1975 NPB season | |
League: | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport: | Baseball |
Season: | Regular Season |
Mvp: | CL Koji Yamamoto (HIR) |
Mvp Link: | Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
Playoffs: | League Postseason |
Conf1: | CL |
Conf1 Link: | Central League |
Conf1 Champ: | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | Chunichi Dragons |
Conf2: | PL |
Conf2 Link: | Pacific League |
Conf2 Champ: | Hankyu Braves |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | Kintetsu Buffaloes |
Finals: | Japan Series |
Finals Link: | 1975 Japan Series |
Finals Champ: | Hankyu Braves |
Finals Runner-Up: | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Finals Mvp: | Takashi Yamada (HAN) |
Finals Mvp Link: | Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award |
Seasonslist: | List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | NPB |
Prevseason Link: | 1974 Nippon Professional Baseball season |
Prevseason Year: | 1974 |
Nextseason Link: | 1976 Nippon Professional Baseball season |
Nextseason Year: | 1976 |
The 1975 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 26th season of operation for the league.This would be a watershed year for the league at large with the Pacific League officially adopting the designated hitter rule, just two years following its introduction in Major League Baseball with the American League.
Central League[1] | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
130 | 72 | 47 | 11 | .605 | -- | ||
130 | 69 | 53 | 8 | .566 | 4.5 | ||
130 | 68 | 55 | 7 | .553 | 6.0 | ||
130 | 57 | 64 | 9 | .471 | 16.0 | ||
130 | 51 | 69 | 10 | .425 | 21.5 | ||
130 | 47 | 76 | 7 | .382 | 27.0 |
Pacific League[2] | G | W | L | T | Pct. | 1st Half Ranking | 2nd Half Ranking | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
130 | 64 | 59 | 7 | .520 | 1 | 6 | ||
130 | 71 | 50 | 9 | .587 | 3 | 1 | ||
130 | 58 | 62 | 10 | .483 | 2 | 4 | ||
130 | 59 | 65 | 6 | .476 | 6 | 2 | ||
130 | 57 | 65 | 8 | .467 | 5 | 3 | ||
130 | 55 | 63 | 12 | .466 | 4 | 4 |
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.
Hankyu Braves won the series 3-1.
Game | Score | Date | Location | |
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1 | Braves – 7, Buffaloes – 11 | October 15 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | |
2 | Braves – 5, Buffaloes – 4 | October 16 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | |
3 | Buffaloes – 0, Braves – 3 | October 19 | Fujiidera Stadium | |
4 | Buffaloes – 3, Braves – 5 | October 20 | Fujiidera Stadium |
See main article: 1975 Japan Series. Hankyu Braves won the series 4-0-2.
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance | |
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1 | Braves – 3, Carp – 3 | October 25 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | 24,694[3] | |
2 | Braves – 5, Carp – 1 | October 26 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | 36,418 | |
3 | Carp – 4, Braves – 7 | October 28 | Hiroshima Stadium | 25,000 | |
4 | Carp – 4, Braves – 4 | October 30 | Hiroshima Stadium | 25,002 | |
5 | Carp – 1, Braves – 2 | October 31 | Hiroshima Stadium | 25,077 | |
6 | Braves – 7, Carp – 3 | November 2 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | 30,371 |