1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season
1954 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Chunichi Dragons |
Runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
Season MVP | Shigeru Sugishita (CHU) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Nishitetsu Lions |
Runners-up | Nankai Hawks |
Season MVP | Hiroshi Oshita (NIS) |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Chunichi Dragons |
Runners-up | Nishitetsu Lions |
Finals MVP | Shigeru Sugishita (CHU) |
The 1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fifth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Regular season
Standings
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 86 | 40 | 4 | .683 | — |
Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 82 | 47 | 1 | .636 | 5.5 |
Osaka Tigers | 130 | 71 | 57 | 2 | .555 | 16.0 |
Hiroshima Carp | 130 | 56 | 69 | 5 | .448 | 29.5 |
Kokutetsu Swallows | 130 | 55 | 73 | 2 | .430 | 32.0 |
Yosho Robins | 130 | 32 | 96 | 2 | .250 | 55.0 |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Nishitetsu Lions | 140 | 90 | 47 | 3 | .657 | — |
Nankai Hawks | 140 | 91 | 49 | 0 | .650 | 0.5 |
Mainichi Orions | 140 | 79 | 57 | 4 | .581 | 10.5 |
Kintetsu Pearls | 140 | 74 | 63 | 3 | .540 | 16.0 |
Hankyu Braves | 140 | 66 | 70 | 4 | .485 | 23.5 |
Takahashi Unions | 140 | 53 | 84 | 3 | .387 | 37.0 |
Toei Flyers | 140 | 52 | 86 | 2 | .377 | 38.5 |
Daiei Stars | 140 | 43 | 92 | 5 | .319 | 46.0 |
Postseason
Japan Series
CL Chunichi Dragons (4) vs. PL Nishitetsu Lions (3)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 30 | Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5 | Nagoya Baseball Stadium | 2:15 | 29,245[1] |
2 | October 31 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5 | Nagoya Baseball Stadium | 2:21 | 30,303[1] |
3 | November 2 | Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 5 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:19 | 23,994[1] |
4 | November 3 | Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 3 | Heiwadai Stadium | 1:36 | 25,185[1] |
5 | November 4 | Chunichi Dragons – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 2 | Heiwadai Stadium | 2:15 | 19,771[1] |
6 | November 6 | Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Baseball Stadium | 2:16 | 27,776[1] |
7 | November 7 | Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 1 | Nagoya Baseball Stadium | 1:38 | 23,215[1] |
League leaders
Central League
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Pacific League
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Awards
- Most Valuable Player
- Rookie of the Year
- Tatsuro Hirooka, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Motoji Takuwa, Nankai Hawks (PL)
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- Shigeru Sugishita, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
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See also
References
- ^ a b c d e f g "1954年度日本シリーズ 試合結果" (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved April 9, 2010.
- Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.