1990_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1990 NPB season
1990 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Masaki Saito (YOM); PL: Hideo Nomo (KIN)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Orix Braves
Japan Series
Champions	Seibu Lions
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Orestes Destrade (SEI)
NPB seasons
	← 1989 1991 →

The 1990 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 41st season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings edit

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	130	88	42	0	.677	–
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	132	66	64	2	.508	22.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	133	64	66	3	.492	24.0
Chunichi Dragons	131	62	68	1	.477	26.0
Yakult Swallows	130	58	72	0	.446	30.0
Hanshin Tigers	130	52	78	0	.400	36.0

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Seibu Lions	130	81	45	4	.643	–
Orix Braves	130	69	57	4	.548	12.0
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	67	60	3	.528	14.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	66	63	1	.512	16.5
Lotte Orions	130	57	71	2	.445	25.0
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	130	41	85	4	.325	40.0

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 20	Seibu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Tokyo Dome	2:58	46,008^[3]
2	October 21	Seibu Lions – 9, Yomiuri Giants – 5	Tokyo Dome	3:36	46,153^[3]
3	October 23	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Seibu Lions – 7	Seibu Lions Stadium	2:48	31,804^[3]
4	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Seibu Lions – 7	Seibu Lions Stadium	3:15	31,804^[3]

^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1990年セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1990年パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d 1990年度日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 19, 2018.