1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1996 in baseball.

Sports season

1996 NPB season

League| Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport| Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP| CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM)
PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI)
League postseason
CL champions| Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up| Chunichi Dragons
PL champions| Orix BlueWave
PL runners-up| Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions| Orix BlueWave
Runners-up| Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP| Troy Neel (ORI)
NPB seasons

← 1995

1997 →

The 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 47th 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 | 77 | 53 | 0 | .592 | \--
Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 72 | 58 | 0 | .554 | 5.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 71 | 59 | 0 | .546 | 6.0
Yakult Swallows | 130 | 61 | 69 | 0 | .469 | 16.0
Yokohama BayStars | 130 | 55 | 75 | 0 | .423 | 22.0
Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 54 | 76 | 0 | .415 | 23.0

### Pacific League

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

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Orix BlueWave | 130 | 74 | 50 | 6 | .597 | \--
Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 68 | 58 | 4 | .540 | 7.0
Seibu Lions | 130 | 62 | 64 | 4 | .492 | 13.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 62 | 67 | 1 | .481 | 14.5
Chiba Lotte Marines | 130 | 60 | 67 | 3 | .472 | 15.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 130 | 54 | 74 | 2 | .422 | 22.0

## Japan Series

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Main article: 1996 Japan Series

PL Orix BlueWave (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (1)

Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance

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1 | October 19 | Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:42 | 45,121[3]
2 | October 20 | Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Tokyo Dome | 2:56 | 45,086[3]
3 | October 22 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 | Green Stadium Kobe | 2:56 | 33,026[3]
4 | October 23 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1 | Green Stadium Kobe | 3:25 | 33,070[3]
5 | October 24 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 | Green Stadium Kobe | 3:26 | 33,222[3]

## See also

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* 1996 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 1996年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
2. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1996年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
3. ^ a b c d e 1996年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2018.

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