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| Nishitetsu Baseball Club | |
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| League | Japanese Baseball League |
| Ballpark | Korakuen Stadium (Tokyo) |
| Established | 1936; 1943 as Nishitetsu |
| Folded | 1944 |
| Division championships | None |
| Post-season championships | None |
| Former name(s) | Tokyo Senators (1936–1939) Tsubasa Baseball Club (1940) Taiyō Baseball Club (1941–1942) |
| Colors | Black, red, white |
| Ownership | Yoriyasu Arima (1936–1942) Nishitetsu (1943) |
| Manager | Saburo Yokozawa (1936–1937) Shuichi Ishimoto (1942–1943) |
The Nishitetsu Baseball Club was a team in the Japanese Baseball League (JBL). Founded in 1936 as the Tokyo Senators, the team went through a number of name changes and mergers before being dissolved after the 1943 season.
The team's undisputed star for most of its history was two-way player Jirō Noguchi, who excelled as a pitcher. Other notable players for the franchise included Chujiro Endo, Yutaka Ishii, Sadao Kondoh, Toshio Kurosawa, and Jirō's brother Akira Noguchi.