1965 in Japanese Baseball

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1965 in Japanese baseball

Nippon Professional Baseball

The first baseball draft occurs.

Standings

Bold indicates league champion; Italics indicate Nippon Series winner
From 1950 to 1979, the official name of the Pacific League was the Taiheiyo Baseball Union.

Central League

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Yomiuri Giants	140	91	47	2	0.657	0.0	536	404	0.246	2.54	Tetsuharu Kawakami
Chunichi Dragons	140	77	59	4	0.564	13.0	510	431	0.247	2.60	Michio Nishizawa
Hanshin Tigers	140	71	66	3	0.518	19.5	393	394	0.220	2.47	Sadayoshi Fujimoto
Taiyo Whales	140	68	70	2	0.493	23.0	518	470	0.244	2.81	Osamu Mihara
Hiroshima Carp	140	59	77	4	0.436	31.0	394	451	0.231	2.84	Katsumi Shiraishi, Ryohei Hasegawa
Sankei Swallows	140	44	91	5	0.332	45.5	337	533	0.221	3.42	Giichi Hayashi, Kuninobu Sunaoshi

Pacific League

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Nankai Hawks	140	88	49	3	0.639	0.0	614	449	0.255	2.80	Kazuto Tsuruoka
Toei Flyers	140	76	61	3	0.554	12.0	501	474	0.240	2.88	Shigeru Mizuhara
Nishitetsu Lions	140	72	64	4	0.529	15.5	506	476	0.246	3.00	Futoshi Nakanishi
Hankyu Braves	140	67	71	2	0.486	21.5	500	549	0.234	3.33	Yukio Nishimoto
Tokyo Orions	140	62	74	4	0.457	25.5	476	472	0.232	2.90	Yasuya Hondo
Kintetsu Buffaloes	140	46	92	2	0.336	42.5	397	574	0.235	3.61	Yoshiyuki Iwamoto

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic		Central League				Pacific League
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average		Shinichi Etoh	Chunichi Dragons	.336		Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	.320
Runs		Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	104		Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	92
Hits		Kazuhiko Kondo	Taiyo Whales	152		Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	156
Doubles		Kazuyoshi Yamamoto	Hiroshima Carp	25		Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	33
Triples		Toshio Naka	Chunichi Dragons	8		Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	10
Home Runs		Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	42		Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	42
Runs Batted In		Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	104		Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	110
Stolen Bases		Morimichi Takagi	Chunichi Dragons	44		Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	39
Walks		Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	138		Daryl Spencer	Hankyu Braves	79

Pitching

Statistic		Central League				Pacific League
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
ERA		Masaichi Kaneda	Yomiuri Giants	1.84		Kiyohiro Miura	Nankai Hawks	1.57
Wins		Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	25		Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers	27
Winning Percentage		Tatsumi Yamanaka	Chunichi Dragons	.857		Toshihiro Hayashi	Nankai Hawks	.850
Losses		Seiji Shibutani	Sankei Swallows	22		Masaaki Koyama Koichiro Sasaki	Tokyo Orions Kintetsu Buffaloes	20
Innings Pitched		Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	307.2		Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers	378.0
Appearances		Yukinori Miyata	Yomiuri Giants	69		Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers	61
Hits Allowed		Seiji Shibutani	Sankei Swallows	239		Tetsuya Yoneda	Hankyu Braves	280
Home Runs Allowed		Hidetoshi Ikeda	Hiroshima Carp	26		Masaaki Koyama	Tokyo Orions	30
Strikeouts		Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers	205		Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers	259
Base-on-Balls		Seiji Shibutani	Sankei Swallows	98		Tsutomu Tanaka	Nishitetsu Lions	84

All-Star Game

The NPB All-Star Game featured three games and was won by the Pacific League two games to none with one tie. The first game was played at Korakuen Baseball Stadium and was won by the PL, 5 - 2. The second game was played at Nishinomiya Baseball Stadium and was won by the PL, 6 - 3. The third game was played at Heiwadai Baseball Stadium and was a tie, 1 - 1.

