The 1957 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the eighth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Regular season
Standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 130 74 53 3 .581 —Osaka Tigers 130 73 54 3 .573 1.0Chunichi Dragons 130 70 57 3 .569 4.0Kokutetsu Swallows 130 58 68 4 .462 15.5Hiroshima Carp 130 54 75 1 .419 21.0Taiyo Whales 130 52 74 4 .415 21.5
+ Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBNishitetsu Lions 132 83 44 5 .648 —Nankai Hawks 132 78 53 1 .595 7.0Mainichi Orions 132 75 52 5 .587 8.0Hankyu Braves 132 71 55 6 .561 11.5Toei Flyers 132 56 73 3 .436 28.0Kintetsu Pearls 132 44 82 6 .356 38.5Daiei Unions 132 41 89 2 .318 43.5
Postseason
Japan Series
League leaders
Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants .343 Home runs Noboru AotaTakao Sato Taiyo WhalesKokutetsu Swallows 22 Runs batted in Andy Miyamoto Yomiuri Giants 78 Runs Hiroji Okajima Chunichi Dragons 71 Hits Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants 160 Stolen bases Tokuji Iida Kokutetsu Swallows 40
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Masaichi Kaneda Kokutetsu Swallows 28 Losses Noboru Akiyama Taiyo Whales 27 Earned run average Masaichi Kaneda Kokutetsu Swallows 1.63 Strikeouts Noboru Akiyama Taiyo Whales 312 Innings pitched Noboru Akiyama Taiyo Whales 406
Pacific League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Kazuhiro Yamauchi Mainichi Orions .331 Home runs Katsuya Nomura Nankai Hawks 30 Runs batted in Futoshi Nakanishi Nishitetsu Lions 100 Runs Yasumitsu Toyoda Nishitetsu Lions 92 Hits Futoshi Nakanishi Nishitetsu Lions 154 Stolen bases Yosuke Terada Hankyu Braves 56
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Kazuhisa Inao Nishitetsu Lions 35 Losses Masayoshi Miura Daiei Unions 21 Earned run average Kazuhisa Inao Nishitetsu Lions 1.37 Strikeouts Takao Kajimoto Hankyu Braves 301 Innings pitched Kazuhisa Inao Nishitetsu Lions 373
Awards Most Valuable Player Wally Yonamine, Yomiuri Giants (CL) Kazuhisa Inao, Nishitetsu Lions (PL) Rookie of the Year Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL) Tamotsu Kimura, Nankai Hawks (PL) Eiji Sawamura Award Masaichi Kaneda, Kokutetsu Swallows (CL)
+ Central League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Masaichi Kaneda Kokutetsu Swallows Catcher Shigeru Fujio Yomiuri Giants First baseman Tetsuharu Kawakami Yomiuri Giants Second baseman Noboru Inoue Chunichi Dragons Third baseman Nobukazu Miyake Osaka Tigers Shortstop Yoshio Yoshida Osaka TigersOutfielder Wally Yonamine Yomiuri Giants Kenjiro Tamiya Osaka Tigers Noboru Aota Taiyo Whales
+ Pacific League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Kazuhisa Inao Nishitetsu Lions Catcher Katsuya Nomura Nankai Hawks First baseman Kenichiro Okamoto Hankyu Braves Second baseman Isami Okamoto Nankai Hawks Third baseman Futoshi Nakanishi Nishitetsu Lions Shortstop Yasumitsu Toyoda Nishitetsu LionsOutfielder Kazuhiro Yamauchi Mainichi Orions Hiroshi Oshita Nishitetsu Lions Shoichi Busujima Toei Flyers
See also 1957 Major League Baseball season
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