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1982 in Japanese baseball

Nippon Professional Baseball

Standings

Bold indicates league champion; Italics indicate Nippon Series winner

Central League

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Chunichi Dragons	130	64	47	19	0.565	0.0	529	478	0.266	3.27	Sadao Kondo
Yomiuri Giants	130	66	50	14	0.562	0.5	511	439	0.254	2.93	Motoshi Fujita
Hanshin Tigers	130	65	57	8	0.531	4.5	517	496	0.262	3.44	Motoo Ando
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	130	59	58	13	0.504	8.0	513	493	0.254	3.30	Takeshi Koba
Yokohama Taiyo Whales	130	53	65	12	0.454	14.5	473	555	0.250	3.92	Junzo Sekine
Yakult Swallows	130	45	75	10	0.385	23.5	434	519	0.240	3.64	Shiro Takegami

Pacific League

Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB	RS	RA	AVG	ERA	Manager(s)
Nippon Ham Fighters	130	67	52	11	0.558	0.0	551	518	0.266	3.63	Keiji Osawa
Seibu Lions	130	68	58	4	0.538	2.5	529	461	0.253	3.31	Tatsuro Hirooka
Kintetsu Buffaloes	130	63	57	10	0.523	2.0	594	577	0.258	4.11	Seiji Sekiguchi
Hankyu Braves	130	62	60	8	0.508	4.0	596	522	0.256	3.73	Toshiharu Ueda
Lotte Orions	130	54	69	7	0.442	12.5	531	600	0.263	4.24	Kazuyoshi Yamamoto
Nankai Hawks	130	53	71	6	0.431	14.0	452	575	0.255	4.05	Don Blasingame

Leaders

Bold indicates league record, Italics indicate all-time record

Batting

Statistic		Central League				Pacific League
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
Batting Average		Keiji Nagasaki	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	.351		Hiromitsu Ochiai	Lotte Orions	.325
Runs		Yasushi Tao	Chunichi Dragons	92		Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu Braves	97
Hits		Yasushi Tao	Chunichi Dragons	161		Steve Ontiveros	Seibu Lions	153
Doubles		Masayuki Kakefu	Hanshin Tigers	27		Hiromitsu Ochiai	Lotte Orions	32
Triples		Toru Sugiura	Yakult Swallows	8		Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu Braves	7
Home Runs		Masayuki Kakefu	Hanshin Tigers	35		Hiromitsu Ochiai	Lotte Orions	32
Runs Batted In		Masayuki Kakefu	Hanshin Tigers	95		Hiromitsu Ochiai	Lotte Orions	99
Stolen Bases		Tadashi Matsumoto	Yomiuri Giants	61		Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu Braves	54
Walks		Koji Yamamoto	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	85		Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu Braves	88

Pitching

Statistic		Central League				Pacific League
		Leader	Team	Number		Leader	Team	Number
ERA		Akio Saito	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	2.07		Satoshi Takahashi	Nippon Ham Fighters	1.84
Wins		Manabu Kitabeppu	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	20		Mikio Kudo	Nippon Ham Fighters	20
Winning Percentage		Yujiro Miyako	Chunichi Dragons	.762		Mikio Kudo	Nippon Ham Fighters	.833
Losses		Kazuhiko Endo	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	17		Yukihiko Yamaoki	Hankyu Braves	15
Saves		Akio Saito	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	30		Yutaka Enatsu	Nippon Ham Fighters	29
Save Points		Kazuyuki Yamamoto	Hanshin Tigers	40		Yutaka Enatsu	Nippon Ham Fighters	37
Innings Pitched		Manabu Kitabeppu	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	267.1		Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Nankai Hawks	223.1
Appearances		Yutaka Ikeuchi	Hanshin Tigers	73		Motoyasu Kaneshiro	Nankai Hawks	57
Hits Allowed		Takashi Nishimoto	Yomiuri Giants	252		Shinichi Yamauchi	Nankai Hawks	229
Home Runs Allowed		Suguru Egawa	Yomiuri Giants	36		Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu Buffaloes	34
Strikeouts		Suguru Egawa	Yomiuri Giants	196		Hirohisa Matsunuma	Seibu Lions	152
Base-on-Balls		Kazuhiko Endo	Yokohama Taiyo Whales	71		Norihiro Mizutani	Lotte Orions	89

All-Star Game

The NPB All-Star Game featured three games and was a tie one game to one with one tie game. The first game was played at Korakuen Baseball Stadium and was won by the PL, 7 - 2. The second game was played at Seibu Lions Baseball Stadium and was a tie, 5 - 5. The third game was played at Osaka Baseball Stadium and was won by the CL, 3 - 2.

Postseason

The standings for each half of the Pacific League's season were:

First Half								Place		Second Half
Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB				Team	G	W	L	T	WPCT	GB
Seibu Lions	65	36	27	2	0.571	0.0		1		Nippon Ham Fighters	65	35	23	7	0.603	0.0
Hankyu Braves	65	33	28	4	0.541	2.0		2		Kintetsu Buffaloes	65	33	30	2	0.525	4.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	65	30	27	8	0.526	3.0		3		Seibu Lions	65	32	31	2	0.508	5.5
Nippon Ham Fighters	65	32	29	4	0.525	3.0		4		Lotte Orions	65	31	33	1	0.484	7.0
Nankai Hawks	65	27	34	4	0.443	8.0		5		Hankyu Braves	65	29	32	4	0.475	7.5
Lotte Orions	65	23	36	6	0.390	11.0		6		Nankai Hawks	65	26	37	2	0.413	11.5

In the playoffs, the Seibu Lions, winners of the first-half, defeated the second-half winners, the Nippon Ham Fighters, 3 games to 1.

