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:1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season

{{NPBseason|year=1965}}

{{Infobox sports season

| title =1965 NPB season

| league =Nippon Professional Baseball

| sport =Baseball

| duration =

| season2 =Central League Pennant

| league_champs2 =Yomiuri Giants

| second_place2 =Chunichi Dragons

| MVP2 =Sadaharu Oh (YOM)

| MVP_link2 =Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

| season3 =Pacific League Pennant

| league_champs3 =Nankai Hawks

| second_place3 =Toei Flyers

| MVP3 =Katsuya Nomura (NAN)

| MVP_link3 =Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award

| finals =Japan Series

| finals_link =1965 Japan Series

| finals_champ =Yomiuri Giants

| finals_runner-up =Nankai Hawks

| finals_MVP =Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)

| finals_MVP_link =Japan Series MVP Award

| seasonslist =List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons

| seasonslistnames =NPB

| prevseason_link =1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season

| prevseason_year =1964

| nextseason_link =1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season

| nextseason_year =1966

}}

The 1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 16th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

=Standings=

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|+ 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;"|Yomiuri Giants

| 140 || 91 || 47 || 2 || .659 || —

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

| 140 || 77 || 59 || 4 || .566 || 13.0

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

| 140 || 71 || 66 || 3 || .518 || 19.5

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

| 140 || 68 || 70 || 2 || .493 || 23.0

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

| 140 || 59 || 77 || 4 || .434 || 31.0

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

| 140 || 44 || 91 || 5 || .326 || 45.5

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

| 140 || 88 || 49 || 3 || .642 || —

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

| 140 || 76 || 61 || 3 || .555 || 12.0

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

| 140 || 72 || 64 || 4 || .529 || 15.5

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

| 140 || 67 || 71 || 2 || .486 || 21.5

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

| 140 || 62 || 74 || 4 || .456 || 25.5

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

| 140 || 46 || 92 || 2 || .333 || 42.5

League leaders

=Central League=

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{{col-break}}

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|+ 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 || .336

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

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants || 42

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

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants || 104

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

| Sadaharu Oh || Yomiuri Giants || 104

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

| Kazuhiko Kondo || Taiyo Whales || 152

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

| Morimichi Takagi || Chunichi Dragons || 44

{{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

| Minoru Murayama || Hanshin Tigers || 25

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

| Seiji Shibutani || Sankei Swallows || 22

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

| Masaichi Kaneda || Yomiuri Giants || 1.84

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

| Minoru Murayama || Hanshin Tigers || 205

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

| Minoru Murayama || Hanshin Tigers || 307{{frac|2|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

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || .320

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

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || 42

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

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || 110

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

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || 92

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

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks || 156

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

| Yoshinori Hirose || Nankai Hawks || 39

{{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

| Yukio Ozaki || Toei Flyers || 27

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

| Kasaaki Koyama
Koichiro Sasaki || Tokyo Orions
Kintetsu Buffaloes || 20

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

| Kiyohiro Miura || Nankai Hawks || 1.57

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

| Yukio Ozaki || Toei Flyers || 259

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

| Yukio Ozaki || Toei Flyers || 378

{{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

| Minoru Murayama || 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

| Shinichi Eto || Chunichi Dragons

Kazuhiko KondoTaiyo Whales
Toshio NakaChunichi Dragons

{{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

| Yukio Ozaki || Toei Flyers

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

| Katsuya Nomura || Nankai Hawks

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

| Takashi Takagi || Kintetsu Buffaloes

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

Yoshinori HiroseNankai Hawks
Motoaki HorigomeNankai Hawks

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See also

References

  • {{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}}

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