1991 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1991 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP CL: Shinji Sasaoka (HIR)
PL: Taigen Kaku (SEI)
League postseason
CL champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Japan Series
Champions Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Finals MVP Koji Akiyama (SEI)
NPB seasons

The 1991 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 42nd season of operation for the league.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 13274562.569--
Chunichi Dragons 13171591.5463.0
Yakult Swallows 13267632.5157.0
Yomiuri Giants 13066640.5088.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 13164661.49210.0
Hanshin Tigers 13048820.36926.0

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.GB
Seibu Lions 13081436.653--
Kintetsu Buffaloes 13077485.6164.5
Orix BlueWave 13064633.50418.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters 13053725.42428.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 13053734.42129.0
Lotte Orions 13048775.38433.5

Japan Series

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3, Seibu Lions – 11 Seibu Lions Stadium 2:4831,770 [3]  
2October 20Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4, Seibu Lions – 2Seibu Lions Stadium3:1131,903 [3]  
3October 22Seibu Lions – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 Hiroshima Municipal Stadium 3:3727,713 [3]  
4October 23Seibu Lions – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7Hiroshima Municipal Stadium3:0628,591 [3]  
5October 24Seibu Lions - 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 3Hiroshima Municipal Stadium2:5128,669 [3]  
6October 26Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 6Seibu Lions Stadium3:0331,900 [3]  
7October 28Hiroshima Toyo Carp - 1, Seibu Lions - 7Seibu Lions Stadium3:2032,011 [3]

See also

References

  1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1991年 セントラル・リーグ".
  2. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1991年 パシフィック・リーグ".
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1991年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved February 13, 2018.