1972 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1972 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Central League pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP Tsuneo Horiuchi (YOM)
Pacific League pennant
League champions Hankyu Braves
  Runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Season MVP Yutaka Fukumoto (HAU)
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP Tsuneo Horiuchi (YOM)
NPB seasons

The 1972 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 23rd season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings [1]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. GB
1 Yomiuri Giants 13074524.587—
2 Hanshin Tigers 13071563.5593.5
3 Chunichi Dragons 13067594.5327.0
4 Yakult Atoms 13060673.47214.5
5 Taiyo Whales 13057694.45217.0
6 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 13049756.39524.0
Pacific League regular season standings [2]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. GB
1 Hankyu Braves 13080482.625—
2 Kintetsu Buffaloes 13064606.516114.0
3 Nankai Hawks 13065614.515814.0
4 Toei Flyers 13063616.50815.0
5 Lotte Orions 13059683.46520.5
6 Nishitetsu Lions 13047803.37032.5

Japan Series

Yomiuri Giants won the series 4-1.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Giants – 5, Braves – 3October 21 Korakuen Stadium 38,010 [3]
2Giants – 6, Braves – 4October 23 Korakuen Stadium 39,666 [3]
3Braves – 5, Giants – 3October 25 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 34,582 [3]
4Braves – 1, Giants – 3October 26 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 31,129 [3]
5Braves – 3, Giants – 8October 28 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 27,269 [3]

References

  1. ↑ "年度別成績 1972年 セントラル・リーグ" [Results by year 1972 Central League]. Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  2. ↑ "年度別成績 1972年 1972年 パシフィック・リーグ" [Results by year 1972 Pacific League]. Nippon Professional Baseball (in Japanese). Retrieved November 1, 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 1972年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved December 11, 2017.


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