1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1959 in baseball.

Sports season

1959 NPB season

League| Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport| Baseball
Central League pennant
League champions| Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up| Osaka Tigers
Season MVP| Motoshi Fujita (YOM)
Pacific League pennant
League champions| Nankai Hawks
Runners-up| Daimai Orions
Season MVP| Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions| Nankai Hawks
Runners-up| Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP| Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)
NPB seasons

← 1958

1960 →

The 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the tenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

## Regular season

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### Standings

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Central League regular season standings  Team  | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB

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Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 77 | 48 | 5 | .612 | —
Osaka Tigers | 130 | 62 | 59 | 9 | .512 | 13.0
Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 64 | 61 | 5 | .512 | 13.0
Kokutetsu Swallows | 130 | 63 | 65 | 2 | .492 | 15.5
Hiroshima Carp | 130 | 59 | 64 | 7 | .481 | 17.0
Taiyo Whales | 130 | 49 | 77 | 4 | .392 | 28.5
Pacific League regular season standings  Team  | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB

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Nankai Hawks | 134 | 88 | 42 | 4 | .677 | —
Daimai Orions | 136 | 82 | 48 | 6 | .631 | 6.0
Toei Flyers | 135 | 67 | 63 | 5 | .515 | 21.0
Nishitetsu Lions | 144 | 66 | 64 | 14 | .508 | 22.0
Hankyu Braves | 134 | 48 | 82 | 4 | .369 | 40.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes | 133 | 39 | 91 | 3 | .300 | 49.0

## Postseason

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### Japan Series

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Main article: 1959 Japan Series

PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance

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1 | October 24 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10 | Osaka Stadium | 3:13 | 30,038[1]
2 | October 25 | Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6 | Osaka Stadium | 2:33 | 30,288[1]
3 | October 27 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:47 | 32,056[1]
4 | October 29 | Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:23 | 32,266[1]

## League leaders

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### Central League

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Batting leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Batting average | Shigeo Nagashima | Yomiuri Giants | .334
Home runs | Toru Mori
Takeshi Kuwata [ja] | Chunichi Dragons
Taiyo Whales | 31
Runs batted in | Toru Mori | Chunichi Dragons | 87
Runs | Shigeo Nagashima | Yomiuri Giants | 88
Hits | Shigeo Nagashima | Yomiuri Giants | 150
Stolen bases | Hiroji Okajima | Chunichi Dragons | 41
Pitching leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Wins | Motoshi Fujita | Yomiuri Giants | 27
Losses | Noboru Akiyama | Taiyo Whales | 22
Earned run average | Minoru Murayama | Osaka Tigers | 1.19
Strikeouts | Masaichi Kaneda | Kokutetsu Swallows | 313
Innings pitched | Masaaki Koyama | Osaka Tigers | 344

### Pacific League

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Batting leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Batting average | Kohei Sugiyama | Nankai Hawks | .323
Home runs | Kazuhiro Yamauchi | Daimai Orions | 25
Runs batted in | Takao Katsuragi | Daimai Orions | 95
Runs | Yoshinori Hirose | Nankai Hawks | 86
Hits | Takao Katsuragi | Daimai Orions | 163
Stolen bases | Chico Barbon | Hankyu Braves | 38
Pitching leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Wins | Tadashi Sugiura | Nankai Hawks | 38
Losses | Tetsuya Yoneda | Hankyu Braves | 24
Earned run average | Tadashi Sugiura | Nankai Hawks | 1.40
Strikeouts | Tadashi Sugiura | Nankai Hawks | 336
Innings pitched | Kazuhisa Inao | Nishitetsu Lions | 4021⁄3

## Awards

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* Baseball Hall of Fame
* Matsutaro Shoriki
* Hiroshi Hiraoka
* Yukio Aoi
* Shin Hashido
* Kiyoshi Oshikawa
* Jiro Kuji
* Eiji Sawamura
* Iso Abe
* Most Valuable Player
* Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
* Tadashi Sugiura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
* Rookie of the Year
* Takeshi Kuwata, Taiyo Whales (CL)
* Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL)
* Eiji Sawamura Award
* Minoru Murayama, Osaka Tigers (CL)

Central League Best Nine Award winners  | Position  | Player  | Team

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Pitcher | Motoshi Fujita | Yomiuri Giants
Catcher | Shigeru Fujio | Yomiuri Giants
First baseman | Katsumi Fujimoto | Osaka Tigers
Second baseman | Masataka Tsuchiya | Yomiuri Giants
Third baseman | Shigeo Nagashima | Yomiuri Giants
Shortstop | Yoshio Yoshida | Osaka Tigers
Outfielder | Toru Mori | Chunichi Dragons
Kazuhiko Sakazaki | Yomiuri Giants
Akira Owada | Hiroshima Carp
Pacific League Best Nine Award winners  | Position  | Player  | Team

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Pitcher | Tadashi Sugiura | Nankai Hawks
Catcher | Katsuya Nomura | Nankai Hawks
First baseman | Kihachi Enomoto | Daimai Orions
Second baseman | Isami Okamoto | Nankai Hawks
Third baseman | Takao Katsuragi | Daimai Orions
Shortstop | Yasumitsu Toyoda | Nishitetsu Lions
Outfielder | Seiji Sekiguchi | Nishitetsu Lions
Kohei Sugiyama | Nankai Hawks
Teruyuki Takakura | Nishitetsu Lions

## See also

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* 1959 Major League Baseball season

## References

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1. ^ a b c d 1959年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

* Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.

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