The Eastern League (イースタン・リーグ) is one of the two minor leagues of Japanese professional baseball. The league is owned and managed by the Central League.
TeamsThe league contains the minor league affiliates of seven Japanese professional teams (minor league homefield shown in parentheses):
Most of the Japanese minor league teams carry the same name, and use the same uniforms as their parent team, with the exception of the the Yokohama BayStars (Shonan Searex), Seibu Lions (Goodwill), and Orix Buffaloes (Surpass) minor league teams.
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (Tendō, Yamagata)
Yomiuri Giants (Inagi, Tokyo)
Seibu Lions (Tokorozawa, Saitama)
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters (Kamagaya, Chiba)
Chiba Lotte Marines (Saitama, Saitama)
Yokohama BayStars (Yokosuka, Kanagawa)
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (Toda, Saitama)
