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This article is about the 1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1994 in baseball.
1994 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Masumi Kuwata ( YOM)
PL: Ichiro Suzuki ( ORI)
League Postseason
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Orix BlueWave
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Seibu Lions
Finals MVP Hiromi Makihara ( YOM)
NPB seasons

The 1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 45th season of operation for the league. The Central League championship was decided by the final game of the year between the Chunichi Dragons and the Yomiuri Giants.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 130 70 60 0 .538 --
Chunichi Dragons 130 69 61 0 .531 1.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 66 64 0 .508 4.0
Yakult Swallows 130 62 68 0 .477 8.0
Hanshin Tigers 130 62 68 0 .477 8.0
Yokohama BayStars 130 61 69 0 .469 9.0

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions 130 76 52 2 .594 --
Orix BlueWave 130 68 59 3 .5354 7.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 68 59 3 .5354 7.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 130 69 60 1 .5348 7.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 130 55 73 2 .430 21.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 46 79 5 .368 28.5

Japan Series

Main article: 1994 Japan Series

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 22 Seibu Lions – 11, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 2:57 46,177 [3] 
2 October 23 Seibu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:25 46,342 [3] 
3 October 25 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:20 31,838 [3] 
4 October 26 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Seibu Lions – 6 Seibu Lions Stadium 4:12 31,883 [3] 
5 October 27 Yomiuri Giants – 9, Seibu Lions – 3 Seibu Lions Stadium 3:40 31,872 [3] 
6 October 29 Seibu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:53 46,307 [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1994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 1994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 1994年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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