1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the second season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
1951 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Nagoya Dragons |
Season MVP | Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Nankai Hawks |
Runners-up | Nishitetsu Lions |
Season MVP | Kazuto Yamamoto (NAN) |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Nankai Hawks |
Finals MVP | Fukashi Minamimura (YOM) |
Regular season
Standings
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Yomiuri Giants | 114 | 79 | 29 | 6 | .731 | — |
Nagoya Dragons | 113 | 62 | 48 | 3 | .564 | 18.0 |
Osaka Tigers | 116 | 61 | 52 | 3 | .540 | 20.5 |
Shochiku Robins | 115 | 53 | 57 | 5 | .482 | 27.0 |
Kokutetsu Swallows | 107 | 46 | 59 | 2 | .438 | 31.5 |
Taiyo Whales | 108 | 40 | 64 | 4 | .385 | 37.0 |
Hiroshima Carp | 99 | 32 | 64 | 3 | .333 | 41.0 |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Nankai Hawks | 104 | 72 | 24 | 8 | .750 | — |
Nishitetsu Lions | 105 | 53 | 42 | 10 | .558 | 18.5 |
Mainichi Orions | 110 | 54 | 51 | 5 | .514 | 22.5 |
Daiei Stars | 101 | 41 | 52 | 8 | .441 | 29.5 |
Hankyu Braves | 96 | 37 | 51 | 8 | .420 | 31.0 |
Tokyu Flyers | 102 | 38 | 56 | 8 | .404 | 33.0 |
Kintetsu Pearls | 98 | 37 | 56 | 5 | .398 | 33.5 |
Postseason
Japan Series
CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 2:22 | 29,074[1] |
2 | October 11 | Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 0 | Osaka Stadium | 1:57 | 27,639[1] |
3 | October 13 | Nankai Hawks – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:14 | 35,066[1] |
4 | October 16 | Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 31,936[1] |
5 | October 17 | Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8 | Korakuen Stadium | 1:52 | 15,519[1] |
League leaders
Central League
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Pacific League
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Tetsuharu Kawakami, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Kazuto Yamamoto, Nankai Hawks (PL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Kiyoshi Matsuda, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Kazuo Kageyama, Nankai Hawks (PL)
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- Shigeru Sugishita, Nagoya Dragons (CL)
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See also
References
- "1951年度日本シリーズ 試合結果" (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 23, 2009.
- Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.
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