1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1981 1981 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Regular season CL: Suguru Egawa (YOM)PL: Yutaka Enatsu (NIP) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award League postseason CL Central League Yomiuri Giants Hiroshima Toyo Carp PL Pacific League Nippon-Ham Fighters Lotte Orions Japan Series 1981 Japan Series Yomiuri Giants Nippon-Ham Fighters Takashi Nishimoto (YOM) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1980 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1982 The 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season of operation for the league. Regular season standings Central League Central League一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1981.html 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 2022-07-13 G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 130 73 48 9 .603 –Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 67 54 9 .554 6.0Hanshin Tigers 130 67 58 5 .536 8.0Yakult Swallows 130 56 58 16 .491 13.5Chunichi Dragons 130 58 65 7 .472 16.0Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 42 80 8 .344 31.5 Pacific League Pacific League一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1981.html 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 2022-07-13 G W L T Pct. 1st half ranking 2nd half rankingNippon-Ham Fighters 130 68 54 8 .557 4 1Hankyu Braves 130 68 58 4 .540 3 2Lotte Orions 130 63 57 10 .525 1 3Seibu Lions 130 61 61 8 .500 2 5Nankai Hawks 130 53 65 12 .449 5 6Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 54 72 4 .429 6 4 Pacific League playoff 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. GameScoreDateLocation1 Orions – 1, Fighters – 4 October 7Kawasaki Stadium2 Orions – 5, Fighters – 5 October 10Kawasaki Stadium3 Fighters – 4, Orions – 1 October 11Korakuen Stadium4 Fighters – 6, Orions – 11 October 12Korakuen Stadium5 Fighters – 8, Orions – 4 October 13Korakuen Stadium Japan Series 1981 Japan Series Yomiuri Giants won the series 4–2. GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Fighters – 6, Giants – 5 October 17Korakuen Stadium 36,056http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1981.html ja:1981年日本シリーズ試合結果 Nippon Professional Baseball ja November 7, 20182 Fighters – 1, Giants – 2 October 18Korakuen Stadium 42,3763 Giants – 2, Fighters – 3 October 20Korakuen Stadium 36,1804 Giants – 8, Fighters – 2 October 21Korakuen Stadium 38,6275 Giants – 9, Fighters – 0 October 23Korakuen Stadium 31,4196 Fighters – 3, Giants – 6 October 25Korakuen Stadium 43,604 See also 1981 Major League Baseball season References Category:1981 in baseball Category:1981 in Japanese sport Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons