More Memories Of Uniform - Dragons Edition

I'm continuing my series on the history of NPB uniforms by next focusing on the Chunichi Dragons.  I'm going to change this up a little bit from how I did the Marines by simply listing the uniforms worn by the team by year and style (home, away, alternate) and show a card for all uniforms that I can.  And I'll show the appropriate Memories Of Uniform cards as well as other cards from my collection.

One note - neither The History Of Uniform not the Professional Baseball Uniforms Encyclopedia 1936-2013 designate uniforms for the Dragons as home or away until 1952, so I lump anything earlier together by time span.

1936  - 2 different

2006 BBM Dragons 70th Anniversary #01

1937-38 - 2 different

1939-40 - 4 different

2012 BBM No-Hitters #18

1940-42

1943-44  - 2 different

1946-47  - 2 different

2011 BBM Dragons 75th Anniversary #01

2006 BBM 70th Anniversary #13

1948  - 2 different

2006 BBM Dragons 70th Anniversary #09

1949-50  - 2 different

2006 BBM Dragons 70th Anniversary #16

1950-51  - 4 different

1951 JGA 11 (Toru Tsuchiya)

1950 JBR 2 (Shigeru Sugishita)

1952-53 Home

1952-53 Away

2011 BBM Dragons 75th Anniversary #10

1954-59 Home

2006 BBM Nostalgic Baseball #077

1954-56 Away

2006 BBM Dragons 70th Anniversary #14

1954 Alternate

1956-59 Away

2006 BBM Nostalgic Baseball #083

1960-61 Home

2000 BBM 20th Century Best 9 #127

1960-61 Away

2006 BBM Nostalgic Baseball #098

1962 Home

2011 BBM Dragons 75th Anniversary #27

1962 Away

2011 BBM Dragons 75th Anniversary #22

1963-64 Home

2006 BBM 70th Anniversary #30

1963-64 Away

2006 BBM Dragons 70th #37

1965-66 Home

1967 Kabaya-Leaf #54 (Tatsumi Yamanaka)

1965-66 Away

2000 BBM 20th Century Best 9 #459

1967-68 Home

1967-68 Away

2007 BBM Draft Story #044

1968 Home Alternate

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #025

1968 Away Alternate

1969-73 Home

1973 Calbee #67 (Kenichi Yazawa)

1969-73 Away

2002 BBM All Time Heroes #021

1974-80 Home

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #026

1974-80 Away

1974/75 Calbee #79 (Gene Martin)

1981-83 Home

1983 Calbee #167 (Masaru Uno)

1981-83 Away

1983 Calbee #396 (Yujiro Miyako)

1984-86 Home

1985 Calbee #357 (Masaru Uno)

1984-86 Away

1985 Calbee #352 (Ken Hirano)

1987-96 Home

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #027

1987-96 Away

1993 Kanebo #018

1997-2003 Home

2003 Chunichi Sports #48 (Masataka Minatogawa)

1997-2003 Away

1998 BBM #141

1998 Alternate

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #028

1999 Alternate

2002 Alternate (Away?)

2002 BBM 2nd Version #570

2003 Alternate (Away?)

2003 BBM 2nd Version #517

2004-11 Home

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #029

2004-11 Away

2006 BBM 1st Version #269

2010 Alternate (Turn Back The Clock)

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #030

2012-13 Home

2012 BBM 2nd Version #556

2012-13 Visitor

2013 BBM 2nd Version #469

2012 Alternate (Turn Back The Clock)

2013 Alternate

2014-present Home

2014 Calbee #153

2014-present Visitor

2014 BBM 2nd Version #436

2014 Alternate

2015 BBM Memories Of Uniform #031

Notes:

By my count, the Dragons have had 64 uniforms since they started in 1936.  I was able to find a sample photo for 45 of them.

I hadn't realized until doing this that the Dragons actually wore three different jersey types between 1974 and 1986.  While the design on the jersey is the same, the 1974-80 versions are button down, the 1981-83 versions are pullovers with a couple buttons at the top and the 1984-86 versions are pullovers with no buttons.

The only difference between the 1987-96 and the 1997-2003 "standard" uniforms appears to be the hat design.  Likewise the change in "standard" uniform in 1954 was the replacement of the "N" (for "Nagoya") on the hat to a "C" (for "Chunichi").

I'm pretty sure that the picture of Hoshino is from Spring Training 1969 before the Dragons unveiled their new uniforms.  Hoshino was taken in the fall 1968 draft and debuted for the Dragons the following year but the uniform shown on that card is the 1967-68 version (you can tell from the hat).