1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1956 in baseball.

1956 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Osaka Tigers
Season MVP	Takehiko Bessho (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Futoshi Nakanishi (NIS)
Japan Series
Champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Yasumitsu Toyoda (NIS)

The 1956 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the seventh season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 10	Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Korakuen Stadium	2:07	24,632^[1]
2	October 11	Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:18	19,108^[1]
3	October 13	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 5	Heiwadai Stadium	2:41	23,528^[1]
4	October 14	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 4	Heiwadai Stadium	1:55	24,459^[1]
5	October 15	Yomiuri Giants – 12, Nishitetsu Lions – 7	Heiwadai Stadium	3:16	19,042^[1]
6	October 17	Nishitetsu Lions – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Korakuen Stadium	2:13	27,994^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	.338
Home runs	Noboru Aota	Taiyo Whales	25
Runs batted in	Andy Miyamoto	Yomiuri Giants	69
Runs	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	86
Hits	Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants	160
Stolen bases	Yoshio Yoshida	Osaka Tigers	50

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Takehiko Bessho	Yomiuri Giants	27
Losses	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	25
Earned run average	Shozo Watanabe	Osaka Tigers	1.45
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	316
Innings pitched	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	379 ²⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Yasumitsu Toyoda	Nishitetsu Lions	.325
Home runs	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	29
Runs batted in	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	95
Runs	Chico Barbon	Hankyu Braves	94
Hits	Shinya Sasaki	Takahashi Unions	180
Stolen bases	Akiteru Kono	Hankyu Braves	85

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masayoshi Miura	Daiei Stars	29
Losses	Yasuo Yonekawa	Toei Flyers	21
Earned run average	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	1.06
Strikeouts	Takao Kajimoto	Hankyu Braves	327
Innings pitched	Yukio Shimabara	Nishitetsu Lions	373 ²⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Takehiko Bessho, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Futoshi Nakanishi, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Noboru Akiyama, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- Kazuhisa Inao, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaichi Kaneda, Kokutetsu Swallows (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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