1966_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1966 NPB season
1966 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Nishitetsu Lions
Season MVP	Katsuya Nomura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Finals MVP	Isao Shibata (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1965 1967 →

The 1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 17th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	.344
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	48
Runs batted in	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	116
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	111
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	163
Stolen bases	Isao Shibata	Yomiuri	46

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin	24
Losses	Susumu Oba Susumu Sato	Hiroshima Sankei	18
Earned run average	Tsuneo Horiuchi	Yomiuri	1.39
Strikeouts	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin	207
Innings pitched	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin	2901⁄3

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kihachi Enomoto	Tokyo	.351
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai	34
Runs batted in	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai	97
Runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai	82
Hits	Kihachi Enomoto	Tokyo	167
Stolen bases	Koji Yamamoto	Hankyu	32

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu	25
Losses	Shigemasa Yamamoto	Kintetsu	19
Earned run average	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu	1.79
Strikeouts	Tsutomu Tanaka	Nishitetsu	217
Innings pitched	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu	310

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Katsuya Nomura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Tsuneo Horiuchi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- No PL recipient
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Minoru Murayama, Hanshin Tigers (CL) and Tsuneo Horiuchi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.