1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1983 in baseball.
1983 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular season
Season MVPCL: Tatsunori Hara (YOM)
PL: Osamu Higashio (SEI)
League postseason
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upHankyu Braves
Japan Series
ChampionsSeibu Lions
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Finals MVPTakuji Ota (SEI)

The 1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 34th season of operation for the league. The Pacific League changed their playoff system for the season, which would see the first-place team play the second-place team in a playoff if they finished within five games of each other. The system, which never ended up being used in three straight seasons, was discontinued in 1985.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 130 72 50 8 .590 –
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 65 55 10 .542 6.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 61 61 8 .500 11.0
Hanshin Tigers 130 62 63 5 .496 11.5
Chunichi Dragons 130 54 69 7 .439 18.5
Yakult Swallows 130 53 69 8 .434 19.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions 130 86 40 4 .683 –
Hankyu Braves 130 67 55 8 .549 17.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 64 59 7 .520 20.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 52 65 13 .444 29.5
Nankai Hawks 130 52 69 9 .430 31.5
Lotte Orions 130 43 76 11 .361 39.5

Japan Series

Main article: 1983 Japan Series

Seibu Lions won the series 4–3.

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Lions – 6, Giants – 3 October 29 Seibu Lions Stadium 32,954[3]
2 Lions – 0, Giants – 4 October 30 Seibu Lions Stadium 33,696[3]
3 Giants – 5, Lions – 4 November 1 Korakuen Stadium 40,279[3]
4 Giants – 4, Lions – 7 November 2 Korakuen Stadium 43,436[3]
5 Giants – 5, Lions – 2 November 3 Korakuen Stadium 43,500[3]
6 Lions – 4, Giants – 3 November 5 Seibu Lions Stadium 31,396[3]
7 Lions – 3, Giants – 2 November 7 Seibu Lions Stadium 33,242[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1983年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1983年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g 1983年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
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