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1951 NPB season
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)
NPB seasons

The 1951 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the second season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). 1951 saw the best season in terms of winning percentage in NPB history, with the Nankai Hawks going 72-24-8, good enough for a .750 winning percentage, on their way to their first Japan Series appearance in franchise history. The Yomiuri Giants would defeat the Nankai Hawks in the Japan Series 4 games to 1, marking the first of 22 Japan Series championships for the Giants.

Regular season

Standings

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

Pacific League

Awards

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "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.