1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1957 in baseball.

1957 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Osaka Tigers
Season MVP	Wally Yonamine (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Kazuhisa Inao (NIS)
Japan Series
Champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Japan Series MVP	Hiroshi Oshita (NIS)

The 1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the eighth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Standings

Central League regular season standings
Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	130	74	53	3	.581	—
Osaka Tigers	130	73	54	3	.573	1.0
Chunichi Dragons	130	70	57	3	.569	4.0
Kokutetsu Swallows	130	58	68	4	.462	15.5
Hiroshima Carp	130	54	75	1	.419	21.0
Taiyo Whales	130	52	74	4	.415	21.5

Pacific League regular season standings
Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Nishitetsu Lions	132	83	44	5	.648	—
Nankai Hawks	132	78	53	1	.595	7.0
Mainichi Orions	132	75	52	5	.587	8.0
Hankyu Braves	132	71	55	6	.561	11.5
Toei Flyers	132	56	73	3	.436	28.0
Kintetsu Pearls	132	44	82	6	.356	38.5
Daiei Unions	132	41	89	2	.318	43.5

Postseason

Japan Series

Main article: 1957 Japan Series

PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 26	Yomiuri Giants – 2, Nishitetsu Lions – 3	Heiwadai Stadium	2:38	23,992^[1]
2	October 27	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 2	Heiwadai Stadium	2:18	24,373^[1]
3	October 30	Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Korakuen Stadium	2:32	30,484^[1]
4	October 31	Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	3:01	27,649^[1]
5	November 1	Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 5	Korakuen Stadium	2:37	30,519^[1]

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	.343
Home runs	Noboru Aota Takao Sato	Taiyo Whales Kokutetsu Swallows	22
Runs batted in	Andy Miyamoto	Yomiuri Giants	78
Runs	Hiroji Okajima	Chunichi Dragons	71
Hits	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	160
Stolen bases	Tokuji Iida	Kokutetsu Swallows	40

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	28
Losses	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	27
Earned run average	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	1.63
Strikeouts	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	312
Innings pitched	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	406

Pacific League

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Mainichi Orions	.331
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	30
Runs batted in	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	100
Runs	Yasumitsu Toyoda	Nishitetsu Lions	92
Hits	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	154
Stolen bases	Yosuke Terada	Hankyu Braves	56

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	35
Losses	Masayoshi Miura	Daiei Unions	21
Earned run average	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	1.37
Strikeouts	Takao Kajimoto	Hankyu Braves	301
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	373²⁄₃

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Wally Yonamine, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Kazuhisa Inao, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tamotsu Kimura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaichi Kaneda, Kokutetsu Swallows (CL)

Central League Best Nine Award winners
Position	Player	Team
Pitcher	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows
Catcher	Shigeru Fujio	Yomiuri Giants
First baseman	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants
Second baseman	Noboru Inoue	Chunichi Dragons
Third baseman	Nobukazu Miyake	Osaka Tigers
Shortstop	Yoshio Yoshida	Osaka Tigers
Outfielder	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants
	Kenjiro Tamiya	Osaka Tigers
	Noboru Aota	Taiyo Whales

Pacific League Best Nine Award winners
Position	Player	Team
Pitcher	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions
Catcher	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks
First baseman	Kenichiro Okamoto	Hankyu Braves
Second baseman	Isami Okamoto	Nankai Hawks
Third baseman	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions
Shortstop	Yasumitsu Toyoda	Nishitetsu Lions
Outfielder	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Mainichi Orions
	Hiroshi Oshita	Nishitetsu Lions
	Shoichi Busujima	Toei Flyers

References

1 2 3 4 5 1957年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 26 March 2010. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

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