1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia

This article is about the 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1982 in baseball.
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

[edit]

Central League

[edit]
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

[edit]
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

[edit]

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

[edit]
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

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1982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 1982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 f 1982年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=1982_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season&oldid=1097875426"