1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season
{{NPBseason|year=1982}}
{{Infobox sports season
| title =1982 NPB season
| league =Nippon Professional Baseball
| sport =Baseball
| duration =
| season =Regular Season
| season_champs =
| MVP =CL: Takayoshi Nakao (CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Ochiai (LOT)
| MVP_link =Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
| playoffs =League Postseason
| conf1 =CL
| conf1_link =Central League
| conf1_champ =Chunichi Dragons
| conf1_runner-up =Yomiuri Giants
| conf2 =PL
| conf2_link =Pacific League
| conf2_champ =Seibu Lions
| conf2_runner-up =Nippon-Ham Fighters
| finals =Japan Series
| finals_link =1982 Japan Series
| finals_champ =Seibu Lions
| finals_runner-up =Chunichi Dragons
| finals_MVP =Osamu Higashio (SEI)
| finals_MVP_link =Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award
| seasonslist =List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
| seasonslistnames =NPB
| prevseason_link =1981 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| prevseason_year =1981
| nextseason_link =1983 Nippon Professional Baseball season
| nextseason_year =1983
}}
The 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 33rd 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_1982.html |title=年度別成績 1982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 | 64 | 47 | 19 | .577 | – |
| align=center | 130 | 66 | 50 | 14 | .569 | 0.5 |
| align=center | 130 | 65 | 57 | 8 | .533 | 4.5 |
| align=center | 130 | 59 | 58 | 13 | .504 | 8.0 |
| align=center | 130 | 53 | 65 | 12 | .449 | 14.5 |
| align=center | 130 | 45 | 75 | 10 | .375 | 23.5 |
=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_1982.html |title=年度別成績 1982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 | 58 | 4 | .540 | 1 | 3 |
| style="background:#fdd;" | 130 | 67 | 52 | 11 | .563 | 4 | 1 |
| align=center | 130 | 63 | 57 | 10 | .525 | 3 | 2 |
| align=center | 130 | 62 | 60 | 8 | .508 | 2 | 5 |
| align=center | 130 | 54 | 69 | 7 | .439 | 6 | 4 |
| align=center | 130 | 53 | 71 | 6 | .427 | 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.
Seibu Lions won the series 3–1.
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!|Game | Score | Date | Location |
| 1 | Lions– 6, Fighters – 0 | October 9 | Seibu Lions Stadium |
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|2 | Lions – 3, Fighters – 2 | October 10 | Seibu Lions Stadium |
| 3 | Fighters – 2, Lions – 1 | October 12 | Korakuen Stadium |
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|4 | Fighters – 5, Lions – 7 | October 14 | Korakuen Stadium |
Japan Series
{{Main|1982 Japan Series}}
Seibu Lions won the series 4–2.
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!|Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| 1 | Dragons – 3, Lions – 7 | October 23 | Nagoya Stadium | 29,196{{cite web|url=http://bis.npb.or.jp/scores/nipponseries/linescore1982.html|script-title=ja:1982年日本シリーズ試合結果|publisher=Nippon Professional Baseball|language=ja|access-date=September 30, 2018}} |
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|2 | Dragons – 1, Lions – 7 | October 24 | Nagoya Stadium | 29,194 |
| 3 | Lions – 3, Dragons – 4 | October 26 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 25,342 |
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|4 | Lions – 3, Dragons – 5 | October 27 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 29,323 |
| 5 | Lions – 3, Dragons – 1 | October 28 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 26,230 |
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|6 | Dragons – 4, Lions – 9 | October 30 | Nagoya Stadium | 28,725 |
See also
References
{{reflist}}
{{Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons}}