Postseason

In the Nippon Series, the Yomiuri Giants (CL) defeated the Nankai Hawks (PL), 4 games to 1. The winning manager was Tetsuharu Kawakami and the series MVP was Shigeo Nagashima.

Award Winners

The winner of the 1965 Sawamura Award was Minoru Murayama of the Hanshin Tigers. He had a 25 - 13 win-loss record, 205 strikeouts, and a 1.96 ERA in 307.2 innings.

Award	League	Player	Team	Position	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	W - L	SV	IP	HA	HRA	BB	SO	ERA
Most Valuable Player	CL	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	1B	428	104	138	42	104	2	.322	.490	.666	Did not pitch
	PL	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	C	488	92	156	42	110	3	.320	.397	.637	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	CL	Not Awarded			Not Available
	PL	Masaaki Ikenaga	Nishitetsu Lions	P	73	4	13	1	7	0	.178	.256	.260	20 - 10		253.2	174	12	59	156	2.27

Best Nine

The following players were part of the 1965 Best Nine teams.

Central League			Position		Pacific League
Player	Team				Player	Team
Minoru Murayama	Hanshin Tigers		P		Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers
Masaaki Mori	Yomiuri Giants		C		Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks
Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants		1B		Takashi Takagi	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Morimichi Takagi	Chunichi Dragons		2B		Daryl Spencer	Hankyu Braves
Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri Giants		3B		Akitoshi Kodama	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Yoshio Yoshida	Hanshin Tigers		SS		Kenji Koike	Nankai Hawks
Shinichi Eto	Chunichi Dragons		OF		Isao Harimoto	Toei Flyers
Kazuhiko Kondo	Taiyo Whales				Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks
Toshio Naka	Chunichi Dragons				Motoaki Horigome	Nankai Hawks

High School Baseball

The 47th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 2363 schools competing for 30 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Miike Kogyo High School (Fukuoka) defeated Choshi Shogyo High School (Chiba) by a score of 2 - 0.

The 37th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 24 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game Okayama Higashi Shogyo High School (Okayama) defeated Wakayama High School (Wakayama) by a score of 2 - 1.

University Baseball

All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series

The 1965 All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series featured 14 schools competing in the tournament at Meiji-Jingu Stadium. In the championship game Senshu University defeated Ritsumeikan University by a score of 7 - 4.

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

Season	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Spring	Hosei	Meiji	Waseda	Keio	Rikkio	Tokyo
Fall	Waseda	Rikkio	Keio	Meiji	Hosei	Tokyo

Tohto University Base Ball League

Season	League	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Spring	1	Senshu	Komazawa	Shibaura Tech	Chuo, Asia		Nihon
	2	Kokushikan	Tokyo Agriculture	Toyo	Aoyama Gakuin	Kokugakuin	Gakushuin
Fall	1	Senshu	Chuo	Nihon	Komazawa	Asia	Shibaura Tech
	2	Aoyama Gakuin	Tokyo Agriculture	Kokugakuin	Kokushikan	Toyo	Sophia

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

Season	First	Second	Third	Fourth	Fifth	Sixth
Spring	Ritsumeikan	Kansai	Doshisha	Kinki	Ryukoku	Kwansei Gakuin
Fall	Doshisha	Kinki	Ryukoku	Kwansei Gakuin	Ritsumeikan	Kansai

International Baseball

Japanese Players in Other Countries

Italics indicate a Major League appearance

• Hidehiko Koga: Magic Valley Cowboys, Pioneer (SFG-R)
• Masanori Murakami: San Francisco Giants

Hall of Fame

The following people were elected to the Japanese Baseball Hall of Fame:

• Nobori Inoue, by Special Committee
• Masaru Kageura, by Special Committee
• Tetsuharu Kawakami, by Sportswriters Committee
• Saburo Miyatake, by Special Committee
• Kazuto Tsuruoka, by Sportswriters Committee