1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season
Appearance
1970 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Season MVP | Sadaharu Oh (YOM) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Lotte Orions |
Runners-up | Nankai Hawks |
Season MVP | Masaaki Kitaru (LOT) |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Lotte Orions |
Finals MVP | Shigeo Nagashima (YOM) |
The 1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 21st season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Regular season
[edit]Standings
[edit]Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 79 | 47 | 4 | .627 | — |
Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 77 | 49 | 4 | .611 | 2.0 |
Taiyo Whales | 130 | 69 | 57 | 4 | .548 | 10.0 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 62 | 60 | 8 | .508 | 15.0 |
Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 55 | 70 | 5 | .440 | 23.5 |
Yakult Atoms | 130 | 33 | 92 | 5 | .264 | 45.5 |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Lotte Orions | 130 | 80 | 47 | 3 | .630 | — |
Nankai Hawks | 130 | 69 | 57 | 4 | .548 | 10.5 |
Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 65 | 59 | 6 | .524 | 13.5 |
Hankyu Braves | 130 | 64 | 64 | 2 | .500 | 16.5 |
Toei Flyers | 130 | 54 | 70 | 6 | .435 | 24.5 |
Nishitetsu Lions | 130 | 43 | 78 | 9 | .355 | 34.0 |
League leaders
[edit]Central League
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Pacific League
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Awards
[edit]- Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Masaaki Kitaru, Lotte Orions (PL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Kenichi Yazawa, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
- Michio Sato, Nankai Hawks (PL)
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaji Hiramatsu, Taiyo Whales (CL)
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References
[edit]- Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.