1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1958 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	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Kazuhisa Inao (NIS)
Japan Series
Champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Kazuhisa Inao (NIS)

The 1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the ninth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 11	Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 9	Korakuen Stadium	3:02	35,217^[1]
2	October 12	Nishitetsu Lions – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 7	Korakuen Stadium	2:21	35,953^[1]
3	October 14	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Nishitetsu Lions – 0	Heiwadai Stadium	2:00	31,575^[1]
4	October 16	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Nishitetsu Lions – 6	Heiwadai Stadium	2:17	27,044^[1]
5	October 17	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 5	Heiwadai Stadium	2:34	25,193^[1]
6	October 20	Nishitetsu Lions – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0	Korakuen Stadium	2:03	31,745^[1]
7	October 21	Nishitetsu Lions – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	20,961^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kenjiro Tamiya	Osaka Tigers	.320
Home runs	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	29
Runs batted in	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	92
Runs	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	89
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	153
Stolen bases	Hiroji Okajima	Chunichi Dragons	47

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	31
Losses	Noboru Akiyama	Taiyo Whales	23
Earned run average	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	1.30
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	311
Innings pitched	Motoshi Fujita Noboru Akiyama	Yomiuri Giants Taiyo Whales	359

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	.314
Home runs	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	23
Runs batted in	Takao Katsuragi	Daimai Orions	85
Runs	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	82
Hits	Takao Katsuragi	Daimai Orions	147
Stolen bases	Chico Barbon	Hankyu Braves	38

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	33
Losses	Mamoru Otsu	Kintetsu Pearls	22
Earned run average	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	1.42
Strikeouts	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	334
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	373

Most Valuable Player
- Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Kazuhisa Inao, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tadashi Sugiura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaichi Kaneda, Kokutetsu Swallows (CL)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1958年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 25 March 2010. Retrieved April 21, 2010.

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

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

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