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1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1963 NPB season
league	Nippon Professional Baseball
sport	Baseball
season2	Central League pennant
league_champs2	Yomiuri Giants
second_place2	Chunichi Dragons
MVP2	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
MVP_link2	Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
season3	Pacific League pennant
league_champs3	Nishitetsu Lions
second_place3	Nankai Hawks
MVP3	Katsuya Nomura (NAN)
MVP_link3	Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
finals	Japan Series
finals_link	1963 Japan Series
finals_champ	Yomiuri Giants
finals_runner-up	Nishitetsu Lions
finals_MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
finals_MVP_link	Japan Series MVP Award
seasonslist	List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
seasonslistnames	NPB
prevseason_link	1962 Nippon Professional Baseball season
prevseason_year	1962
nextseason_link	1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season
nextseason_year	1964

| finals_runner-up =Nishitetsu Lions The 1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fourteenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.
140	83	55	2	.601	—
140	80	57	3	.584	2.5
140	69	70	1	.496	14.5
140	65	73	2	.471	18.0
140	59	79	2	.428	24.0
140	58	80	2	.420	25.0

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.
150	86	60	4	.589	—
150	85	61	4	.582	1.0
150	76	71	3	.517	10.5
150	74	73	3	.503	12.5
150	64	85	1	.430	23.5
150	57	92	1	.383	30.5

Postseason

Japan Series

Main article: 1963 Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

Stat	Player	Team
Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	.341
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	40
Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	112
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	111
Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants	163
Morimichi Takagi	Chunichi Dragons	50

Stat	Player	Team
Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	30
Kiyoshi Oishi	Hiroshima Carp	22
Minoru Kakimoto	Chunichi Dragons	1.70
Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	287
Makoto Inagawa	Taiyo Whales	338

Pacific League

Stat	Player	Team
Jack Bloomfield	Kintetsu Buffaloes	.335
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	52
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	135
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	104
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	187
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	45

Stat	Player	Team
Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	28
Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	23
Masahiro Kubo	Kintetsu Buffaloes	2.36
Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	226
Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions	386

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Katsuya Nomura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- No CL recipient
- No PL recipient
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Yoshiaki Ito, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

Position	Player	Team	Pitcher	Catcher	First baseman	Second baseman	Third baseman	Shortstop	Outfielder
Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows
Masahiko Mori	Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi	Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants
Takeshi Koba	Hiroshima Carp
Kazuhiko Kondo	Taiyo Whales
Shinichi Eto	Chunichi Dragons
Eiji Fujii	Hanshin Tigers

Position	Player	Team	Pitcher	Catcher	First baseman	Second baseman	Third baseman	Shortstop	Outfielder
Kazuhisa Inao	Nishitetsu Lions
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto	Daimai Orions
Jack Bloomfield	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Akitoshi Kodama	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kenji Koike	Nankai Hawks
Isao Harimoto	Toei Flyers
Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Daimai Orions
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks

References

link. [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]

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