1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1978 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP CL: Yutaka Enatsu (YAK)
PL: Hisashi Yamada (HAN)
League postseason
CL champions Yakult Swallows
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Hankyu Braves
  PL runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Japan Series
Champions Yakult Swallows
  Runners-up Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP Katsuo Osugi (YAK)
NPB seasons

The 1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 29th season of operation for the league.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.GB
Yakult Swallows 130684616.596–
Yomiuri Giants 130654916.5703.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130625018.5545.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 13064579.5297.5
Chunichi Dragons 13053716.42720.0
Hanshin Tigers 13041809.33930.5

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.1st half ranking2nd half ranking
Hankyu Braves 13082399.67811
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130714613.60722
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130556312.46634
Lotte Orions 130536215.46153
Crown Lighter Lions 130516712.43245
Nankai Hawks 130427711.35366

Japan Series

Yakult Swallows won the series 4–3.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Swallows – 5, Braves – 6October 14 Korakuen Stadium 34,218 [3]
2Swallows – 10, Braves – 6October 15 Korakuen Stadium 39,406 [3]
3Braves – 5, Swallows – 0October 17 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 20,296 [3]
4Braves – 5, Swallows – 6October 18 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 20,456 [3]
5Braves – 3, Swallows – 7October 19 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 18,298 [3]
6Swallows – 3, Braves – 12October 21 Korakuen Stadium 44,956 [3]
7Swallows – 4, Braves – 0October 22 Korakuen Stadium 36,359 [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1978年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1978年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1978年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 6, 2019.
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