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This article is about the 1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1988 in baseball.
1988 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Genji Kaku ( CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Kadota ( NAN)
League Postseason
CL champions Chunichi Dragons
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Japan Series
Champions Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP Hiromichi Ishige ( SEI)
NPB seasons

The 1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 39th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons 130 79 46 5 .632 --
Yomiuri Giants 130 68 59 3 .535 12.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 65 62 3 .512 15.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 59 67 4 .468 20.5
Yakult Swallows 130 58 69 3 .457 22.0
Hanshin Tigers 130 51 77 2 .398 29.5

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions 130 73 51 6 .589 --
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 74 52 4 .587 0.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 62 65 3 .488 12.5
Hankyu Braves 130 60 68 2 .469 15.0
Nankai Hawks 130 58 71 1 .450 17.5
Lotte Orions 130 54 74 2 .422 21.0

Japan Series

Main article: 1988 Japan Series

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Chunichi Dragons (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 22 Seibu Lions – 5, Chunichi Dragons – 1 Nagoya Stadium 3:03 28,963 [3] 
2 October 23 Seibu Lions – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 7 Nagoya Stadium 2:39 28,953 [3] 
3 October 25 Chunichi Dragons – 3, Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Dome 2:30 32,081 [3] 
4 October 26 Chunichi Dragons – 0, Seibu Lions – 6 Seibu Dome 2:44 32,261 [3] 
5 October 27 Chunichi Dragons – 6, Seibu Lions – 7 Seibu Dome 4:09 32,304 [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1988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 1988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 1988年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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