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1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1953 NPB season
league	Nippon Professional Baseball
sport	Baseball
season2	Central League pennant
league_champs2	Yomiuri Giants
second_place2	Osaka Tigers
MVP2	Takumi Otomo (YOM)
MVP_link2	Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
season3	Pacific League pennant
league_champs3	Nankai Hawks
second_place3	Hankyu Braves
MVP3	Isami Okamoto (NAN)
MVP_link3	Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
finals	Japan Series
finals_link	1953 Japan Series
finals_champ	Yomiuri Giants
finals_runner-up	Nankai Hawks
finals_MVP	Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM)
finals_MVP_link	Japan Series MVP Award
seasonslist	List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
seasonslistnames	NPB
prevseason_link	1952 Nippon Professional Baseball season
prevseason_year	1952
nextseason_link	1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season
nextseason_year	1954

| finals_runner-up =Nankai Hawks

The 1953 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fourth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

That season would be the first to be televised on the young NHK General TV - which opened that year. The young channel and its then few national relay stations aired some games during the year, tying baseball to the young TV industry and thus beginning the sports connection to Japanese television, as well as its transformation into the top sport of the nation.

Regular season

Standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.
125	87	37	1	.702	—
130	74	56	0	.569	16.0
130	70	57	3	.551	18.5
130	53	75	2	.414	36.0
130	52	77	1	.403	37.5
125	45	79	1	.363	42.0

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.
120	71	48	1	.597	—
120	67	52	1	.563	4.0
120	63	53	4	.543	6.5
120	57	61	2	.483	13.5
120	56	62	2	.475	14.5
120	50	67	3	.427	20.0
120	48	69	3	.410	22.0

Postseason

Japan Series

Main article: 1953 Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

Stat	Player	Team
Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants	.347
Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	27
Fumio Fujimura	Osaka Tigers	98
Saburo Hirai	Yomiuri Giants	97
Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants	162
Jiro Kanayama	Hiroshima Carp	58

Stat	Player	Team
Takumi Otomo	Yomiuri Giants	27
Yoshiaki Inoue	Kokutetsu Swallows	26
Takumi Otomo	Yomiuri Giants	1.85
Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	229
Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	303

Pacific League

Stat	Player	Team
Isami Okamoto	Nankai Hawks	.318
Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	36
Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	86
Futoshi Nakanishi
Larry Raines	Nishitetsu Lions
Hankyu Braves	92
Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	146
Larry Raines	Hankyu Braves	61

Stat	Player	Team
Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions	24
Yasuo Yonekawa	Tokyu Flyers	21
Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions	1.98
Yasuo Yonekawa	Tokyu Flyers	180
Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions	294

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Takumi Otomo, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Isami Okamoto, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Masatoshi Gondo, Taiyo Shochiku Robins (CL)
- Yasumitsu Toyoda, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Takumi Otomo, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

Position	Player	Team	Pitcher	Catcher	First baseman	Second baseman	Third baseman	Shortstop	Outfielder
Takumi Otomo	Yomiuri Giants
Jun Hirota	Yomiuri Giants
Tetsuharu Kawakami	Yomiuri Giants
Shigeru Chiba	Yomiuri Giants
Larry Yogi	Osaka Tigers
Saburo Hirai	Yomiuri Giants
Masayasu Kaneda	Osaka Tigers
Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants
Fukashi Minamimura	Yomiuri Giants

Position	Player	Team	Pitcher	Catcher	First baseman	Second baseman	Third baseman	Shortstop	Outfielder
Tokuji Kawasaki	Nishitetsu Lions
Jun Matsui	Nankai Hawks
Tokuji Iida	Nankai Hawks
Isami Okamoto	Nankai Hawks
Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions
Chusuke Kizuka	Nankai Hawks
Kaoru Betto	Mainichi Orions
Hazuo Horii	Nankai Hawks
Hiroshi Oshita	Tokyu Flyers

References

link. [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]

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