1963_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1963 NPB season
1963 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Katsuya Nomura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Nishitetsu Lions
Finals MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1962 1964 →

The 1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fourteenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 26	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:29	29,806^[1]
2	October 27	Yomiuri Giants – 9, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:54	29,969^[1]
3	October 30	Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 8	Korakuen Stadium	2:28	30,384^[1]
4	October 31	Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Korakuen Stadium	2:42	29,960^[1]
5	November 1	Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:10	30,386^[1]
6	November 3	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:09	27,079^[1]
7	November 4	Yomiuri Giants – 18, Nishitetsu Lions – 4	Heiwadai Stadium	2:32	17,436^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	.341
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	40
Runs batted in	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	112
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	111
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	163
Stolen bases	Morimichi Takagi	Chunichi Dragons	50

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	30
Losses	Kiyoshi Oishi	Hiroshima Carp	22
Earned run average	Minoru Kakimoto	Chunichi Dragons	1.70
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	287
Innings pitched	Makoto Inagawa	Taiyo Whales	3381⁄3

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Jack Bloomfield	Kintetsu Buffaloes	.335
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	52
Runs batted in	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	135
Runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	104
Hits	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	187
Stolen bases	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	45

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	28
Losses	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	23
Earned run average	Masahiro Kubo	Kintetsu Buffaloes	2.36
Strikeouts	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	226
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	386

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Katsuya Nomura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- No CL recipient
- No PL recipient
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Yoshiaki Ito, Yomiuri Giants (CL)