1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1996 in baseball.
1996 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Hideki Matsui (YOM)
PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI)
League Postseason
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsOrix BlueWave
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsOrix BlueWave
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Finals MVPTroy Neel (ORI)
NPB seasons

The 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 47th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 130 77 53 0 .592 --
Chunichi Dragons 130 72 58 0 .554 5.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 130 71 59 0 .546 6.0
Yakult Swallows 130 61 69 0 .469 16.0
Yokohama BayStars 130 55 75 0 .423 22.0
Hanshin Tigers 130 54 76 0 .415 23.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Orix BlueWave 130 74 50 6 .597 --
Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 68 58 4 .540 7.0
Seibu Lions 130 62 64 4 .492 13.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes 130 62 67 1 .481 14.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 130 60 67 3 .472 15.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 130 54 74 2 .422 22.0

Japan Series

Main article: 1996 Japan Series

PL Orix BlueWave (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 19 Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:42 45,121[3] 
2 October 20 Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 2:56 45,086[3] 
3 October 22 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 Green Stadium Kobe 2:56 33,026[3] 
4 October 23 Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1 Green Stadium Kobe 3:25 33,070[3] 
5 October 24 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 Green Stadium Kobe 3:26 33,222[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1996年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1996年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e 1996年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 3, 2018.