1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season of operation for the league.

This article is about the 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1981 in baseball.
1981 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Suguru Egawa (YOM)
PL: Yutaka Enatsu (NIP)
League Postseason
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
PL championsNippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-upLotte Orions
Japan Series
ChampionsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Finals MVPTakashi Nishimoto (YOM)

Regular season standings

Central League
Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants13073489.603--
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13067549.5546.0
Hanshin Tigers13067585.5368.0
Yakult Swallows130565816.49113.5
Chunichi Dragons13058657.47216.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales13042808.34431.5

Pacific League
Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. 1st Half Ranking 2nd Half Ranking
Nippon-Ham Fighters13068548.55741
Hankyu Braves13068584.54032
Lotte Orions130635710.52513
Seibu Lions13061618.50025
Nankai Hawks130536512.44956
Kintetsu Buffaloes13054724.42964

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.

Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series 3-1-1.

GameScoreDateLocation
1Orions – 1, Fighters – 4October 7Kawasaki Stadium
2Orions – 5, Fighters – 5October 10Kawasaki Stadium
3Fighters – 4, Orions – 1October 11Korakuen Stadium
4Fighters – 6, Orions – 11October 12Korakuen Stadium
5Fighters – 8, Orions – 4October 13Korakuen Stadium

Japan Series
Main article: 1981 Japan Series

Yomiuri Giants won the series 4-2.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Fighters – 6, Giants – 5October 17Korakuen Stadium36,056[3]
2Fighters – 1, Giants – 2October 18Korakuen Stadium42,376[3]
3Giants – 2, Fighters – 3October 20Korakuen Stadium36,180[3]
4Giants – 8, Fighters – 2October 21Korakuen Stadium38,627[3]
5Giants – 9, Fighters – 0October 23Korakuen Stadium31,419[3]
6Fighters – 3, Giants – 6October 25Korakuen Stadium43,604[3]

See also

References
  1. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1981.html
  2. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1981.html
  3. 1981年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 7, 2018.
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