1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1978 1978 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball Regular season CL: Yutaka Enatsu (YAK)PL: Hisashi Yamada (HAN) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award League postseason CL Central League Yakult Swallows Yomiuri Giants PL Pacific League Hankyu Braves Kintetsu Buffaloes Japan Series 1978 Japan Series Yakult Swallows Hankyu Braves Katsuo Osugi (YAK) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 1977 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1977 1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season 1979 The 1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 29th 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_1978.html 年度別成績 1978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. GBYakult Swallows 130 68 46 16 .596 –Yomiuri Giants 130 65 49 16 .570 3.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 62 50 18 .554 5.0Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 64 57 9 .529 7.5Chunichi Dragons 130 53 71 6 .427 20.0Hanshin Tigers 130 41 80 9 .339 30.5 Pacific League Pacific League一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1978.html 年度別成績 1978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 rankingHankyu Braves 130 82 39 9 .678 1 1Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 71 46 13 .607 2 2Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 55 63 12 .466 3 4Lotte Orions 130 53 62 15 .461 5 3Crown Lighter Lions 130 51 67 12 .432 4 5Nankai Hawks 130 42 77 11 .353 6 6 Japan Series 1978 Japan Series Yakult Swallows won the series 4–3. GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Swallows – 5, Braves – 6 October 14Korakuen Stadium 34,218http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1978.html ja:1978年日本シリーズ試合結果 Nippon Professional Baseball Japanese November 6, 20192 Swallows – 10, Braves – 6 October 15Korakuen Stadium 39,4063 Braves – 5, Swallows – 0 October 17Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 20,2964 Braves – 5, Swallows – 6 October 18Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 20,4565 Braves – 3, Swallows – 7 October 19Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium 18,2986 Swallows – 3, Braves – 12 October 21Korakuen Stadium 44,9567 Swallows – 4, Braves – 0 October 22Korakuen Stadium 36,359 See also 1978 Major League Baseball season References Category:1978 in baseball Category:1978 in Japanese sport Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons