1981_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season
1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season
Sports season
This article is about the 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1981 in baseball.
The 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season of operation for the league.
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1981 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | CL: Suguru Egawa (YOM) PL: Yutaka Enatsu (NIP) |
League Postseason | |
CL champions | Yomiuri Giants |
CL runners-up | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
PL champions | Nippon-Ham Fighters |
PL runners-up | Lotte Orions |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Nippon-Ham Fighters |
Finals MVP | Takashi Nishimoto (YOM) |
NPB seasons | |
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Central League
More information Central League, G ...
Central League[1] | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 73 | 48 | 9 | .603 | – |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 67 | 54 | 9 | .554 | 6.0 |
Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 67 | 58 | 5 | .536 | 8.0 |
Yakult Swallows | 130 | 56 | 58 | 16 | .491 | 13.5 |
Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 58 | 65 | 7 | .472 | 16.0 |
Yokohama Taiyo Whales | 130 | 42 | 80 | 8 | .344 | 31.5 |
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Pacific League
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Pacific League[2] | G | W | L | T | Pct. | 1st Half Ranking | 2nd Half Ranking |
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Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 68 | 54 | 8 | .557 | 4 | 1 |
Hankyu Braves | 130 | 68 | 58 | 4 | .540 | 3 | 2 |
Lotte Orions | 130 | 63 | 57 | 10 | .525 | 1 | 3 |
Seibu Lions | 130 | 61 | 61 | 8 | .500 | 2 | 5 |
Nankai Hawks | 130 | 53 | 65 | 12 | .449 | 5 | 6 |
Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 54 | 72 | 4 | .429 | 6 | 4 |
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The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.
Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series 3–1–1.
More information Game, Score ...
Game | Score | Date | Location |
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1 | Orions – 1, Fighters – 4 | October 7 | Kawasaki Stadium |
2 | Orions – 5, Fighters – 5 | October 10 | Kawasaki Stadium |
3 | Fighters – 4, Orions – 1 | October 11 | Korakuen Stadium |
4 | Fighters – 6, Orions – 11 | October 12 | Korakuen Stadium |
5 | Fighters – 8, Orions – 4 | October 13 | Korakuen Stadium |
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Main article: 1981 Japan Series
Yomiuri Giants won the series 4–2.
More information Game, Score ...
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Fighters – 6, Giants – 5 | October 17 | Korakuen Stadium | 36,056[3] |
2 | Fighters – 1, Giants – 2 | October 18 | Korakuen Stadium | 42,376[3] |
3 | Giants – 2, Fighters – 3 | October 20 | Korakuen Stadium | 36,180[3] |
4 | Giants – 8, Fighters – 2 | October 21 | Korakuen Stadium | 38,627[3] |
5 | Giants – 9, Fighters – 0 | October 23 | Korakuen Stadium | 31,419[3] |
6 | Fighters – 3, Giants – 6 | October 25 | Korakuen Stadium | 43,604[3] |
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- 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1981年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1981年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- 1981年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 7, 2018.