This is a list of baseball parks in top-level professional baseball in Japan. It was compiled primarily from the individual articles shown. It may be incomplete, and there also may be some inconsistencies due to occasional contradictory information between articles. Japanese baseball was organized originally as the Japanese Baseball League (JBL), starting with the 1936 season. For the 1950 season, the organization was renamed Nippon Professional Baseball and with additional clubs joining, it was broken into the Central League (CL) and the Pacific League (PL).
Various clubs have transferred from one city to another over time. Most of the clubs had also had several name changes, often independent of location, as a club's corporate owner is typically part of the club's name. For that reason, the first list is driven by team name. The second list is grouped by stadium name. The team list is confined to top-level professional clubs. The stadium list also includes some university-level clubs, where known.
Key
Current stadiums
Former stadiums
Clubs listed alphabetically by current names, within league
Central League
Chunichi Dragons
Nagoya Baseball Club (1936–1943) JBL
Sangyo Baseball Club (1944) Chubu Nippon (1946) Chubu Nippon Dragons (1947) Chunichi Dragons (1947 or 1948–1949) → To the CL Chunichi Dragons (1950) Nagoya Dragons (1951–1953) Chunichi Dragons (1954–present) ??? (1936-47) Korakuen Stadium (1948) Chunichi Stadium → Nagoya Stadium (1949–1996) Nagoya Dome (1997–present)
Hanshin Tigers
Osaka Tigers (1936–September 24, 1940, Nicknamed "Tigers") JBL
Hanshin Baseball Club (September 25, 1940–1944, maybe 1946) Osaka Tigers (1946 or 1947–1949, Nicknamed "Hanshin") → To the CL Osaka Tigers (1950–1960) Hanshin Tigers (1961–present) Koshien Stadium (1936–present) also Kyocera Dome Osaka and Kobe Sports Park Baseball Stadium for some games
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hiroshima Carp (1950–1967) Hiroshima Toyo Carp (1968–present) Hiroshima Sogo Ground Baseball Park (1950-July 1957) Hiroshima Municipal Stadium (1957) (July 1957–2008) Mazda Stadium (2009–present)
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Kokutetsu Swallows (1950–1965) Sankei Swallows (1965) Sankei Atoms (1966–1968) Atoms (1969) Yakult Atoms (1970–1973) Yakult Swallows (1974–2005) Tokyo Yakult Swallows (2006–present) Korakuen Stadium (1950–1963) Meiji Jingu Stadium (1964–present)
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Dai Tokyo (1936) JBL
Lion Baseball Club (1937–1940) Asahi Baseball Club (1941–1944) Pacific Baseball Club (1946) Taiyō Robins(1947–1949) → To the CL Shochiku Robins (ca.1950-52) → merged with Taiyo Whales Taiyo Whales (1950–1952) Taiyō-Shochiku Robins (1953) Yō-Shō Robins (1954) Taiyō Whales (1955–1977) Yokohama Taiyō Whales (1978–1992) Yokohama BayStars (1993–2011) Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2012–present) Shimonoseki Baseball Stadium (1950–1952) Osaka Stadium (1953–1954) Kawasaki Stadium (1955–1977) Yokohama Stadium (1978–present)
Yomiuri Giants
Dai-Nippon Tōkyō Yakyū Club (1934–1935) → To the JBL
Tokyo Kyojingun (1936–1944; 1946) Tokyo Yomiuri Giants (1947–1949) → To the CL Tokyo Yomiuri Giants (1950–2002) Yomiuri Giants (2003–present) Korakuen Stadium (1937–1987) Tokyo Dome (1988–present)
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines
Gold Star (1946) JBL
Kinsei Stars (1947–1948) Daiei Stars (1949) → To the CL Daiei Stars (1950–1955) → merged with Takahashi Unions in 1956 to form Daiei Unions → merged with Mainichi Orions in 1957 to form Daimai Orions
Mainichi Orions (1950–1957) Mainichi Daiei Orions (Daimai Orions, 1958–1963) Tokyo Orions (1964–1968) Lotte Orions (1969–1991) Chiba Lotte Marines (1992–present)
Korakuen Stadium (1950–1962) Tokyo Stadium (1962–1972) Miyagi Baseball Stadium (1973–1977) Kawasaki Stadium (1978–1991) Chiba Marine Stadium (1992–present)
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Nankai Baseball Club (1938f–May 31, 1944) JBL
Kinki Nippon (June 1, 1944–December 31, 1944) Great Ring (1946–May 31, 1947) Nankai Hawks (June 1, 1947–1949) → To the PL Nankai Hawks (1950–1988) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (1989–2004) Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2005–present) Sakai Ohama Baseball Stadium (1939) Nankai Nakamozu Baseball Ground (1939–1949) Osaka Stadium (1950–1988) Heiwadai Stadium (1988–1992) Fukuoka Dome (1993–present)