Standings
(Regular Season Finals) | | Central League | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. | GB |
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| Chunichi | 79 | 56 | 3 | .585 | -- | | Yakult | 72 | 64 | 2 | .529 | 7.5 | | Yomiuri | 71 | 64 | 3 | .526 | 8.0 | | Hanshin | 66 | 70 | 2 | .485 | 13.5 | | Hiroshima | 60 | 77 | 1 | .438 | 20.0 | | Yokohama | 59 | 76 | 3 | .437 | 20.0 | | Pacific League | Won | Lost | Tied | Pct. | GB |
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| Daiei | 77 | 52 | 4 | .597 | -- | | Seibu | 74 | 58 | 1 | .561 | 4.5 | | Nippon Ham | 66 | 65 | 2 | .504 | 12.0 | | Lotte | 65 | 65 | 3 | .500 | 12.5 | | Kintetsu | 61 | 70 | 2 | .466 | 17.0 | | Orix | 49 | 82 | 2 | .374 | 29.0 |
|  | ERA Leader Board
(Regular Season Finals) | | Central League | Pacific League | | |
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| Rank | Player | ERA | Rank | Player | ERA | | 1st | Uehara (Yomiuri) | 2.60 | 1st | Matsuzaka (Seibu) | 2.90 | | 2nd | Yamamoto (Chunichi) | 3.15 | 2nd | Iwakuma (Kintetsu) | 3.01 | | 3rd | Kawashima (Yakult) | 3.17 | 3rd | Arakaki (Daiei) | 3.28 | | 4th | Kawakami (Chunichi) | 3.32 | 4th | N. Shimizu (Lotte) | 3.40 | | 5th | Igawa (Hanshin) | 3.73 | 5th | S. Watanabe (Lotte) | 3.59 |
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