1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1978 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Yutaka Enatsu (YAK)
PL: Hisashi Yamada (HAN)
League Postseason
CL championsYakult Swallows
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsHankyu Braves
  PL runners-upKintetsu Buffaloes
Japan Series
ChampionsYakult Swallows
  Runners-upHankyu Braves
Finals MVPKatsuo Osugi (YAK)
NPB seasons

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

Regular season standings[]

Central League[]

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yakult Swallows 130 68 46 16 .596 --
Yomiuri Giants 130 65 49 16 .570 3.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 62 50 18 .554 5.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 64 57 9 .529 7.5
Chunichi Dragons 130 53 71 6 .427 20.0
Hanshin Tigers 130 41 80 9 .339 30.5

Pacific League[]

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. 1st Half Ranking 2nd Half Ranking
Hankyu Braves 130 82 39 9 .678 1 1
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 71 46 13 .607 2 2
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 55 63 12 .466 3 4
Lotte Orions 130 53 62 15 .461 5 3
Crown Lighter Lions 130 51 67 12 .432 4 5
Nankai Hawks 130 42 77 11 .353 6 6

Japan Series[]

Main article: 1978 Japan Series

Yakult Swallows won the series 4-3.

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

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1978.html
  2. ^ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1978.html
  3. ^ a b c d e f g 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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