1956_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season
1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season
Sports season
This article is about the 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1956 in baseball.
The 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the seventh season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
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| 1956 NPB season | |
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| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Central League Pennant | |
| League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| Runners-up | Osaka Tigers |
| Season MVP | Takehiko Bessho (YOM) |
| Pacific League Pennant | |
| League champions | Nishitetsu Lions |
| Runners-up | Nankai Hawks |
| Season MVP | Futoshi Nakanishi (NIS) |
| Japan Series | |
| Champions | Nishitetsu Lions |
| Runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
| Finals MVP | Yasumitsu Toyoda (NIS) |
| NPB seasons | |
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Standings
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| Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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| Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 82 | 44 | 4 | .646 | — |
| Osaka Tigers | 130 | 79 | 50 | 1 | .612 | 4.5 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 74 | 56 | 0 | .569 | 10.0 |
| Kokutetsu Swallows | 130 | 61 | 65 | 4 | .485 | 21.0 |
| Hiroshima Carp | 130 | 45 | 82 | 3 | .358 | 27.5 |
| Taiyo Whales | 130 | 43 | 87 | 0 | .331 | 41.0 |
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| Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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| Nishitetsu Lions | 154 | 96 | 51 | 7 | .646 | — |
| Nankai Hawks | 154 | 96 | 52 | 6 | .643 | 0.5 |
| Hankyu Braves | 154 | 88 | 64 | 2 | .578 | 10.5 |
| Mainichi Orions | 154 | 84 | 66 | 4 | .558 | 13.5 |
| Kintetsu Pearls | 154 | 68 | 82 | 4 | .455 | 29.5 |
| Toei Flyers | 154 | 58 | 92 | 4 | .390 | 39.5 |
| Daiei Stars | 154 | 57 | 94 | 3 | .380 | 41.0 |
| Takahashi Unions | 154 | 52 | 98 | 4 | .351 | 45.5 |
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Japan Series
Main article: 1956 Japan Series
PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (2)
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| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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| 1 | October 10 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:07 | 24,632[1] |
| 2 | October 11 | Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:18 | 19,108[1] |
| 3 | October 13 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:41 | 23,528[1] |
| 4 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 4 | Heiwadai Stadium | 1:55 | 24,459[1] |
| 5 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nishitetsu Lions – 7 | Heiwadai Stadium | 3:16 | 19,042[1] |
| 6 | October 17 | Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Korakuen Stadium | 2:13 | 27,994[1] |
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Central League
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Pacific League
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- Most Valuable Player
- Rookie of the Year
- Noboru Akiyama, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- Kazuhisa Inao, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
- Eiji Sawamura Award
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- 1956年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved April 14, 2010.
- Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.