1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1973 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Hankyu Braves
  Runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Season MVP Katsuya Nomura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Nankai Hawks
Finals MVP Tsuneo Horiuchi (YOM)
NPB seasons

The 1973 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 24th 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 13066604.524—
2 Hanshin Tigers 13064597.5200.5
3 Chunichi Dragons 13064615.5121.5
4 Yakult Atoms 13062653.4884.5
5 Taiyo Whales 13060646.4845.0
6 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 13060673.4726.5
Pacific League regular season standings [2]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. 1st half rank2nd half rank
1st half winner Nankai Hawks 13068584.54013
2nd half winner Hankyu Braves 13077485.61631
3 Lotte Orions 130704911.58822
4 Taiheiyo Club Lions 13059647.48045
5 Nittaku Home Flyers 13055696.44453
6 Kintetsu Buffaloes 13042835.33666

Pacific League Playoff

The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.

Nankai Hawks won the series 3-2.

GameScoreDateLocation
1Hawks – 4, Braves – 2October 19 Osaka Stadium
2Hawks – 7, Braves – 9October 20 Osaka Stadium
3Braves – 3, Hawks – 6October 22 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
4Braves – 13, Hawks – 1October 23 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
5Braves – 1, Hawks – 2October 25 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

Japan Series

Yomiuri Giants won the series 4-1.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Hawks – 4, Giants – 3October 27 Osaka Stadium 27,027 [3]
2Hawks – 2, Giants – 3October 28 Osaka Stadium 28,135 [3]
3Giants – 8, Hawks – 2October 30 Korakuen Stadium 34,713 [3]
4Giants – 6, Dragons – 2October 31 Korakuen Stadium 38,270 [3]
5Giants – 5, Hawks – 1November 1 Korakuen Stadium 37,761 [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "年度別成績 1973年 セントラル・リーグ" [Results by year 1973 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 1973年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 21, 2017.


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