Sanyo Crowns was a baseball team that played a single season in 1952 in the
Kansai Farm League.
Formed in September 1950 by the
Sanyo Electric Railway Company and officially called Sanyo Electric Railway Baseball Club
and played at
Himeji Stadium (not the stadium built in 1959) in
Himeji
260px, Himeji City Hall
is a city located in Hyōgo Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 525,682 in 227,099 households and a population density of 980 persons per km². The total area of the city is ...
,
Hyogo Prefecture.
Unlike the other teams in the Kansai Farm Team it was not affiliated with any team in the
Nippon Professional Baseball
or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning ''Professional Baseball''.
Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation ...
League.
The team only played their first season with the farm league and folded in October 1952.
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External links
*{{cite web, url=https://blogs.yahoo.co.jp/villamomo/63120622.html, title=「山陽クラウンズ」復活 阪神2軍で ( 野球 ) - ケンジの人々 - Yahoo!ブログ, website=blogs.yahoo.co.jp, accessdate=2019-01-26
Baseball teams established in 1950
Baseball teams disestablished in 1952
1950 establishments in Japan
1952 disestablishments in Japan
Sports teams in Hyōgo Prefecture
Defunct baseball teams in Japan