1959_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1959 NPB season
1959 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Osaka Tigers
Season MVP	Motoshi Fujita (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Daimai Orions
Season MVP	Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)
NPB seasons
	← 1958 1960 →

The 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the tenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10	Osaka Stadium	3:13	30,038^[1]
2	October 25	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:33	30,288^[1]
3	October 27	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:47	32,056^[1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	32,266^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	.334
Home runs	Toru Mori Takeshi Kuwata [ja]	Chunichi Dragons Taiyo Whales	31
Runs batted in	Toru Mori	Chunichi Dragons	87
Runs	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	88
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	150
Stolen bases	Hiroji Okajima	Chunichi Dragons	41

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri Giants	27
Losses	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	22
Earned run average	Minoru Murayama	Osaka Tigers	1.19
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	313
Innings pitched	Masaaki Koyama	Osaka Tigers	344

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kohei Sugiyama	Nankai Hawks	.323
Home runs	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Daimai Orions	25
Runs batted in	Takao Katsuragi	Daimai Orions	95
Runs	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	86
Hits	Takao Katsuragi	Daimai Orions	163
Stolen bases	Chico Barbon	Hankyu Braves	38

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Tadashi Sugiura	Nankai Hawks	38
Losses	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	24
Earned run average	Tadashi Sugiura	Nankai Hawks	1.40
Strikeouts	Tadashi Sugiura	Nankai Hawks	336
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	4021⁄3

Baseball Hall of Fame
- Matsutaro Shoriki
- Hiroshi Hiraoka
- Yukio Aoi
- Shin Hashido
- Kiyoshi Oshikawa
- Jiro Kuji
- Eiji Sawamura
- Iso Abe
Most Valuable Player
- Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tadashi Sugiura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Takeshi Kuwata, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Minoru Murayama, Osaka Tigers (CL)