1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1962 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Hanshin Tigers
Runners-up	Taiyo Whales
Season MVP	Minoru Murayama (HAN)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Toei Flyers
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Isao Harimoto (TOE)
Japan Series
Champions	Toei Flyers
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP	Masayuki Dobashi (TOE); Masayuki Tanemo (TOE)
NPB seasons
	← 1961 1963 →

Last updated September 27, 2019

The 1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the thirteenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Nippon Professional Baseball or NPB is the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called Puro Yakyū (プロ野球), meaning Professional Baseball. Outside Japan, it is often just referred to as "Japanese baseball". The roots of the league can be traced back to the formation of the "Greater Japan Tokyo Baseball Club" in Tokyo, founded 1934 and the original circuit for the sport in the Empire two years later – Japanese Baseball League (1936–1949), and continued to play even through the final years of the World War II.

Regular season

Standings

Central League regular season standings
Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Hanshin Tigers	133	75	55	3	.577	—
Taiyo Whales	134	71	59	4	.546	4.0
Chunichi Dragons	133	70	60	3	.538	5.0
Yomiuri Giants	134	67	63	4	.515	8.0
Hiroshima Carp	134	56	74	4	.431	19.0
Kokutetsu Swallows	134	51	79	4	.392	24.0

Pacific League regular season standings
Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Toei Flyers	133	78	52	3	.600	—
Nankai Hawks	133	73	57	3	.562	5.0
Nishitetsu Lions	136	62	68	6	.477	16.0
Daimai Orions	132	60	70	2	.462	18.0
Hankyu Braves	131	60	70	1	.462	18.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes	131	57	73	1	.438	21.0

Postseason

Japan Series

PL Toei Flyers (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Toei Flyers – 5, Hanshin Tigers – 6	Koshien Stadium	3:08	35,692^[1]
2	October 14	Toei Flyers – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 5	Koshien Stadium	2:08	35,995^[1]
3	October 16	Hanshin Tigers – 2, Toei Flyers – 2	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:44	38,733^[1]
4	October 17	Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	2:25	37,741^[1]
5	October 18	Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:43	30,187^[1]
6	October 20	Toei Flyers – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4	Koshien Stadium	2:34	21,214^[1]
7	October 21	Toei Flyers – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:19	29,192^[1]

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Katsuji Morinaga	Hiroshima Carp	.307
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	38
Runs batted in	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	85
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	79
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	151
Stolen bases	Akiteru Kono	Chunichi Dragons	35

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons	30
Losses	Kiyoshi Oishi	Hiroshima Carp	18
Earned run average	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	1.20
Strikeouts	Masaaki Koyama	Hanshin Tigers	270
Innings pitched	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	366¹⁄₃

Pacific League

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Jack Bloomfield	Kintetsu Buffaloes	.374
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	44
Runs batted in	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	104
Runs	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	99
Hits	Kihachi Enomoto	Daimai Orions	160
Stolen bases	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	50

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masahiro Kubo	Kintetsu Buffaloes	28
Losses	Tsutomu Kuroda	Kintetsu Buffaloes	23
Earned run average	Osamu Kubota	Toei Flyers	2.12
Strikeouts	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	231
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	320²⁄₃

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Minoru Murayama, Hanshin Tigers (CL)
- Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL)
Isao Harimoto is a Korean former Nippon Professional Baseball player and holder of the record for most hits in the Japanese professional leagues. An ethnic Korean, his birth name is Jang Hun. Harimoto has spent his life as a resident of Japan and adopted a Japanese name, but remains a Korean citizen, thus making him a Zainichi Korean. He was inducted into the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame in 1990 and now works as a television baseball analyst.
Rookie of the Year
- Kunio Jonouchi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Yukio Ozaki, Toei Flyers (PL)
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Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaaki Koyama, Hanshin Tigers (CL)

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Central League Best Nine Award winners
Position	Player	Team
Pitcher	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers
Catcher	Masahiko Mori	Yomiuri Giants
First baseman	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants
Second baseman	Yoshitaka Kosaka	Hiroshima Carp
Third baseman	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants
Shortstop	Yoshio Yoshida	Hanshin Tigers
Outfielder	Kazuhiko Kondo	Taiyo Whales
	Teruo Namiki	Hanshin Tigers
	Katsuji Morinaga	Hiroshima Carp

Pacific League Best Nine Award winners
Position	Player	Team
Pitcher	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions
Catcher	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks
First baseman	Kihachi Enomoto	Daimai Orions
Second baseman	Jack Bloomfield	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Third baseman	Akitoshi Kodama	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Shortstop	Yasumitsu Toyoda	Nishitetsu Lions
Outfielder	Isao Harimoto	Toei Flyers
	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Daimai Orions
	Katsutoyo Yoshida	Toei Flyers

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References

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Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.

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