The 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the tenth 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 77 48 5 .612 —Osaka Tigers 130 62 59 9 .512 13.0Chunichi Dragons 130 64 61 5 .512 13.0Kokutetsu Swallows 130 63 65 2 .492 15.5Hiroshima Carp 130 59 64 7 .481 17.0Taiyo Whales 130 49 77 4 .392 28.5
+ Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBNankai Hawks 134 88 42 4 .677 —Daimai Orions 136 82 48 6 .631 6.0Toei Flyers 135 67 63 5 .515 21.0Nishitetsu Lions 144 66 64 14 .508 22.0Hankyu Braves 134 48 82 4 .369 40.0Kintetsu Buffaloes 133 39 91 3 .300 49.0
Postseason
Japan Series
League leaders
Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Giants .334 Home runs Toru Mori Chunichi DragonsTaiyo Whales 31 Runs batted in Toru Mori Chunichi Dragons 87 Runs Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Giants 88 Hits Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Giants 150 Stolen bases Hiroji Okajima Chunichi Dragons 41
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Motoshi Fujita Yomiuri Giants 27 Losses Noboru Akiyama Taiyo Whales 22 Earned run average Minoru Murayama Osaka Tigers 1.19 Strikeouts Masaichi Kaneda Kokutetsu Swallows 313 Innings pitched Masaaki Koyama Osaka Tigers 344
Pacific League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Kohei Sugiyama Nankai Hawks .323 Home runs Kazuhiro Yamauchi Daimai Orions 25 Runs batted in Takao Katsuragi Daimai Orions 95 Runs Yoshinori Hirose Nankai Hawks 86 Hits Takao Katsuragi Daimai Orions 163 Stolen bases Chico Barbon Hankyu Braves 38
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Tadashi Sugiura Nankai Hawks 38 Losses Tetsuya Yoneda Hankyu Braves 24 Earned run average Tadashi Sugiura Nankai Hawks 1.40 Strikeouts Tadashi Sugiura Nankai Hawks 336 Innings pitched Kazuhisa Inao Nishitetsu Lions 402
Awards Baseball Hall of Fame Matsutaro Shoriki Hiroshi Hiraoka Yukio Aoi Shin Hashido Kiyoshi Oshikawa Jiro Kuji Eiji Sawamura Iso Abe Most Valuable Player Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL) Tadashi Sugiura, Nankai Hawks (PL) Rookie of the Year Takeshi Kuwata, Taiyo Whales (CL) Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL) Eiji Sawamura Award Minoru Murayama, Osaka Tigers (CL)
+ Central League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Motoshi Fujita Yomiuri Giants Catcher Shigeru Fujio Yomiuri Giants First baseman Katsumi Fujimoto Osaka Tigers Second baseman Masataka Tsuchiya Yomiuri Giants Third baseman Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Giants Shortstop Yoshio Yoshida Osaka TigersOutfielder Toru Mori Chunichi Dragons Kazuhiko Sakazaki Yomiuri Giants Akira Owada Hiroshima Carp
+ Pacific League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Tadashi Sugiura Nankai Hawks Catcher Katsuya Nomura Nankai Hawks First baseman Kihachi Enomoto Daimai Orions Second baseman Isami Okamoto Nankai Hawks Third baseman Takao Katsuragi Daimai Orions Shortstop Yasumitsu Toyoda Nishitetsu LionsOutfielder Seiji Sekiguchi Nishitetsu Lions Kohei Sugiyama Nankai Hawks Teruyuki Takakura Nishitetsu Lions
See also 1959 Major League Baseball season
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