1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season
{{NPBseason|year=1980}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title =1980 NPB season
| league =Nippon Professional Baseball
| sport =Baseball
| duration =
| season =Regular Season
| season_champs =
| MVP =CL: Koji Yamamoto (HIR)
PL: Isamu Kida (NIP)
| MVP_link =Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
| playoffs =League Postseason
| conf1 =CL
| conf1_link =Central League
| conf1_champ =Hiroshima Toyo Carp
| conf1_runner-up =Yakult Swallows
| conf2 =PL
| conf2_link =Pacific League
| conf2_champ =Kintetsu Buffaloes
| conf2_runner-up =Lotte Orions
| finals =Japan Series
| finals_link =1980 Japan Series
| finals_champ =Hiroshima Toyo Carp
| finals_runner-up =Kintetsu Buffaloes
| finals_MVP =Jim Lyttle (HIR)
| finals_MVP_link =Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award
| seasonslist =List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
| seasonslistnames =NPB
| prevseason_link =1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| prevseason_year =1979
| nextseason_link =1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| nextseason_year =1981
}}
The 1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 31st season of operation for the league.
Regular season standings
=Central League=
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| style="width:35%;"| Central League{{cite web|author=一般社団法人日本野球機構 |url=http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1980.html |title=年度別成績 1980年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 |publisher=Npb.jp |date= |accessdate=2022-07-13}}
! style="width:5%;"| G ! style="width:5%;"| W ! style="width:5%;"| L ! style="width:5%;"| T ! style="width:7%;"| Pct. ! style="width:5%;"| GB | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#fdd;" | 130 | 73 | 44 | 13 | .624 | – |
| align=center | 130 | 68 | 52 | 10 | .567 | 6.5 |
| align=center | 130 | 61 | 60 | 9 | .504 | 14.0 |
| align=center | 130 | 59 | 62 | 9 | .488 | 16.0 |
| align=center | 130 | 54 | 66 | 10 | .450 | 20.5 |
| align=center | 130 | 45 | 76 | 9 | .372 | 30.0 |
=Pacific League=
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| style="width:35%;"| Pacific League{{cite web|author=一般社団法人日本野球機構 |url=http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1980.html |title=年度別成績 1980年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 |publisher=Npb.jp |date= |accessdate=2022-07-13}}
! style="width:5%;"| G ! style="width:5%;"| W ! style="width:5%;"| L ! style="width:5%;"| T ! style="width:7%;"| Pct. ! style="width:5%;"| 1st Half Ranking ! style="width:5%;"| 2nd Half Ranking | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| style="background:#fdd;" | 130 | 68 | 54 | 8 | .557 | 2 | 1 |
| style="background:#fdd;" | 130 | 64 | 51 | 15 | .557 | 1 | 3 |
| align=center | 130 | 66 | 53 | 11 | .555 | 2 | 2 |
| align=center | 130 | 62 | 64 | 4 | .492 | 6 | 4 |
| align=center | 130 | 58 | 67 | 5 | .464 | 4 | 5 |
| align=center | 130 | 48 | 77 | 5 | .384 | 5 | 6 |
Pacific League Playoff
The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.
Kintetsu Buffaloes won the series 3–0.
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!|Game | Score | Date | Location |
| 1 | Orions – 1, Buffaloes – 4 | October 15 | Kawasaki Stadium |
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|2 | Orions – 2, Buffaloes – 4 | October 16 | Kawasaki Stadium |
| 3 | Buffaloes – 13, Orions – 4 | October 18 | Osaka Stadium |
Japan Series
{{Main|1980 Japan Series}}
Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4–3.
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!|Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Carp – 4, Buffaloes – 6 | October 25 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,037{{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1980.html|script-title=ja:1980年日本シリーズ試合結果|publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball|language=Japanese|accessdate=November 5, 2019}} |
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|2 | Carp – 2, Buffaloes – 9 | October 26 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,668 |
| 3 | Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4 | October 28 | Osaka Stadium | 17,371 |
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|4 | Buffaloes – 0, Carp – 2 | October 29 | Osaka Stadium | 21,254 |
| 5 | Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2 | October 30 | Osaka Stadium | 22,287 |
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|6 | Carp – 6, Buffaloes – 2 | November 1 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,297 |
| 7 | Carp – 8, Buffaloes – 3 | November 2 | Hiroshima Municipal Stadium | 29,952 |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons}}