Takahashi Unions | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball * Pacific League |
Ballpark | Kawasaki Stadium |
Established | 1954 |
Folded | 1956 |
Former name(s) | Tombo Unions (1955) |
Ownership | Ryutaro Takahashi |
The Takahashi Unions (高橋ユニオンズ, Takahashi Yunionzu) were a Japanese team in Nippon Professional Baseball. A Pacific League expansion team in 1954, they were brought into the league to increase the number of teams to eight. The team was stocked with players from the other Pacific League teams, including aging pitcher Victor Starffin. In their three years of existence the team finished in the second division every season.
The Unions played their games at Kawasaki Stadium in Kawasaki, Kanagawa.