second team, and are the only team with one in the Western League (the Fighters' ni-gun team plays out of the Eastern League), in a chick named Hinamaru. He wears the team's cap, and has an eggshell that looks like a baseball.

The Hawks also have a mascot named Fu-san, who is based on a jet balloon that fans launch during the [[Seventh-inning stretch|Lucky 7]], prior to when the Hawks are up to bat in the 7th inning.

In 2023, in celebration of the team's 85th anniversary and 30th season in the Fukuoka PayPay Dome, the Hawks introduced their twelfth mascot, Barikata-kun, a half-pig, half-human creature with a retractable hairline and sunglasses, inspired by Fukuoka's famous [[tonkotsu ramen]].

== MLB players ==
Retired/Former: 
*[[Masanori Murakami]] (1964–1965)
*[[Tadahito Iguchi]] (2005–2008)
*[[Kenji Johjima]] (2006–2009) 
*[[Munenori Kawasaki]] (2012–2016) 
*[[Tsuyoshi Wada]] (2014–2015) 
*[[Kohei Arihara]] (2021–2022)

Active:
*[[Kodai Senga]] (2023–present)

Note: The Hawks are the only team in NPB to have never posted a player under the current [[posting system]] implemented in {{Baseball year|1998}}.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/12/26/baseball/japanese-baseball/fukuoka-softbank-hawks-kodai-senga/ |title=Hawks ace Kodai Senga can't persuade club to post him, gets raise instead |work=[[The Japan Times]] |publisher=News2u Holdings, Inc. |date=2020-12-26 |accessdate=2022-09-07 }}</ref>

== Notes ==
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== External links ==
* [https://www.softbankhawks.co.jp/ Official website] {{in lang|ja}}
* [http://npb.jp/bis/eng/teams/index_h.html Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – NPB official website]
* [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbDAmhyRx9bakv-0Gucglgg Official Channel] on [[YouTube]]

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