1997 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1997 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Atsuya Furuta (YAK)
PL: Fumiya Nishiguchi (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions Yakult Swallows
  CL runners-up Yokohama BayStars
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Orix BlueWave
Japan Series
Champions Yakult Swallows
  Runners-up Seibu Lions
Finals MVP Atsuya Furuta (YAK)

The 1997 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 48th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yakult Swallows13783522.615--
Yokohama BayStars13572630.53311.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13566690.48917.0
Yomiuri Giants13563720.46720.0
Hanshin Tigers13662731.45921.0
Chunichi Dragons13659761.43724.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions13576563.576--
Orix BlueWave13571613.5385.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes13568634.5197.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters13563711.47014.0
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks13563711.47014.0
Chiba Lotte Marines13557762.42919.5

Japan Series

CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 18Yakult Swallows – 1, Seibu Lions – 0Seibu Dome2:4131,634[3] 
2October 19Yakult Swallows – 5, Seibu Lions – 6Seibu Dome4:4531,397[3] 
3October 21Seibu Lions – 3, Yakult Swallows – 5Meiji Jingu Stadium3:2532,867[3] 
4October 22Seibu Lions – 1, Yakult Swallows – 7Meiji Jingu Stadium3:0832,877[3] 
5October 23Seibu Lions – 0, Yakult Swallows – 3Meiji Jingu Stadium2:5033,056[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1997.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1997.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 1997年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 2, 2018.
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