1967_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1967 NPB season
1967 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	10:0):00
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP	Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Hankyu Braves
Runners-up	Nishitetsu Lions
Season MVP	Mitsuhiro Adachi (HAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP	Masahiko Mori (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1966 1968 →

The 1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 18th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Toshio Naka	Chunichi	.343
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	47
Runs batted in	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	108
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	94
Hits	Taira Fujita	Hanshin	154
Stolen bases	Isao Shibata	Yomiuri	70

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kentaro Ogawa	Chunichi	29
Losses	Shiroku Ishito	Sankei	18
Earned run average	Masatoshi Gondo	Hanshin	1.40
Strikeouts	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	225
Innings pitched	Kentaro Ogawa	Chunichi	2792⁄3

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isao Harimoto	Toei	.336
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai	35
Runs batted in	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai	100
Runs	Gordon Windhorn	Hankyu	78
Hits	Masahiro Doi	Kintetsu	147
Stolen bases	Takayuki Nishida	Tokyo	32

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaaki Ikenaga	Nishitetsu	23
Losses	Katsuji Sakai Taisuke Watanabe	Tokyo Nankai	18
Earned run average	Mitsuhiro Adachi	Hankyu Braves	1.75
Strikeouts	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	222
Innings pitched	Masaaki Ikenaga	Nishitetsu	3351⁄3

Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Mitsuhiro Adachi, Hankyu Braves (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Shiro Takegami, Sankei Atoms (CL)
- Yoshimasa Takahashi, Toei Flyers (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Kentaro Ogawa, Chunichi Dragons (CL)

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