1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1988 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP CL: Genji Kaku (CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Kadota (NAN)
League postseason
CL champions Chunichi Dragons
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Japan Series
Champions Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP Hiromichi Ishige (SEI)
NPB seasons

The 1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 39th season of operation for the league.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.GB
Chunichi Dragons 13079465.632--
Yomiuri Giants 13068593.53512.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 13065623.51215.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 13059674.46820.5
Yakult Swallows 13058693.45722.0
Hanshin Tigers 13051772.39829.5

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.GB
Seibu Lions 13073516.589--
Kintetsu Buffaloes 13074524.5870.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters 13062653.48812.5
Hankyu Braves 13060682.46915.0
Nankai Hawks 13058711.45017.5
Lotte Orions 13054742.42221.0

Japan Series

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Chunichi Dragons (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 22Seibu Lions – 5, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Stadium 3:0328,963 [3]  
2October 23Seibu Lions – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 7Nagoya Stadium2:3928,953 [3]  
3October 25Chunichi Dragons – 3, Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Dome 2:3032,081 [3]  
4October 26Chunichi Dragons – 0, Seibu Lions – 6Seibu Dome2:4432,261 [3]  
5October 27Chunichi Dragons – 6, Seibu Lions – 7Seibu Dome4:0932,304 [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 1988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 1988年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved March 18, 2018.