1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1967 in baseball.

1967 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	10:0):00
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP	Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Hankyu Braves
Runners-up	Nishitetsu Lions
Season MVP	Mitsuhiro Adachi (HAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP	Masahiko Mori (YOM)
NPB seasons
← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 18th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Standings

Central League regular season standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	134	84	46	4	.646	—
Chunichi Dragons	134	72	58	4	.554	12.0
Hanshin Tigers	136	70	60	6	.538	14.0
Taiyo Whales	135	59	71	5	.454	25.0
Sankei Atoms	135	58	72	5	.446	26.0
Hiroshima Carp	138	47	83	8	.362	37.0

Pacific League regular season standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Hankyu Braves	134	75	55	4	.577	—
Nishitetsu Lions	140	66	64	10	.508	9.0
Toei Flyers	134	65	65	4	.500	10.0
Nankai Hawks	133	64	66	3	.492	11.0
Tokyo Orions	137	61	69	7	.469	14.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes	132	59	71	2	.454	16.0

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Toshio Naka Chunichi .343 Home runs Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri 47 Runs batted in Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri 108 Runs Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri 94 Hits Taira Fujita Hanshin 154 Stolen bases Isao Shibata Yomiuri 70

Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Kentaro Ogawa Chunichi 29 Losses Shiroku Ishito Sankei 18 Earned run average Masatoshi Gondo Hanshin 1.40 Strikeouts Yutaka Enatsu Hanshin 225 Innings pitched Kentaro Ogawa Chunichi 2792⁄3

Pacific League

Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Isao Harimoto Toei .336 Home runs Katsuya Nomura Nankai 35 Runs batted in Katsuya Nomura Nankai 100 Runs Gordon Windhorn Hankyu 78 Hits Masahiro Doi Kintetsu 147 Stolen bases Takayuki Nishida Tokyo 32

Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Masaaki Ikenaga Nishitetsu 23 Losses Katsuji Sakai Taisuke Watanabe Tokyo Nankai 18 Earned run average Mitsuhiro Adachi Hankyu Braves 1.75 Strikeouts Keishi Suzuki Kintetsu 222 Innings pitched Masaaki Ikenaga Nishitetsu 3351⁄3

Awards

• Most Valuable Player
  • Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
  • Mitsuhiro Adachi, Hankyu Braves (PL)
• Rookie of the Year
  • Shiro Takegami, Sankei Atoms (CL)
  • Yoshimasa Takahashi, Toei Flyers (PL)
• Eiji Sawamura Award
  • Kentaro Ogawa, Chunichi Dragons (CL)

Central League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Kentaro Ogawa Chunichi Catcher Masahiko Mori Yomiuri First baseman Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri Second baseman Morimichi Takagi Chunichi Third baseman Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Shortstop Taira Fujita Hanshin Outfielder Kazuhiko Kondo Taiyo Isao Shibata Yomiuri Toshio Naka Chunichi

Pacific League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Mitsuhiro Adachi Hankyu Catcher Katsuya Nomura Nankai First baseman Katsuo Osugi Toei Second baseman Don Blasingame Nankai Third baseman Kiyoshi Morimoto Hankyu Shortstop Tsuyoshi Oshita Nankai Outfielder Isao Harimoto Toei Tokuji Nagaike Hankyu Masahiro Doi Kintetsu

See also

• 1967 Major League Baseball season

References

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