1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1987 in baseball.

Sports season

1987 NPB season

League| Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport| Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP| CL: Kazuhiro Yamakura (YOM)
PL: Osamu Higashio (SEI)
League postseason
CL champions| Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up| Chunichi Dragons
PL champions| Seibu Lions
PL runners-up| Hankyu Braves
Japan Series
Champions| Seibu Lions
Runners-up| Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP| Kimiyasu Kudoh (SEI)
NPB seasons

← 1986

1988 →

The 1987 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 38th season of operation for the league.

## Regular season standings

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### Central League

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Central League[1] | G  | W  | L  | T  | Pct.  | GB

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Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 76 | 43 | 11 | .639 | \--
Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 68 | 51 | 11 | .571 | 8.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 65 | 55 | 10 | .542 | 11.5
Yakult Swallows | 130 | 58 | 64 | 8 | .475 | 19.5
Yokohama Taiyo Whales | 130 | 56 | 68 | 6 | .452 | 22.5
Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 41 | 83 | 6 | .331 | 37.5

### Pacific League

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Pacific League[2] | G  | W  | L  | T  | Pct.  | GB

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Seibu Lions | 130 | 71 | 45 | 14 | .612 | \--
Hankyu Braves | 130 | 64 | 56 | 10 | .533 | 9.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 63 | 60 | 7 | .512 | 11.5
Nankai Hawks | 130 | 57 | 63 | 10 | .475 | 16.0
Lotte Orions | 130 | 51 | 65 | 14 | .440 | 20.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 52 | 69 | 9 | .430 | 21.5

## Japan Series

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Main article: 1987 Japan Series

Seibu Lions won the series 4-2.

Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance

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1 | Lions – 3, Giants – 7 | October 25 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,365[3]
2 | Lions – 6, Giants – 0 | October 26 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,434[3]
3 | Giants – 1, Lions – 2 | October 28 | Korakuen Stadium | 40,608[3]
4 | Giants – 4, Lions – 0 | October 29 | Korakuen Stadium | 40,829[3]
5 | Giants – 1, Lions – 3 | October 30 | Korakuen Stadium | 41,383[3]
6 | Lions – 3, Giants – 1 | November 1 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,323[3]

## See also

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* 1987 Major League Baseball season

## References

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1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1987年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". npb.jp. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
2. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1987年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". npb.jp. Retrieved April 7, 2018.
3. ^ a b c d e f 1987年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 8, 2018.

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