1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1995 in baseball.

1995 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Tom O'Malley (YAK) PL: Ichiro Suzuki (ORI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yakult Swallows
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Orix BlueWave
PL runners-up	Chiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
Champions	Yakult Swallows
Runners-up	Orix BlueWave
Finals MVP	Tom O'Malley (YAK)

The 1995 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 46th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yakult Swallows	130	82	48	0	.631	--
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	131	74	56	1	.569	8.0
Yomiuri Giants	131	72	58	1	.554	10.0
Yokohama BayStars	130	66	64	0	.508	16.0
Chunichi Dragons	130	50	80	0	.385	32.0
Hanshin Tigers	130	46	84	0	.354	36.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Orix BlueWave	130	82	47	1	.636	--
Chiba Lotte Marines	130	69	58	3	.543	12.0
Seibu Lions	130	67	57	6	.540	12.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters	130	59	68	3	.465	22.0
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	130	54	72	4	.429	26.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	49	78	3	.386	32.0

Japan Series

Main article: 1995 Japan Series

CL Yakult Swallows (4) vs. PL Orix BlueWave (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 21	Yakult Swallows – 5, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:14	32,486[3]
2	October 22	Yakult Swallows – 3, Orix BlueWave – 2	Green Stadium Kobe	3:50	32,475[3]
3	October 24	Orix BlueWave – 4, Yakult Swallows – 7	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:25	32,915[3]
4	October 25	Orix BlueWave – 2, Yakult Swallows – 1	Meiji Jingu Stadium	4:38	32,911[3]
5	October 26	Orix BlueWave – 1, Yakult Swallows – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:14	33,112[3]

See also

• 1995 Major League Baseball season

References

1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1995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 1995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. 1995年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 4, 2018.