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:1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season

{{NPBseason|year=1964}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title =1964 NPB season

| league =Nippon Professional Baseball

| sport =Baseball

| duration =

| season2 =Central League Pennant

| league_champs2 =Hanshin Tigers

| second_place2 =Taiyo Whales

| MVP2 =Sadaharu Oh (YOM)

| MVP_link2 =Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

| season3 =Pacific League Pennant

| league_champs3 =Nankai Hawks

| second_place3 =Hankyu Braves

| MVP3 =Joe Stanka (NAN)

| MVP_link3 =Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

| finals =Japan Series

| finals_link =1964 Japan Series

| finals_champ =Nankai Hawks

| finals_runner-up =Hanshin Tigers

| finals_MVP =Joe Stanka (NAN)

| finals_MVP_link =Japan Series MVP Award

| seasonslist =List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons

| seasonslistnames =NPB

| prevseason_link =1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season

| prevseason_year =1963

| nextseason_link =1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season

| nextseason_year =1965

}}

The 1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 15th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

=Standings=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Central League regular season standings

!scope="col" width="35%"| Team

!scope="col" width="5%"| G

!scope="col" width="5%"| W

!scope="col" width="5%"| L

!scope="col" width="5%"| T

!scope="col" width="7%"| Pct.

!scope="col" width="5%"| GB

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Hanshin Tigers

| 140 || 80 || 56 || 4 || .588 || —

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Taiyo Whales

| 140 || 80 || 58 || 2 || .580 || 1.0

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Yomiuri Giants

| 140 || 71 || 69 || 0 || .507 || 11.0

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Hiroshima Carp

| 140 || 64 || 73 || 3 || .467 || 16.5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Kokutetsu Swallows

| 140 || 61 || 74 || 5 || .452 || 18.5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Chunichi Dragons

| 140 || 57 || 83 || 0 || .407 || 25.0

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" width="60%" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pacific League regular season standings

!scope="col" width="35%"| Team

!scope="col" width="5%"| G

!scope="col" width="5%"| W

!scope="col" width="5%"| L

!scope="col" width="5%"| T

!scope="col" width="7%"| Pct.

!scope="col" width="5%"| GB

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Nankai Hawks

| 150 || 84 || 63 || 3 || .571 || —

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Hankyu Braves

| 150 || 79 || 65 || 6 || .549 || 3.5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Toei Flyers

| 150 || 78 || 68 || 4 || .534 || 5.5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Tokyo Orions

| 150 || 77 || 68 || 5 || .531 || 6.0

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Nishitetsu Lions

| 150 || 63 || 81 || 6 || .438 || 19.5

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"|Kintetsu Buffaloes

| 150 || 55 || 91 || 4 || .377 || 28.5

Postseason

=Japan Series=

{{main|1964 Japan Series}}

{{MLB Playoff Summary

| summary = PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Hanshin Tigers (3)

| winner =

| leader =

| score =

| date1 = October 1

| score1 = Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0

| loc1 = Koshien Stadium

| time1 = 2:14

| att1 = 19,904

| ref1 = {{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1964.html |script-title=ja:1964年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 |access-date=May 4, 2010 |publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball| language=ja}}

| date2 = October 2

| score2 = Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5

| loc2 = Koshien Stadium

| time2 = 2:15

| att2 = 19,190

| ref2 =

| date3 = October 4

| score3 = Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4

| loc3 = Osaka Stadium

| time3 = 2:47

| att3 = 29,932

| ref3 =

| date4 = October 5

| score4 = Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4

| loc4 = Osaka Stadium

| time4 = 2:16

| att4 = 30,107

| ref4 =

| date5 = October 6

| score5 = Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3

| loc5 = Osaka Stadium

| time5 = 2:28

| att5 = 26,962

| ref5 =

| date6 = October 9

| score6 = Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0

| loc6 = Koshien Stadium

| time6 = 1:46

| att6 = 25,471

| ref6 =

| date7 = October 10

| score7 = Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0

| loc7 = Koshien Stadium

| time7 = 2:07

| att7 = 15,172

| ref7 =

}}

League leaders

=Central League=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Batting leaders

