1969_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1969 NPB season
1969 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP	Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Hankyu Braves
Runners-up	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Season MVP	Tokuji Nagaike (HAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1968 1970 →

The 1969 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 20th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	.345
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	44
Runs batted in	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	115
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	112
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Yomiuri	156
Stolen bases	Isao Shibata	Yomiuri	35

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kazumi Takahashi	Yomiuri	22
Losses	Yoshiro Sotokoba	Hiroshima	20
Earned run average	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	1.81
Strikeouts	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	262
Innings pitched	Yoshiro Sotokoba	Hiroshima	3041⁄3

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isao Harimoto Yozo Nagabuchi	Toei Kintetsu	.333
Home runs	Tokuji Nagaike	Hankyu	41
Runs batted in	Tokuji Nagaike	Hankyu	101
Runs	Tokuji Nagaike	Hankyu	95
Hits	Yozo Nagabuchi	Kintetsu	162
Stolen bases	Toshizo Sakamoto	Hankyu	47

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	24
Losses	Taisuke Watanabe	Nankai	17
Earned run average	Masaaki Kitaru	Lotte	1.72
Strikeouts	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	286
Innings pitched	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	3302⁄3

Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tokuji Nagaike, Hankyu Braves (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Koichi Tabuchi, Hanshin Tigers (CL)
- Michiyo Arito, Lotte Orions (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Kazumi Takahashi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

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