1974 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1974 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP CL: Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
PL: Tomehiro Kaneda (LOT)
League postseason
CL champions Chunichi Dragons
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Lotte Orions
  PL runners-up Hankyu Braves
Japan Series
Champions Lotte Orions
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP Sumio Hirota (LOT)
NPB seasons

The 1974 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 25th season of operation for the league.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.GB
Chunichi Dragons 130704911.588
Yomiuri Giants 13071509.5870.0
Yakult Swallows 13060637.48812.0
Hanshin Tigers 13057649.47114.0
Taiyo Whales 13055696.44417.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 13054724.42919.5

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.1st half ranking2nd half ranking
Lotte Orions 130695011.58021
Hankyu Braves 130695110.57513
Nankai Hawks 130595516.51842
Taiheiyo Club Lions 13059647.48034
Kintetsu Buffaloes 13056668.45954
Nippon-Ham Fighters 13049756.39566

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.

Lotte Orions won the series 3–0.

GameScoreDateLocation
1Braves – 2, Orions – 3October 5 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
2Braves – 3, Orions – 8October 6 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
3Orions – 4, Braves – 0October 9 Miyagi Baseball Stadium

Japan Series

Lotte Orions won the series 4–2.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dragons – 5, Orions – 4October 16 Nagoya Stadium 22,148 [3]
2Dragons – 5, Orions – 8October 17 Nagoya Stadium 24,798 [3]
3Orions – 4, Dragons – 5October 19 Korakuen Stadium 29,103 [3]
4Orions – 6, Dragons – 3October 20 Korakuen Stadium 43,128 [3]
5Orions – 2, Dragons – 0October 21 Korakuen Stadium 28,187 [3]
6Dragons – 2, Orions – 3October 23 Nagoya Stadium 23,433 [3]

See also

References

  1. 年度別成績 1974年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構
  2. 年度別成績 1974年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1974年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 10, 2019.