1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1970 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP	Sadaharu Oh (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Lotte Orions
Runners-up	Nankai Hawks
Season MVP	Masaaki Kitaru (LOT)
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Lotte Orions
Finals MVP	Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)

The 1970 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 21st season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Regular season

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	.325
Home runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	47
Runs batted in	Shigeo Nagashima	Yomiuri	105
Runs	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	97
Hits	Sadaharu Oh	Yomiuri	138
Stolen bases	Fumihiro Tojo	Yakult	28

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Masaji Hiramatsu	Taiyo	25
Losses	Masaji Hiramatsu	Taiyo	19
Earned run average	Minoru Murayama	Hanshin	0.98
Strikeouts	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	340
Innings pitched	Yutaka Enatsu	Hanshin	337 ²⁄₃

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Isao Harimoto	Toei	.383
Home runs	Katsuo Osugi	Toei	44
Runs batted in	Katsuo Osugi	Toei	129
Runs	Hasaru Tomita	Nankai	95
Hits	Isao Harimoto	Toei	176
Stolen bases	Yutaka Fukumoto	Hankyu	75

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Fumio Narita	Lotte	25
Losses	Akira Kawahara	Nishitetsu	19
Earned run average	Michio Sato	Nankai	2.05
Strikeouts	Keishi Suzuki	Kintetsu	247
Innings pitched	KTomehiro Kaneda	Toei	316 ¹⁄₃

Most Valuable Player
- Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Masaaki Kitaru, Lotte Orions (PL)
Rookie of the Year
- Kenichi Yazawa, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
- Michio Sato, Nankai Hawks (PL)
Eiji Sawamura Award
- Masaji Hiramatsu, Taiyo Whales (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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