1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1980 in baseball.

1980 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Koji Yamamoto (HIR) PL: Isamu Kida (NIP)
League Postseason
CL champions	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
CL runners-up	Yakult Swallows
PL champions	Kintetsu Buffaloes
PL runners-up	Lotte Orions
Japan Series
Champions	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Runners-up	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finals MVP	Jim Lyttle (HIR)

The 1980 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 31st season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	130	73	44	13	.624	–
Yakult Swallows	130	68	52	10	.567	6.5
Yomiuri Giants	130	61	60	9	.504	14.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	130	59	62	9	.488	16.0
Hanshin Tigers	130	54	66	10	.450	20.5
Chunichi Dragons	130	45	76	9	.372	30.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	1st Half Ranking	2nd Half Ranking
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	68	54	8	.557	2	1
Lotte Orions	130	64	51	15	.557	1	3
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	66	53	11	.555	2	2
Seibu Lions	130	62	64	4	.492	6	4
Hankyu Braves	130	58	67	5	.464	4	5
Nankai Hawks	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.

Game	Score	Date	Location
1	Orions – 1, Buffaloes – 4	October 15	Kawasaki Stadium
2	Orions – 2, Buffaloes – 4	October 16	Kawasaki Stadium
3	Buffaloes – 13, Orions – 4	October 18	Osaka Stadium

Japan Series

Main article: 1980 Japan Series

Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4–3.

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Carp – 4, Buffaloes – 6	October 25	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	29,037[3]
2	Carp – 2, Buffaloes – 9	October 26	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	29,668[3]
3	Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4	October 28	Osaka Stadium	17,371[3]
4	Buffaloes – 0, Carp – 2	October 29	Osaka Stadium	21,254[3]
5	Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2	October 30	Osaka Stadium	22,287[3]
6	Carp – 6, Buffaloes – 2	November 1	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	29,297[3]
7	Carp – 8, Buffaloes – 3	November 2	Hiroshima Municipal Stadium	29,952[3]

See also

• 1980 Major League Baseball season

References

1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1980年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
2. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1980年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
3. 1980年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 5, 2019.