1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 33rd season of operation for the league.

This article is about the 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1982 in baseball.
1982 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Takayoshi Nakao (CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Ochiai (LOT)
League Postseason
CL championsChunichi Dragons
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsSeibu Lions
  Runners-upChunichi Dragons
Finals MVPOsamu Higashio (SEI)

Regular season standings

Central League
Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons130644719.577--
Yomiuri Giants130665014.5690.5
Hanshin Tigers13065578.5334.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp130595813.5048.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales130536512.44914.5
Yakult Swallows130457510.37523.5

Pacific League
Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. 1st Half Ranking 2nd Half Ranking
Seibu Lions13068584.54013
Nippon-Ham Fighters130675211.56341
Kintetsu Buffaloes130635710.52532
Hankyu Braves13062608.50825
Lotte Orions13054697.43964
Nankai Hawks13053716.42756

Pacific League Playoff

The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.

Seibu Lions won the series 3-1.

GameScoreDateLocation
1Lions– 6, Fighters – 0October 9Seibu Lions Stadium
2Lions – 3, Fighters – 2October 10Seibu Lions Stadium
3Fighters – 2, Lions – 1October 12Korakuen Stadium
4Fighters – 5, Lions – 7October 14Korakuen Stadium

Japan Series
Main article: 1982 Japan Series

Seibu Lions won the series 4-2.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dragons – 3, Lions – 7October 23Nagoya Stadium29,196[3]
2Dragons – 1, Lions – 7October 24Nagoya Stadium29,194[3]
3Lions – 3, Dragons – 4October 26Seibu Lions Stadium25,342[3]
4Lions – 3, Dragons – 5October 27Seibu Lions Stadium29,323[3]
5Lions – 3, Dragons – 1October 28Seibu Lions Stadium26,230[3]
6Dragons – 4, Lions – 9October 30Nagoya Stadium28,725[3]

See also

References
  1. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1982.html
  2. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1982.html
  3. 1982年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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