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1982 NPB season
1982 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Takayoshi Nakao (CHU); PL: Hiromitsu Ochiai (LOT)
League Postseason
CL champions	Chunichi Dragons
CL runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions	Seibu Lions
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Finals MVP	Osamu Higashio (SEI)
NPB seasons
	← 1981 1983 →

The 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 33rd season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Chunichi Dragons	130	64	47	19	.577	–
Yomiuri Giants	130	66	50	14	.569	0.5
Hanshin Tigers	130	65	57	8	.533	4.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	130	59	58	13	.504	8.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	130	53	65	12	.449	14.5
Yakult Swallows	130	45	75	10	.375	23.5

Pacific League

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	1st Half Ranking	2nd Half Ranking
Seibu Lions	130	68	58	4	.540	1	3
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	67	52	11	.563	4	1
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	63	57	10	.525	3	2
Hankyu Braves	130	62	60	8	.508	2	5
Lotte Orions	130	54	69	7	.439	6	4
Nankai Hawks	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.

Game	Score	Date	Location
1	Lions– 6, Fighters – 0	October 9	Seibu Lions Stadium
2	Lions – 3, Fighters – 2	October 10	Seibu Lions Stadium
3	Fighters – 2, Lions – 1	October 12	Korakuen Stadium
4	Fighters – 5, Lions – 7	October 14	Korakuen Stadium

Japan Series

Seibu Lions won the series 4–2.

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	Dragons – 3, Lions – 7	October 23	Nagoya Stadium	29,196^[3]
2	Dragons – 1, Lions – 7	October 24	Nagoya Stadium	29,194^[3]
3	Lions – 3, Dragons – 4	October 26	Seibu Lions Stadium	25,342^[3]
4	Lions – 3, Dragons – 5	October 27	Seibu Lions Stadium	29,323^[3]
5	Lions – 3, Dragons – 1	October 28	Seibu Lions Stadium	26,230^[3]
6	Dragons – 4, Lions – 9	October 30	Nagoya Stadium	28,725^[3]

References

^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1982年セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1982年パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1982年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2018.

[1] 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1982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 1982年パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.

[JS1982_linescores-3] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1982年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2018.

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