Saitama Seibu Lions
Nippon Professional Baseball team in the Pacific League
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| 2024 | Saitama Seibu Lions finished 6th in the Pacific League and did not qualify for the Climax Series playoffs |
| 2023 | Saitama Seibu Lions finished 5th in the Pacific League and did not qualify for the Climax Series playoffs |
| 2022 | Saitama Seibu Lions finished 3rd in the Pacific League but lost the Climax Series First Stage 0-2 to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| 2021 | Saitama Seibu Lions finished 6th in the Pacific League and did not qualify for the Climax Series playoffs |
| 2021 | Finished in 6th and last place for the first time since 1979, with a 55–70–18 record. |
| 2020 | Saitama Seibu Lions finished 3rd in the Pacific League and did not qualify for the Climax Series playoffs |
| 2020 | Finished in 3rd place but was unable to make the playoffs due to COVID-19 pandemic modifications to the league structure. |
| 2019 | Yusei Kikuchi began his MLB career with the Lions. |
| 2019 | Hatsuhiko Tsuji secures another Pacific League championship. |
| 2019 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage but lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. |
| 2018 | Hatsuhiko Tsuji leads the team to a Pacific League championship. |
| 2018 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series Final Stage but lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. |
| 2017 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series 1st stage but lost to the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles. |
| 2014 | Daisuke Matsuzaka retired from MLB after playing for the Lions. |
| 2013 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series 1st stage but lost to the Chiba Lotte Marines. |
| 2012 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series 1st stage but lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. |
| May 1 2012 | The team announced Kazuhisa Inao's jersey number 24 as the first retired number in Lions history. |
| 2011 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series 1st stage but lost to the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. |
| 2010 | Kazuo Matsui retired from MLB after playing for the Lions. |
| 2010 | Made the Pacific League Climax Series 1st stage but lost to the Chiba Lotte Marines. |
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