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1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Field	Value
title	1964 NPB season
league	Nippon Professional Baseball
sport	Baseball
season2	Central League pennant
league_champs2	Hanshin Tigers
second_place2	Taiyo Whales
MVP2	Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
MVP_link2	Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
season3	Pacific League pennant
league_champs3	Nankai Hawks
second_place3	Hankyu Braves
MVP3	Joe Stanka (NAN)
MVP_link3	Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
finals	Japan Series
finals_link	1964 Japan Series
finals_champ	Nankai Hawks
finals_runner-up	Hanshin Tigers
finals_MVP	Joe Stanka (NAN)
finals_MVP_link	Japan Series MVP Award
seasonslist	List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
seasonslistnames	NPB
prevseason_link	1963 Nippon Professional Baseball season
prevseason_year	1963
nextseason_link	1965 Nippon Professional Baseball season
nextseason_year	1965

| finals_runner-up =Hanshin Tigers The 1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 15th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.
140	80	56	4	.588	—
140	80	58	2	.580	1.0
140	71	69	0	.507	11.0
140	64	73	3	.467	16.5
140	61	74	5	.452	18.5
140	57	83	0	.407	25.0

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.
150	84	63	3	.571	—
150	79	65	6	.549	3.5
150	78	68	4	.534	5.5
150	77	68	5	.531	6.0
150	63	81	6	.438	19.5
150	55	91	4	.377	28.5

Postseason

Japan Series

Main article: 1964 Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

Stat	Player	Team
Shinichi Eto	Chunichi Dragons	.323
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	55
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	119
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	110
Takeshi Kuwata	Taiyo Whales	161
Takeshi Koba	Hiroshima Carp	57

Stat	Player	Team
Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers	29
Minoru Kakimoto	Chunichi Dragons	19
Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers	1.89
Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	231
Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers	353

Pacific League

Stat	Player	Team
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	.366
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	41
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	115
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	110
Masahiro Doi	Kintetsu Buffaloes	168
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	72

Stat	Player	Team
Masaaki Koyama	Tokyo Orions	30
Toshiaki Tokuhisa	Kintetsu Buffaloes	23
Yoshiro Tsumashima	Tokyo Orions	2.15
Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers	197
Masaaki Koyama	Tokyo Orions	361

Awards

Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Joe Stanka, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Shigeyuki Takahashi, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- No PL recipient
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Gene Bacque, Hanshin Tigers (CL)

Position	Player	Team	Pitcher	Catcher	First baseman	Second baseman	Third baseman	Shortstop	Outfielder
Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers
Masahiko Mori	Yomiuri Giants
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants
Morimichi Takagi	Chunichi Dragons
Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants
Yoshio Yoshida	Hanshin Tigers
Kazuhiko Kondo	Taiyo Whales
Shinichi Eto	Chunichi Dragons
Shozo Shigematsu	Taiyo Whales

Position	Player	Team	Pitcher	Catcher	First baseman	Second baseman	Third baseman	Shortstop	Outfielder
Joe Stanka	Nankai Hawks
Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks
Kihachi Enomoto	Tokyo Orions
Daryl Spencer	Hankyu Braves
Akitoshi Kodama	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Kenji Koike	Nankai Hawks
Isao Harimoto	Toei Flyers
Teruyuki Takakura	Nishitetsu Lions
Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks

References

link. [[Nippon Professional Baseball]]

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