1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 45th season of operation for the league. The Central League championship was decided by the final game of the year between the Chunichi Dragons and the Yomiuri Giants.

This article is about the 1994 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1994 in baseball.
1994 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Masumi Kuwata (YOM)
PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI)
League Postseason
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upOrix BlueWave
Japan Series
ChampionsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upSeibu Lions
Finals MVPHiromi Makihara (YOM)

Regular season standings

Central League
Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants13070600.538--
Chunichi Dragons13069610.5311.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13066640.5084.0
Yakult Swallows13062680.4778.0
Hanshin Tigers13062680.4778.0
Yokohama BayStars13061690.4699.0

Pacific League
Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions13076522.594--
Orix BlueWave13068593.53547.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes13068593.53547.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks13069601.53487.5
Chiba Lotte Marines13055732.43021.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters13046795.36828.5

Japan Series
Main article: 1994 Japan Series

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Seibu Lions (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 22Seibu Lions – 11, Yomiuri Giants – 0Tokyo Dome2:5746,177[3] 
2October 23Seibu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome2:2546,342[3] 
3October 25Yomiuri Giants – 2, Seibu Lions – 1Seibu Lions Stadium3:2031,838[3] 
4October 26Yomiuri Giants – 5, Seibu Lions – 6Seibu Lions Stadium4:1231,883[3] 
5October 27Yomiuri Giants – 9, Seibu Lions – 3Seibu Lions Stadium3:4031,872[3] 
6October 29Seibu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome2:5346,307[3]

See also

References
  1. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1994.html
  2. http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1994.html
  3. 1994年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 5, 2018.
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