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  • Source: 1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season

    • The 1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the sixth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). This season featured the worst statistical season by winning percentage in NPB history, a .231 winning percentage set by the Taiyo Whales. This season also saw the most wins in a single season by a single team in NPB history, with the Nankai Hawks winning a record 99 games.
    The Yomiuri Giants defeated the Nankai Hawks in the Japan Series, 4 games to 3, marking the Giants' 4th NPB championship, all of which to this point had come against the Hawks.


    Regular season




    = Standings

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    Postseason




    = Japan Series

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    CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Nankai Hawks (3)


    League leaders




    = Central League

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    = Pacific League

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    Awards


    Most Valuable Player
    Tetsuharu Kawakami, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
    Tokuji Iida, Nankai Hawks (PL)
    Rookie of the Year
    Kazunori Nishimura, Osaka Tigers (CL)
    Kihachi Enomoto, Mainichi Orions (PL)
    Eiji Sawamura Award
    Takehiko Bessho, Yomiuri Giants (CL)


    See also


    1955 Major League Baseball season


    References



    Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.

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