1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1979 in baseball.

The 1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 30th season of operation for the league.

1979 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP	CL: Yutaka Enatsu (HIR) PL: Charlie Manuel (KIN)
League postseason
CL champions	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
CL runners-up	Yokohama Taiyo Whales
PL champions	Kintetsu Buffaloes
PL runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Japan Series
Champions	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Runners-up	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finals MVP	Yoshihiko Takahashi (HIR)

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	130	67	50	13	.573	--
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	130	59	54	17	.522	6.0
Chunichi Dragons	130	59	57	14	.509	7.5
Hanshin Tigers	130	61	60	9	.504	8.0
Yomiuri Giants	130	58	62	10	.483	10.5
Yakult Swallows	130	48	69	13	.410	19.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	1st half ranking	2nd half ranking
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	74	45	11	.622	1	2
Hankyu Braves	130	75	44	11	.630	2	1
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	63	60	7	.512	3	4
Lotte Orions	130	55	63	12	.466	4	3
Nankai Hawks	130	46	73	11	.387	5	6
Seibu Lions	130	45	73	12	.381	6	5

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.

Kintetsu Buffaloes won the series 3-0.

Game	Score	Date	Location
1	Buffaloes – 5, Braves – 1	October 13	Osaka Stadium
2	Buffaloes – 7, Braves – 4	October 14	Osaka Stadium
3	Braves – 1, Buffaloes – 2	October 16	Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

Japan Series

Main article: 1979 Japan Series

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4-3.

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Buffaloes – 5, Carp – 2	October 27	Osaka Stadium	25,121[3]
2	Buffaloes – 4, Carp – 0	October 31	Osaka Stadium	27,848[3]
3	Carp – 3, Buffaloes – 2	October 28	Hiroshima Stadium	29,032[3]
4	Carp – 5, Buffaloes – 3	October 30	Hiroshima Stadium	29,057[3]
5	Carp – 1, Buffaloes – 0	October 31	Hiroshima Stadium	29,090[3]
6	Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2	November 3	Osaka Stadium	27,813[3]
7	Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4	November 4	Osaka Stadium	24,376[3]

See also

• 1979 Major League Baseball season