1958 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Sports season

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

Regular season

Standings

Postseason

Japan Series

PL Nishitetsu Lions (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

Awards

• 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)

See also

• 1958 Major League Baseball season

References

1. 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.