1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1964 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Hanshin Tigers
Runners-up	Taiyo Whales
Season MVP	Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Hankyu Braves
Season MVP	Joe Stanka (NAN)
Japan Series
Champions	Nankai Hawks
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP	Joe Stanka (NAN)

The 1964 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 15th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 1	Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	2:14	19,904^[1]
2	October 2	Nankai Hawks – 2, Hanshin Tigers – 5	Koshien Stadium	2:15	19,190^[1]
3	October 4	Hanshin Tigers – 5, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:47	29,932^[1]
4	October 5	Hanshin Tigers – 3, Nankai Hawks – 4	Osaka Stadium	2:16	30,107^[1]
5	October 6	Hanshin Tigers – 6, Nankai Hawks – 3	Osaka Stadium	2:28	26,962^[1]
6	October 9	Nankai Hawks – 4, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	1:46	25,471^[1]
7	October 10	Nankai Hawks – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 0	Koshien Stadium	2:07	15,172^[1]

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shinichi Eto	Chunichi Dragons	.323
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	55
Runs batted in	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	119
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri Giants	110
Hits	Takeshi Kuwata	Taiyo Whales	161
Stolen bases	Takeshi Koba	Hiroshima Carp	57

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers	29
Losses	Minoru Kakimoto	Chunichi Dragons	19
Earned run average	Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers	1.89
Strikeouts	Masaichi Kaneda	Kokutetsu Swallows	231
Innings pitched	Gene Bacque	Hanshin Tigers	353 ¹⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	.366
Home runs	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	41
Runs batted in	Katsuya Nomura	Nankai Hawks	115
Runs	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	110
Hits	Masahiro Doi	Kintetsu Buffaloes	168
Stolen bases	Yoshinori Hirose	Nankai Hawks	72

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaaki Koyama	Tokyo Orions	30
Losses	Toshiaki Tokuhisa	Kintetsu Buffaloes	23
Earned run average	Yoshiro Tsumashima	Tokyo Orions	2.15
Strikeouts	Yukio Ozaki	Toei Flyers	197
Innings pitched	Masaaki Koyama	Tokyo Orions	361 ¹⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Joe Stanka, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Shigeyuki Takahashi, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- No PL recipient
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Gene Bacque, Hanshin Tigers (CL)

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

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons
1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 (1945) 1946 1947 1948 1949
1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969
1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989
1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017
Japan Series Climax Series

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