1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1979 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP CL: Yutaka Enatsu (HIR)
PL: Charlie Manuel (KIN)
League postseason
CL champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-up Yokohama Taiyo Whales
PL champions Kintetsu Buffaloes
  PL runners-up Hankyu Braves
Japan Series
Champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  Runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finals MVP Yoshihiko Takahashi (HIR)
NPB seasons

The 1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 30th season of operation for the league.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130675013.573--
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130595417.5226.0
Chunichi Dragons 130595714.5097.5
Hanshin Tigers 13061609.5048.0
Yomiuri Giants 130586210.48310.5
Yakult Swallows 130486913.41019.0

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.1st half ranking2nd half ranking
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130744511.62212
Hankyu Braves 130754411.63021
Nippon-Ham Fighters 13063607.51234
Lotte Orions 130556312.46643
Nankai Hawks 130467311.38756
Seibu Lions 130457312.38165

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.

Kintetsu Buffaloes won the series 3-0.

GameScoreDateLocation
1Buffaloes – 5, Braves – 1October 13 Osaka Stadium
2Buffaloes – 7, Braves – 4October 14 Osaka Stadium
3Braves – 1, Buffaloes – 2October 16 Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

Japan Series

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4-3.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Buffaloes – 5, Carp – 2October 27 Osaka Stadium 25,121 [3]
2Buffaloes – 4, Carp – 0October 31 Osaka Stadium 27,848 [3]
3Carp – 3, Buffaloes – 2October 28 Hiroshima Stadium 29,032 [3]
4Carp – 5, Buffaloes – 3October 30 Hiroshima Stadium 29,057 [3]
5Carp – 1, Buffaloes – 0October 31 Hiroshima Stadium 29,090 [3]
6Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2November 3 Osaka Stadium 27,813 [3]
7Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4November 4 Osaka Stadium 24,376 [3]

See also

References

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  2. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1979年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
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