The 1979 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 30th season of operation for the league.
Regular season standings
Central League Central League G W L T Pct. GBHiroshima Toyo Carp 130 67 50 13 .573 --Yokohama Taiyo Whales 130 59 54 17 .522 6.0Chunichi Dragons 130 59 57 14 .509 7.5Hanshin Tigers 130 61 60 9 .504 8.0Yomiuri Giants 130 58 62 10 .483 10.5Yakult Swallows 130 48 69 13 .410 19.0
Pacific League Pacific League G W L T Pct. 1st half ranking 2nd half rankingKintetsu Buffaloes 130 74 45 11 .622 1 2Hankyu Braves 130 75 44 11 .630 2 1Nippon-Ham Fighters 130 63 60 7 .512 3 4Lotte Orions 130 55 63 12 .466 4 3Nankai Hawks 130 46 73 11 .387 5 6Seibu Lions 130 45 73 12 .381 6 5
Pacific League playoff The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.
Kintetsu Buffaloes won the series 3-0. GameScoreDateLocation1 Buffaloes – 5, Braves – 1 October 13Osaka Stadium2 Buffaloes – 7, Braves – 4 October 14Osaka Stadium3 Braves – 1, Buffaloes – 2 October 16Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium
The Buffaloes prevailed in Game 3 for their first ever league pennant.https://proeyekyuu.com/game/?GameID=GAME19791016OBKI0003
Japan Series
Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4-3. GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1 Buffaloes – 5, Carp – 2 October 27Osaka Stadium 25,1212 Buffaloes – 4, Carp – 0 October 31Osaka Stadium 27,8483 Carp – 3, Buffaloes – 2 October 28Hiroshima Stadium 29,0324 Carp – 5, Buffaloes – 3 October 30Hiroshima Stadium 29,0575 Carp – 1, Buffaloes – 0 October 31Hiroshima Stadium 29,0906 Buffaloes – 6, Carp – 2 November 3Osaka Stadium 27,8137 Buffaloes – 3, Carp – 4 November 4Osaka Stadium 24,376
See also 1979 Major League Baseball season
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