1980_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season
1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season
Sports season
This article is about the 1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1980 in baseball.
The 1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 31st season of operation for the league.
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1980 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | CL: Koji Yamamoto (HIR) PL: Isamu Kida (NIP) |
League Postseason | |
CL champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
CL runners-up | Yakult Swallows |
PL champions | Kintetsu Buffaloes |
PL runners-up | Lotte Orions |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Runners-up | Kintetsu Buffaloes |
Finals MVP | Jim Lyttle (HIR) |
NPB seasons | |
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Central League
More information Central League, G ...
Central League[1] | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 73 | 44 | 13 | .624 | – |
Yakult Swallows | 130 | 68 | 52 | 10 | .567 | 6.5 |
Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 61 | 60 | 9 | .504 | 14.0 |
Yokohama Taiyo Whales | 130 | 59 | 62 | 9 | .488 | 16.0 |
Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 54 | 66 | 10 | .450 | 20.5 |
Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 45 | 76 | 9 | .372 | 30.0 |
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Pacific League
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Pacific League[2] | G | W | L | T | Pct. | 1st Half Ranking | 2nd Half Ranking |
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Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 68 | 54 | 8 | .557 | 2 | 1 |
Lotte Orions | 130 | 64 | 51 | 15 | .557 | 1 | 3 |
Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 66 | 53 | 11 | .555 | 2 | 2 |
Seibu Lions | 130 | 62 | 64 | 4 | .492 | 6 | 4 |
Hankyu Braves | 130 | 58 | 67 | 5 | .464 | 4 | 5 |
Nankai Hawks | 130 | 48 | 77 | 5 | .384 | 5 | 6 |
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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.
More information Game, Score ...
Game | Score | Date | Location |
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1 | Orions – 1, Buffaloes – 4 | October 15 | Kawasaki Stadium |
2 | Orions – 2, Buffaloes – 4 | October 16 | Kawasaki Stadium |
3 | Buffaloes – 13, Orions – 4 | October 18 | Osaka Stadium |
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Main article: 1980 Japan Series
Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4–3.
More information Game, Score ...
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Carp – 4, Buffaloes – 6 | October 25 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,037[3] |
2 | Carp – 2, Buffaloes – 9 | October 26 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,668[3] |
3 | Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4 | October 28 | Osaka Stadium | 17,371[3] |
4 | Buffaloes – 0, Carp – 2 | October 29 | Osaka Stadium | 21,254[3] |
5 | Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2 | October 30 | Osaka Stadium | 22,287[3] |
6 | Carp – 6, Buffaloes – 2 | November 1 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,297[3] |
7 | Carp – 8, Buffaloes – 3 | November 2 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,952[3] |
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- 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1980年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1980年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
- 1980年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 5, 2019.