1968_Nippon_Professional_Baseball_season Knowpia

1968 NPB season
1968 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Hankyu Braves
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Tetsuya Yoneda (HAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Finals MVP	Shigeru Takada (YOM)
NPB seasons
	← 1967 1969 →

The 1968 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 19th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season edit

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	.326
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	49
Runs batted in	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	125
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	107
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	157
Stolen bases	Takeshi Koba	Hiroshima	39

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	25
Losses	Kentaro Ogawa	Chunichi	20
Earned run average	Yoshiro Sotokoba	Hiroshima	1.94
Strikeouts	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	401
Innings pitched	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	329

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isao Harimoto	Toei	.336
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai	38
Runs batted in	George Altman	Tokyo	100
Runs	George Altman	Tokyo	84
Hits	George Altman	Tokyo	170
Stolen bases	Toshinori Yasui	Kintetsu	54

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Mutsuo Minagawa	Nankai	31
Losses	Toshiaki Moriyasu	Toei	23
Earned run average	Mutsuo Minagawa	Nankai	1.61
Strikeouts	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	305
Innings pitched	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	359

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tetsuya Yoneda, Hankyu Braves (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Shigeru Takada, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- No PL recipient
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Yutaka Enatsu, Hanshin Tigers (CL)

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