1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1961 in baseball.

1961 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Toei Flyers
Season MVP	Katsuya Nomura (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Finals MVP	Andy Miyamoto (YOM)

The 1961 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the twelfth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 22	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Nankai Hawks – 6	Osaka Stadium	2:19	30,720^[1]
2	October 24	Yomiuri Giants – 6, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:41	26,845^[1]
3	October 26	Nankai Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 5	Korakuen Stadium	2:23	30,878^[1]
4	October 29	Nankai Hawks – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4	Korakuen Stadium	2:18	33,186^[1]
5	October 30	Nankai Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:28	30,135^[1]
6	November 1	Yomiuri Giants – 3, Nankai Hawks – 2	Osaka Stadium	2:45	21,565^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	.353
Home runs	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	28
Runs batted in	Takeshi Kuwata	Taiyo Whales	94
Runs	Toshio Naka	Chunichi Dragons	88
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	158
Stolen bases	Kazuhiko Kondo	Taiyo Whales	35

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons	35
Losses	Masaaki Koyama	Hanshin Tigers	22
Earned run average	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons	1.70
Strikeouts	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons	310
Innings pitched	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons	429 ¹⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isao Harimoto	Toei Flyers	.336
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura Yoshihiro Nakata	Nankai Hawks Hankyu Braves	29
Runs batted in	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Daimai Orions	112
Runs	Akio Saionji	Toei Flyers	97
Hits	Kihachi Enomoto	Daimai Orions	180
Stolen bases	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	42

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	42
Losses	Toshiaki Tokuhisa	Kintetsu Buffaloes	24
Earned run average	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	1.69
Strikeouts	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	353
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	404

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Katsuya Nomura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Hiroshi Gondo, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
- Toshiaki Tokuhisa, Kintetsu Buffaloes (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Hiroshi Gondo, Chunichi Dragons (CL)

1 2 3 4 5 6 1961年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved April 27, 2010.

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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