1971_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1971 NPB season
1971 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	Hankyu Braves
Runners-up	Lotte Orions
Season MVP	Tokuji Nagaike (HAU)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP	Toshimitsu Suetsugu (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1970 1972 →

The 1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 22nd season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	.320
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	39
Runs batted in	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	101
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	92
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	155
Stolen bases	Shigeru Takada	Yomiuri	38

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaji Hiramatsu	Taiyo	17
Losses	Hiromu Matsuoka	Yakult	15
Earned run average	Kazuhiro Fujimoto	Hiroshima	1.71
Strikeouts	Yutaka Enatsu	Hankyu	267
Innings pitched	Hiromu Matsuoka	Yakult	2812⁄3

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shinichi Eto	Lotte	.337
Home runs	Katsuo Osugi	Toei	41
Runs batted in	Hiromitsu Kadota	Nankai	120
Runs	Atsushi Nagaike	Hankyu	87
Hits	Katsuo Osugi	Toei	154
Stolen bases	Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu	67

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaaki Kitaru	Lotte	24
Losses	Osamu Higashio Akira Kawahara	Nishitetsu Nishitetsu	16 16
Earned run average	Hisashi Yamada	Hankyu	2.37
Strikeouts	Keishi Suzuki	Osaka	269
Innings pitched	Keishi Suzuki	Osaka	2911⁄3

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tokuji Nagaike, Hankyu Braves (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Shitoshi Sekimoto, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Yasuo Minagawa, Toei Flyers (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Not awarded