1983_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1983 NPB season
1983 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Tatsunori Hara (YOM); PL: Osamu Higashio (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Japan Series
Champions	Seibu Lions
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Takuji Ota (SEI)
NPB seasons
	← 1982 1984 →

The 1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 34th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings edit

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	130	72	50	8	.590	–
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	130	65	55	10	.542	6.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	130	61	61	8	.500	11.0
Hanshin Tigers	130	62	63	5	.496	11.5
Chunichi Dragons	130	54	69	7	.439	18.5
Yakult Swallows	130	53	69	8	.434	19.0

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Seibu Lions	130	86	40	4	.683	–
Hankyu Braves	130	67	55	8	.549	17.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	64	59	7	.520	20.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	52	65	13	.444	29.5
Nankai Hawks	130	52	69	9	.430	31.5
Lotte Orions	130	43	76	11	.361	39.5

Seibu Lions won the series 4–3.

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Lions – 6, Giants – 3	October 29	Seibu Lions Stadium	32,954^[3]
2	Lions – 0, Giants – 4	October 30	Seibu Lions Stadium	33,696^[3]
3	Giants – 5, Lions – 4	November 1	Korakuen Stadium	40,279^[3]
4	Giants – 4, Lions – 7	November 2	Korakuen Stadium	43,436^[3]
5	Giants – 5, Lions – 2	November 3	Korakuen Stadium	43,500^[3]
6	Lions – 4, Giants – 3	November 5	Seibu Lions Stadium	31,396^[3]
7	Lions – 3, Giants – 2	November 7	Seibu Lions Stadium	33,242^[3]

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