1970_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1970 NPB season
1970 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	Lotte Orions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Masaaki Kitaru (LOT)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Lotte Orions
Finals MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1969 1971 →

The 1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 21st season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	.325
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	47
Runs batted in	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	105
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	97
Hits	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	138
Stolen bases	Fumihiro Tojo	Yakult	28

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaji Hiramatsu	Taiyo	25
Losses	Masaji Hiramatsu	Taiyo	19
Earned run average	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin	0.98
Strikeouts	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	340
Innings pitched	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	3372⁄3

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isao Harimoto	Toei	.383
Home runs	Katsuo Osugi	Toei	44
Runs batted in	Katsuo Osugi	Toei	129
Runs	Hasaru Tomita	Nankai	95
Hits	Isao Harimoto	Toei	176
Stolen bases	Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu	75

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Fumio Narita	Lotte	25
Losses	Akira Kawahara	Nishitetsu	19
Earned run average	Michio Sato	Nankai	2.05
Strikeouts	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	247
Innings pitched	Tomehiro Kaneda	Toei	3161⁄3

Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Masaaki Kitaru, Lotte Orions (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Kenichi Yazawa, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
- Michio Sato, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaji Hiramatsu, Taiyo Whales (CL)