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1982 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular season
Season MVPCL: Takayoshi Nakao (CHU)
PL: Hiromitsu Ochiai (LOT)
League postseason
CL championsChunichi Dragons
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsSeibu Lions
  Runners-upChunichi Dragons
Finals MVPOsamu Higashio (SEI)
NPB seasons

The 1982 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 33rd season of operation for the league. This was the last season of the first-half/second-half playoff system for the Pacific League, which changed their system for 1983 that would see the first-place team play the second-place team in a playoff only if they finished within five games of each other (in contrast, the ten-season tenure of matching the champion of the halves saw two occasions where one team won both halves). As it never ended up being used until its dissolution in 1985, the next season in which either league had a playoff system until 2004. The Chunichi Dragons narrowly won the Central pennant by defeating the fifth-place Taiyo Whales, who they played three times to end the season and needed to beat twice.[1]

Regular season standings

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Central League

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Central League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons130644719.577–
Yomiuri Giants130665014.5690.5
Hanshin Tigers13065578.5334.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp130595813.5048.0
Yokohama Taiyo Whales130536512.44914.5
Yakult Swallows130457510.37523.5

Pacific League

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Pacific League[3] G W L T Pct. 1st half ranking 2nd half ranking
Seibu Lions13068584.54013
Nippon-Ham Fighters130675211.56341
Kintetsu Buffaloes130635710.52532
Hankyu Braves13062608.50825
Lotte Orions13054697.43964
Nankai Hawks13053716.42756

Pacific League playoff

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The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series. Terry Whitfield hit two home runs in the deciding Game 4 to send the Lions to the Japan Series.[4][5][6][7][8]

Seibu Lions won the series 3–1.

Seibu Lions (3) vs. Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 9Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Seibu Lions – 6Seibu Lions Stadium-- 
2October 10Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Seibu Lions – 3Seibu Lions Stadium-- 
3October 12Seibu Lions – 1, Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Korakuen Stadium-- 
4October 14Seibu Lions – 7, Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5Korakuen Stadium-24,000

Japan Series

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Seibu Lions won the series 4–2.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Dragons – 3, Lions – 7October 23Nagoya Stadium29,196[9]
2Dragons – 1, Lions – 7October 24Nagoya Stadium29,194[9]
3Lions – 3, Dragons – 4October 26Seibu Lions Stadium25,342[9]
4Lions – 3, Dragons – 5October 27Seibu Lions Stadium29,323[9]
5Lions – 3, Dragons – 1October 28Seibu Lions Stadium26,230[9]
6Dragons – 4, Lions – 9October 30Nagoya Stadium28,725[9]

See also

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References

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  1. ↑ "Pacific Stars And Stripes Archives, Oct 17, 1982, p. 22". Archived from the original on 2025-12-20. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  2. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1982年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ↑ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1982年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  4. ↑ "Pacific Stars And Stripes Archives, Oct 16, 1982, p. 23". Archived from the original on 2025-12-19. Retrieved 2026-09-01.
  5. ↑ "Seibu Lions vs Nippon-Ham Fighters | Climax Series - Final Stage | 1982-10-09 | Game 1". ProEyeKyuu. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  6. ↑ "Seibu Lions vs Nippon-Ham Fighters | Climax Series - Final Stage | 1982-10-10 | Game 2". ProEyeKyuu. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  7. ↑ "Nippon-Ham Fighters vs Seibu Lions | Climax Series - Final Stage | 1982-10-12 | Game 3". ProEyeKyuu. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  8. ↑ "Nippon-Ham Fighters vs Seibu Lions | Climax Series - Final Stage | 1982-10-14 | Game 4". ProEyeKyuu. Retrieved March 6, 2026.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1982年日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved September 30, 2018.
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