1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1953 in baseball.

1953 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Osaka Tigers
Season MVP	Takumi Otomo (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Season MVP	Isami Okamoto (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Finals MVP	Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM)

The 1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fourth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 10	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	3:15	24,913^[1]
2	October 11	Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 3	Osaka Stadium	2:33	30,524^[1]
3	October 12	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:21	22,546^[1]
4	October 13	Nankai Hawks – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	1:45	25,953^[1]
5	October 14	Yomiuri Giants – 5, Nankai Hawks – 0	Osaka Stadium	2:04	21,652^[1]
6	October 15	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 2	Koshien Stadium	1:55	6,346^[1]
7	October 16	Nankai Hawks – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Korakuen Stadium	1:36	21,332^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants	.347
Home runs	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	27
Runs batted in	Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	98
Runs	Saburo Hirai	Yomiuri Giants	97
Hits	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants	162
Stolen bases	Jiro Kanayama	Hiroshima Carp	58

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Takumi Otomo	Yomiuri Giants	27
Losses	Yoshiaki Inoue	Kokutetsu Swallows	26
Earned run average	Takumi Otomo	Yomiuri Giants	1.85
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	229
Innings pitched	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	303 ²⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isami Okamoto	Nankai Hawks	.318
Home runs	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	36
Runs batted in	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	86
Runs	Futoshi Nakanishi Larry Raines	Nishitetsu Lions Hankyu Braves	92
Hits	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	146
Stolen bases	Larry Raines	Hankyu Braves	61

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions	24
Losses	Yasuo Yonekawa	Tokyu Flyers	21
Earned run average	Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions	1.98
Strikeouts	Yasuo Yonekawa	Tokyu Flyers	180
Innings pitched	Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions	294 ¹⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Takumi Otomo, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Isami Okamoto, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Masatoshi Gondo, Taiyo Shochiku Robins (CL)
- Yasumitsu Toyoda, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Takumi Otomo, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

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

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 (1945) 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Japan Series Climax Series

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