1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1988 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Genji Kaku (CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Kadota (NAN)
League Postseason
CL champions Chunichi Dragons
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Kintetsu Buffaloes
Japan Series
Champions Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP Hiromichi Ishige (SEI)

The 1988 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 39th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons13079465.632--
Yomiuri Giants13068593.53512.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13065623.51215.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales13059674.46820.5
Yakult Swallows13058693.45722.0
Hanshin Tigers13051772.39829.5

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions13073516.589--
Kintetsu Buffaloes13074524.5870.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters13062653.48812.5
Hankyu Braves13060682.46915.0
Nankai Hawks13058711.45017.5
Lotte Orions13054742.42221.0

Japan Series

PL Seibu Lions (4) vs. CL Chunichi Dragons (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 22Seibu Lions – 5, Chunichi Dragons – 1Nagoya Stadium3:0328,963[3] 
2October 23Seibu Lions – 3, Chunichi Dragons – 7Nagoya Stadium2:3928,953[3] 
3October 25Chunichi Dragons – 3, Seibu Lions – 4Seibu Dome2:3032,081[3] 
4October 26Chunichi Dragons – 0, Seibu Lions – 6Seibu Dome2:4432,261[3] 
5October 27Chunichi Dragons – 6, Seibu Lions – 7Seibu Dome4:0932,304[3]

See also

References

  1. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1988.html
  2. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1988.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 1988年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved March 18, 2018.
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