This article is about the 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on
all of baseball, see
1981 in baseball .
Sports season
The 1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 32nd season of operation for the league.
Regular season standings
Central League
Pacific League
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.
Japan Series
Yomiuri Giants won the series 4–2.
Game
Score
Date
Location
Attendance
1
Fighters – 6, Giants – 5
October 17
Korakuen Stadium
36,056[ 3]
2
Fighters – 1, Giants – 2
October 18
Korakuen Stadium
42,376[ 3]
3
Giants – 2, Fighters – 3
October 20
Korakuen Stadium
36,180[ 3]
4
Giants – 8, Fighters – 2
October 21
Korakuen Stadium
38,627[ 3]
5
Giants – 9, Fighters – 0
October 23
Korakuen Stadium
31,419[ 3]
6
Fighters – 3, Giants – 6
October 25
Korakuen Stadium
43,604[ 3]
See also
References