1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1954 in baseball.

1954 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Chunichi Dragons
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Season MVP	Shigeru Sugishita (CHU)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nishitetsu Lions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Hiroshi Oshita (NIS)
Japan Series
Champions	Chunichi Dragons
Runners-up	Nishitetsu Lions
Japan Series MVP	Shigeru Sugishita (CHU)

The 1954 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the fifth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 30	Nishitetsu Lions – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	2:15	29,245^[1]
2	October 31	Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 5	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	2:21	30,303^[1]
3	November 2	Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 5	Heiwadai Stadium	2:19	23,994^[1]
4	November 3	Chunichi Dragons – 0, Nishitetsu Lions – 3	Heiwadai Stadium	1:36	25,185^[1]
5	November 4	Chunichi Dragons – 3, Nishitetsu Lions – 2	Heiwadai Stadium	2:15	19,771^[1]
6	November 6	Nishitetsu Lions – 4, Chunichi Dragons – 1	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	2:16	27,776^[1]
7	November 7	Nishitetsu Lions – 0, Chunichi Dragons – 1	Nagoya Baseball Stadium	1:38	23,215^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting Average	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	.361
Home runs	Noboru Aota	Yosho Robins	31
Runs batted in	Niroyuki Watanabe Satoshi Sugiyama	Osaka Tigers Chunichi Dragons	91
Runs	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	93
Hits	Wally Yonamine	Yomiuri Giants	172
Stolen bases	Yoshio Yoshida	Osaka Tigers	51

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons	32
Losses	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	23
Earned run average	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons	1.39
Strikeouts	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons	273
Innings pitched	Shigeru Sugishita	Chunichi Dragons	395¹⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting Average	Larry Raines	Hankyu Braves	.337
Home runs	Futoshi Nakanishi	Nishitetsu Lions	31
Runs batted in	Kazuhiro Yamauchi	Mainichi Orions	97
Runs	Larry Raines	Hankyu Braves	96
Hits	Larry Raines	Hankyu Braves	184
Stolen bases	Takeshi Suzuki	Kintetsu Pearls	71

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Motoji Takuwa Fumio Tanaka	Nankai Hawks Kintetsu Pearls	26
Losses	Takeshi Nomura	Takahashi Unions	23
Earned run average	Motoji Takuwa	Nankai Hawks	1.58
Strikeouts	Motoji Takuwa	Nankai Hawks	275
Innings pitched	Motoji Takuwa	Nankai Hawks	329²⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Shigeru Sugishita, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
- Hiroshi Oshita, Nishitetsu Lions (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Tatsuro Hirooka, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Motoji Takuwa, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Shigeru Sugishita, Chunichi Dragons (CL)

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

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

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