1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1976 in baseball.

1976 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Sadaharu Oh (YOM) PL: Hisashi Yamada (HAN)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
PL champions	Hankyu Braves
PL runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Japan Series
Champions	Hankyu Braves
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Yutaka Fukumoto (HAN)
NPB seasons
← 1975 1977 →

The 1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 27th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	130	76	45	9	.628	--
Hanshin Tigers	130	72	45	13	.615	2.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	130	61	58	11	.513	14.0
Chunichi Dragons	130	54	66	10	.450	21.5
Yakult Swallows	130	52	68	10	.433	23.5
Taiyo Whales	130	45	78	7	.366	32.0

Pacific League

Pacific League [2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	1st Half Ranking	2nd Half Ranking
Hankyu Braves	130	79	45	6	.637	1	1
Nankai Hawks	130	71	56	3	.559	2	2
Lotte Orions	130	63	56	11	.529	3	3
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	57	66	7	.463	5	4
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	52	67	11	.437	4	5
Taiheiyo Club Lions	130	44	76	10	.367	6	6

Japan Series

Main article: 1976 Japan Series

Hankyu Braves won the series 4-3.

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Giants – 4, Braves – 6	October 23	Korakuen Stadium	40,659 [3]
2	Giants – 4, Braves – 5	October 25	Korakuen Stadium	47,452 [3]
3	Braves – 10, Giants – 3	October 27	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	29,241 [3]
4	Braves – 2, Giants – 4	October 29	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	23,443 [3]
5	Braves – 3, Giants – 5	October 30	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium	26,099 [3]
6	Giants – 8, Braves – 7	November 1	Korakuen Stadium	44,948 [3]
7	Giants – 2, Braves – 4	November 2	Korakuen Stadium	45,967 [3]

See also

• 1976 Major League Baseball season

References

1. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1976.html
2. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1976.html
3. 1976年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 9, 2019.