1975 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1975 1975 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Regular season CL: Koji Yamamoto (HIR)PL: Hideji Kato (HAN) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award League postseason CL Central League Hiroshima Toyo Carp Chunichi Dragons PL Pacific League Hankyu Braves Kintetsu Buffaloes Japan Series 1975 Japan Series Hankyu Braves Hiroshima Toyo Carp Takashi Yamada (HAN) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 1974 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1974 1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1976 The 1975 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 26th season of operation for the league. This would be a watershed year for the league at large with the Pacific League officially adopting the designated hitter rule, just two years following its introduction in Major League Baseball with the American League. Regular season standings Central League Central League年度別成績 1975年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 G W L T Pct. GBHiroshima Toyo Carp 130 72 47 11 .605 --Chunichi Dragons 130 69 53 8 .566 4.5Hanshin Tigers 130 68 55 7 .553 6.0Yakult Swallows 130 57 64 9 .471 16.0Taiyo Whales 130 51 69 10 .425 21.5Yomiuri Giants 130 47 76 7 .382 27.0 Pacific League Pacific League年度別成績 1975年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 G W L T Pct. 1st half ranking 2nd half rankingHankyu Braves 130 64 59 7 .520 1 6Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 71 50 9 .587 3 1Taiheiyo Club Lions 130 58 62 10 .483 2 4Lotte Orions 130 59 65 6 .476 6 2Nankai Hawks 130 57 65 8 .467 5 3Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 55 63 12 .466 4 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. Hankyu Braves won the series 3-1. GameScoreDateLocation1 Braves – 7, Buffaloes – 11 October 15Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium2 Braves – 5, Buffaloes – 4 October 16Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium3 Buffaloes – 0, Braves – 3 October 19Fujiidera Stadium4 Buffaloes – 3, Braves – 5 October 20Fujiidera Stadium Japan Series 1975 Japan Series Hankyu Braves won the series 4-0-2. GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Braves – 3, Carp – 3 October 25Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 24,694http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1975.html ja:1975年日本シリーズ試合結果 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese November 10, 20192 Braves – 5, Carp – 1 October 26Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 36,4183 Carp – 4, Braves – 7 October 28Hiroshima Stadium 25,0004 Carp – 4, Braves – 4 October 30Hiroshima Stadium 25,0025 Carp – 1, Braves – 2 October 31Hiroshima Stadium 25,0776 Braves – 7, Carp – 3 November 2Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 30,371 See also 1975 Major League Baseball season References Category:1975 in baseball Category:1975 in Japanese sport Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons