1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1996 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM)
PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI)
League Postseason
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Orix BlueWave
  PL runners-up Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions Orix BlueWave
  Runners-up Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP Troy Neel (ORI)

The 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 47th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants13077530.592--
Chunichi Dragons13072580.5545.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13071590.5466.0
Yakult Swallows13061690.46916.0
Yokohama BayStars13055750.42322.0
Hanshin Tigers13054760.41523.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Orix BlueWave13074506.597--
Nippon-Ham Fighters13068584.5407.0
Seibu Lions13062644.49213.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes13062671.48114.5
Chiba Lotte Marines13060673.47215.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks13054742.42222.0

Japan Series

PL Orix BlueWave (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:4245,121[3] 
2October 20Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0Tokyo Dome2:5645,086[3] 
3October 22Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5Green Stadium Kobe2:5633,026[3] 
4October 23Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1Green Stadium Kobe3:2533,070[3] 
5October 24Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5Green Stadium Kobe3:2633,222[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1996.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1996.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 1996年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2018.
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