1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1959 in baseball.

1959 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Osaka Tigers
Season MVP	Motoshi Fujita (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Daimai Orions
Season MVP	Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Tadashi Sugiura (NAN)

The 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the tenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 7, Nankai Hawks – 10	Osaka Stadium	3:13	30,038^[1]
2	October 25	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:33	30,288^[1]
3	October 27	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Korakuen Stadium	2:47	32,056^[1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	32,266^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	.334
Home runs	Toru Mori Takeshi Kuwata	Chunichi Dragons Taiyo Whales	31
Runs batted in	Toru Mori	Chunichi Dragons	87
Runs	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	88
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	150
Stolen bases	Hiroji Okajima	Chunichi Dragons	41

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Motoshi Fujita	Yomiuri Giants	27
Losses	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	22
Earned run average	Minoru Murayama	Osaka Tigers	1.19
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	313
Innings pitched	Masaaki Koyama	Osaka Tigers	344

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kohei Sugiyama	Nankai Hawks	.323
Home runs	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Daimai Orions	25
Runs batted in	Takao Katsuragi	Daimai Orions	95
Runs	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	86
Hits	Takao Katsuragi	Daimai Orions	163
Stolen bases	Chico Barbon	Hankyu Braves	38

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Tadashi Sugiura	Nankai Hawks	38
Losses	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	24
Earned run average	Tadashi Sugiura	Nankai Hawks	1.40
Strikeouts	Tadashi Sugiura	Nankai Hawks	336
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	402 ¹⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tadashi Sugiura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Takeshi Kuwata, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Minoru Murayama, Osaka Tigers (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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