1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1996 1996 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Regular season CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM)PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award League postseason CL Central League Yomiuri Giants Chunichi Dragons PL Pacific League Orix BlueWave Nippon-Ham Fighters Japan Series 1996 Japan Series Orix BlueWave Yomiuri Giants Troy Neel (ORI) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1995 1997 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1997 The 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 47th 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_1996.html 年度別成績 1996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 77 53 0 .592 --Chunichi Dragons 130 72 58 0 .554 5.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 71 59 0 .546 6.0Yakult Swallows 130 61 69 0 .469 16.0Yokohama BayStars 130 55 75 0 .423 22.0Hanshin Tigers 130 54 76 0 .415 23.0 Pacific League Pacific League一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1996.html 年度別成績 1996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. GBOrix BlueWave 130 74 50 6 .597 --Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 68 58 4 .540 7.0Seibu Lions 130 62 64 4 .492 13.0Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 62 67 1 .481 14.5Chiba Lotte Marines 130 60 67 3 .472 15.5Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 130 54 74 2 .422 22.0 Japan Series 1996 Japan Series PL Orix BlueWave (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (1) October 19 Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:42 45,121 http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1996.html ja:1996年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 February 3, 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball ja October 20 Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 2:56 45,086 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 Green Stadium Kobe 2:56 33,026 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1 Green Stadium Kobe 3:25 33,070 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 Green Stadium Kobe 3:26 33,222 See also 1996 Major League Baseball season References Category:1996 in baseball Category:1996 in Japanese sport Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons