1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1982 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Takayoshi Nakao (CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Ochiai (LOT)
League Postseason
CL championsChunichi Dragons
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsSeibu Lions
  Runners-upChunichi Dragons
Finals MVPOsamu Higashio (SEI)
NPB seasons

The 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 33rd season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings[]

Central League[]

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons 130 64 47 19 .577 --
Yomiuri Giants 130 66 50 14 .569 0.5
Hanshin Tigers 130 65 57 8 .533 4.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 59 58 13 .504 8.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 53 65 12 .449 14.5
Yakult Swallows 130 45 75 10 .375 23.5

Pacific League[]

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. 1st Half Ranking 2nd Half Ranking
Seibu Lions 130 68 58 4 .540 1 3
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 67 52 11 .563 4 1
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 63 57 10 .525 3 2
Hankyu Braves 130 62 60 8 .508 2 5
Lotte Orions 130 54 69 7 .439 6 4
Nankai Hawks 130 53 71 6 .427 5 6

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.

Seibu Lions won the series 3-1.

Game Score Date Location
1 Lions– 6, Fighters – 0 October 9 Seibu Lions Stadium
2 Lions – 3, Fighters – 2 October 10 Seibu Lions Stadium
3 Fighters – 2, Lions – 1 October 12 Korakuen Stadium
4 Fighters – 5, Lions – 7 October 14 Korakuen Stadium

Japan Series[]

Main article: 1982 Japan Series

Seibu Lions won the series 4-2.

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Dragons – 3, Lions – 7 October 23 Nagoya Stadium 29,196[3]
2 Dragons – 1, Lions – 7 October 24 Nagoya Stadium 29,194[3]
3 Lions – 3, Dragons – 4 October 26 Seibu Lions Stadium 25,342[3]
4 Lions – 3, Dragons – 5 October 27 Seibu Lions Stadium 29,323[3]
5 Lions – 3, Dragons – 1 October 28 Seibu Lions Stadium 26,230[3]
6 Dragons – 4, Lions – 9 October 30 Nagoya Stadium 28,725[3]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1982.html
  2. ^ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1982.html
  3. ^ a b c d e f 1982年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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