1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1962 in baseball.

1962 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Hanshin Tigers
Runners-up	Taiyo Whales
Season MVP	Minoru Murayama (HAN)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Toei Flyers
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Isao Harimoto (TOE)
Japan Series
Champions	Toei Flyers
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP	Masayuki Dobashi (TOE) Masayuki Tanemo (TOE)

The 1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the thirteenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 13	Toei Flyers – 5, Hanshin Tigers – 6	Koshien Stadium	3:08	35,692^[1]
2	October 14	Toei Flyers – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 5	Koshien Stadium	2:08	35,995^[1]
3	October 16	Hanshin Tigers – 2, Toei Flyers – 2	Meiji Jingu Stadium	3:44	38,733^[1]
4	October 17	Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3	Meiji Jingu Stadium	2:25	37,741^[1]
5	October 18	Hanshin Tigers – 1, Toei Flyers – 3	Korakuen Stadium	2:43	30,187^[1]
6	October 20	Toei Flyers – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4	Koshien Stadium	2:34	21,214^[1]
7	October 21	Toei Flyers – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:19	29,192^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Katsuji Morinaga	Hiroshima Carp	.307
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	38
Runs batted in	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	85
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	79
Hits	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	151
Stolen bases	Akiteru Kono	Chunichi Dragons	35

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Hiroshi Gondo	Chunichi Dragons	30
Losses	Kiyoshi Oishi	Hiroshima Carp	18
Earned run average	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	1.20
Strikeouts	Masaaki Koyama	Hanshin Tigers	270
Innings pitched	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	366 ¹⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Jack Bloomfield	Kintetsu Buffaloes	.374
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	44
Runs batted in	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	104
Runs	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	99
Hits	Kihachi Enomoto	Daimai Orions	160
Stolen bases	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	50

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masahiro Kubo	Kintetsu Buffaloes	28
Losses	Tsutomu Kuroda	Kintetsu Buffaloes	23
Earned run average	Osamu Kubota	Toei Flyers	2.12
Strikeouts	Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	231
Innings pitched	Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	320 ²⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Minoru Murayama, Hanshin Tigers (CL)
- Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Kunio Jonouchi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Yukio Ozaki, Toei Flyers (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaaki Koyama, Hanshin Tigers (CL)

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 1962年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Archived from the original on 31 March 2010. Retrieved April 29, 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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