In the Nippon Series, the Seibu Lions (PL) defeated the Chunichi Dragons (CL), 4 games to 2. The winning manager was Tatsuro Hirooka and the series MVP was Osamu Higashio.

Award Winners

The winner of the 1982 Sawamura Award was Manabu Kitabeppu of the Hiroshima Toyo Carp. He had a 20 - 8 win-loss record, 184 strikeouts, and a 2.43 ERA in 267.1 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	Takayoshi Nakao	Chunichi Dragons	C	394	47	111	18	47	7	.282	.325	.459	Did not pitch
	PL	Hiromitsu Ochiai	Lotte Orions	2B	462	86	150	32	99	8	.325	.428	.606	Did not pitch
Rookie of the Year	CL	Tsunemi Tsuda	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	P	54	2	5	1	4	0	.093	.093	.148	11 - 6	0	166.2	166	28	45	114	3.89
	PL	Daijiro Oishi	Kintetsu Buffaloes	2B	492	86	135	12	41	47	.274	.347	.384	Did not pitch

Best Nine

The following players were part of the 1982 Best Nine teams.

Central League			Position		Pacific League
Player	Team				Player	Team
Manabu Kitabeppu	Hiroshima Toyo Carp		P		Mikio Kudo	Nippon Ham Fighters
Takayoshi Nakao	Chunichi Dragons		C		Shinji Nakazawa	Hankyu Braves
Kenichi Yazawa	Chunichi Dragons		1B		Junichi Kashiwabara	Nippon Ham Fighters
Kazunori Shinozuka	Yomiuri Giants		2B		Hiromitsu Ochiai	Lotte Orions
Masayuki Kakefu	Hanshin Tigers		3B		Steve Ontiveros	Seibu Lions
Masaru Uno	Chunichi Dragons		SS		Hiromichi Ishige	Seibu Lions
Keiji Nagasaki	Yokohama Taiyo Whales		OF		Hiromasa Arai	Nankai Hawks
Yasushi Tao	Chunichi Dragons				Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu Braves
Koji Yamamoto	Hiroshima Toyo Carp				Shigeru Kurihashi	Kintetsu Buffaloes
			DH		Tony Solaita	Nippon Ham Fighters

Diamond Gloves

The following players were the recipients of the Diamond Glove Award in 1982.

Central League			Position		Pacific League
Player	Team				Player	Team
Takashi Nishimoto	Yomiuri Giants		P		Hisashi Yamada	Hankyu Braves
Takayoshi Nakao	Chunichi Dragons		C		Tatsuo Omiya	Nippon Ham Fighters
Kiyoshi Nakahata	Yomiuri Giants		1B		Junichi Kashiwabara	Nippon Ham Fighters
Kazunori Shinozuka	Yomiuri Giants		2B		Daijiro Oishi	Kintetsu Buffaloes
Masayuki Kakefu	Hanshin Tigers		3B		Hideo Furuya	Nippon Ham Fighters
Daisuke Yamashita	Yokohama Taiyo Whales		SS		Hiromichi Ishige	Seibu Lions
Ken Hirano	Chunichi Dragons		OF		Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu Braves
Terufumi Kitamura	Hanshin Tigers				Koji Minoda	Hankyu Braves
Tadashige Matsumoto	Yomiuri Giants				Makoto Shimada	Nippon Ham Fighters

High School Baseball

The 64th National High School Baseball Championship featured a total of 3466 schools competing for 49 spots in the finals at Koshien. In the championship game Ikeda High School (Tokushima) defeated Hiroshima Shogyo High School (Hiroshima) by a score of 12 - 2.

The 54th National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament featured 30 schools competing in the tournament at Koshien. In the championship game PL Gakuen High School (Osaka) defeated Nishogakusha High School (Tokyo) by a score of 15 - 2.

University Baseball

All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series

The 1982 All-Japan University Baseball Championship Series featured 15 schools competing in the tournament at Meiji-Jingu Stadium. In the championship game Hosei University defeated Toyo University by a score of 3 - 2.

Meiji Jingu Baseball Convention

In the Meiji Jingu Baseball Convention Tokai University defeated Osaka University of Commerce.

Tokyo Big6 Baseball League

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

Tohto University Base Ball League

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

Kansai 6 University Baseball League

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

International Baseball

In the second World Junior Championship AAA in the United States, the Japanese national baseball team won a silver medal. At the twelfth Haarlemse Honkbalweek in Haarlem, the Netherlands, a Japanese team, Mitsubishi Japan, placed fourth. At the twenty-seventh Baseball World Cup in South Korea, the Japanese national baseball team won a silver medal.

Japanese Players in Other Countries

• Jinten Haku: MBC Blue Dragons, Korea Baseball Organization
• Atsushi Ishikawa: MBC Blue Dragons, Korea Baseball Organization

Hall of Fame

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

• Ryuji Suzuki, by Special Committee
• Mojuro Tonooka, by Special Committee