1995_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1995 NPB season
1995 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Tom O'Malley (YAK); PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yakult Swallows
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Orix BlueWave
PL runners-up	Chiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
Champions	Yakult Swallows
Runners-up	Orix BlueWave
Finals MVP	Tom O'Malley (YAK)
NPB seasons
	← 1994 1996 →

The 1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 46th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings edit

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yakult Swallows	130	82	48	0	.631	--
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	131	74	56	1	.569	8.0
Yomiuri Giants	131	72	58	1	.554	10.0
Yokohama BayStars	130	66	64	0	.508	16.0
Chunichi Dragons	130	50	80	0	.385	32.0
Hanshin Tigers	130	46	84	0	.354	36.0

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Orix BlueWave	130	82	47	1	.636	--
Chiba Lotte Marines	130	69	58	3	.543	12.0
Seibu Lions	130	67	57	6	.540	12.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	59	68	3	.465	22.0
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	130	54	72	4	.429	26.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	49	78	3	.386	32.0

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 21	Yakult Swallows – 5, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:14	32,486^[3]
2	October 22	Yakult Swallows – 3, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:50	32,475^[3]
3	October 24	Orix BlueWave – 4, Yakult Swallows – 7	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:25	32,915^[3]
4	October 25	Orix BlueWave – 2, Yakult Swallows – 1	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:38	32,911^[3]
5	October 26	Orix BlueWave – 1, Yakult Swallows – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:14	33,112^[3]

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