!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat

!scope="col" width="10%" | Player

!scope="col" width="10%" | Team

!scope="col" width="3%" | Total

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Batting average

| Shinichi Eto || Chunichi Dragons || .323

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Home runs

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants || 55

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Runs batted in

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants || 119

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Runs

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants || 110

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Hits

| Takeshi Kuwata || Taiyo Whales || 161

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Stolen bases

| Takeshi Koba || Hiroshima Carp || 57

{{col-break|gap=1em}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pitching leaders

!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat

!scope="col" width="10%" | Player

!scope="col" width="10%" | Team

!scope="col" width="3%" | Total

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Wins

| Gene Bacque || Hanshin Tigers || 29

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Losses

| Minoru Kakimoto || Chunichi Dragons || 19

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Earned run average

| Gene Bacque || Hanshin Tigers || 1.89

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Strikeouts

| Masaichi Kaneda || Kokutetsu Swallows || 231

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Innings pitched

| Gene Bacque || Hanshin Tigers || 353{{frac|1|3}}

{{col-end}}

=Pacific League=

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Batting leaders

!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat

!scope="col" width="10%" | Player

!scope="col" width="10%" | Team

!scope="col" width="3%" | Total

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Batting average

| Yoshinori Hirose || Nankai Hawks || .366

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Home runs

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || 41

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Runs batted in

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || 115

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Runs

| Yoshinori Hirose || Nankai Hawks || 110

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Hits

| Masahiro Doi || Kintetsu Buffaloes || 168

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Stolen bases

| Yoshinori Hirose || Nankai Hawks || 72

{{col-break|gap=1em}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pitching leaders

!scope="col" width="7%" | Stat

!scope="col" width="10%" | Player

!scope="col" width="10%" | Team

!scope="col" width="3%" | Total

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Wins

| Masaaki Koyama || Tokyo Orions || 30

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Losses

| Toshiaki Tokuhisa || Kintetsu Buffaloes || 23

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Earned run average

| Yoshiro Tsumashima || Tokyo Orions || 2.15

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Strikeouts

| Yukio Ozaki || Toei Flyers || 197

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Innings pitched

| Masaaki Koyama || Tokyo Orions || 361{{frac|1|3}}

{{col-end}}

Awards

{{col-begin}}

{{col-break}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Central League Best Nine Award winners

!scope="col" width="7%" | Position

!scope="col" width="10%" | Player

!scope="col" width="10%" | Team

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Pitcher

| Gene Bacque || Hanshin Tigers

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Catcher

| Masahiko Mori || Yomiuri Giants

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| First baseman

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Second baseman

| Morimichi Takagi || Chunichi Dragons

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Third baseman

| Shigeo Nagashima || Yomiuri Giants

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Shortstop

| Yoshio Yoshida || Hanshin Tigers

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|Outfielder

| Kazuhiko Kondo || Taiyo Whales

Shinichi EtoChunichi Dragons
Shozo ShigematsuTaiyo Whales

{{col-break|gap=1em}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Pacific League Best Nine Award winners

!scope="col" width="7%" | Position

!scope="col" width="10%" | Player

!scope="col" width="10%" | Team

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Pitcher

| Joe Stanka || Nankai Hawks

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Catcher

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| First baseman

| Kihachi Enomoto || Tokyo Orions

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Second baseman

| Daryl Spencer || Hankyu Braves

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Third baseman

| Akitoshi Kodama || Kintetsu Buffaloes

scope="row" style="text-align:center;"| Shortstop

| Kenji Koike || Nankai Hawks

scope="row" style="text-align:center;" rowspan=3|Outfielder

| Isao Harimoto || Toei Flyers

Teruyuki TakakuraNishitetsu Lions
Yoshinori HiroseNankai Hawks

{{col-end}}

See also

References

{{Reflist}}

  • {{cite book |last=Johnson |first=Daniel E. |title=Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook |publisher=McFarland & Company |date=July 2006 |isbn=978-0-7864-2841-0}}

{{Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons}}