1979 Japan Pacific League

1979 > Class Foreign > League History
Overall: 358 games, 6 teams, approx. 119 games in season
Attendance: n/a
Other Years: 1978 / 1980
League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1978 / 1980

League Index / Batting Leaders / Pitching Leaders / Other Years: 1978 / 1980

League Standings

Tm	W	L	W-L%	GB
Hankyu Braves	75	44	.630	--
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	74	45	.622	1
Nippon Ham Fighters	63	60	.512	14
Lotte Orions	55	63	.466	19.5
Nankai Hawks	46	73	.387	29
Seibu Lions	45	73	.381	29.5

This league's standings, if available, are based on full season team pitching records. Leagues may have have split season and postseason results that are not currently available.

League Batting

Tm	R/G	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
Hankyu Braves	5.84	119	4973	4364	695	1228	209	35	193	667	167	65	448	646	.281	.352	.478	.830	2086	93	53	65	43
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	5.65	119	4982	4423	672	1260	185	11	195	641	150	52	405	529	.285	.348	.464	.812	2052	84	44	70	40
Lotte Orions	4.88	118	4824	4407	576	1208	199	18	150	547	72	52	286	518	.274	.323	.430	.752	1893	111	39	71	21
Nippon Ham Fighters	4.81	123	4880	4361	592	1162	204	21	131	564	185	65	384	604	.266	.329	.413	.742	1801	75	41	63	31
Nankai Hawks	4.69	119	4881	4420	558	1222	183	19	125	534	100	46	309	613	.276	.328	.411	.740	1818	95	50	64	38
Seibu Lions	4.45	118	4815	4358	525	1128	178	16	140	501	61	46	317	570	.259	.315	.403	.718	1758	94	51	60	29
League Totals	5.05	716	29355	26333	3618	7208	1158	120	934	3454	735	326	2149	3480	.274	.333	.433	.766	11408	552	278	393	202

League Pitching

Tm	R/G	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	4.46	74	45	.622	3.70	119	119	72	47	10	17	1149.0	1167	531	472	174	277	576	15	2	15	4770	1.257	9.1	1.4	2.2	4.5	2.08
Hankyu Braves	4.59	75	44	.630	3.84	119	119	55	64	8	15	1142.0	1158	546	487	143	388	594	12	2	12	4894	1.354	9.1	1.1	3.1	4.7	1.53
Nippon Ham Fighters	4.63	63	60	.512	4.09	123	123	75	48	6	17	1144.0	1223	569	520	151	280	525	14	1	14	4830	1.314	9.6	1.2	2.2	4.1	1.88
Lotte Orions	5.06	55	63	.466	4.30	118	118	75	43	7	13	1139.1	1205	597	544	138	400	677	17	1	17	4941	1.409	9.5	1.1	3.2	5.3	1.69
Nankai Hawks	5.79	46	73	.387	4.86	119	119	96	23	5	19	1132.2	1251	689	612	170	422	471	47	1	10	4979	1.477	9.9	1.4	3.4	3.7	1.12
Seibu Lions	5.81	45	73	.381	4.60	118	118	86	32	3	17	1134.2	1204	686	580	158	382	637	47	1	13	4946	1.398	9.5	1.3	3.0	5.1	1.67
League Totals	5.05	358	358	.500	4.23	716	716	459	257	39	98	6841.2	7208	3618	3215	934	2149	3480	152	8	81	29360	1.368	9.5	1.2	2.8	4.6	1.62

League Fielding

Tm	G	E	Fld%	Managers
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	119	80	.000	Yukio Nishimoto
Nankai Hawks	119	120	.000	Yoshinori Hirose
Lotte Orions	118	100	.000	Kazuhiro Yamauchi
Hankyu Braves	119	116	.000	Takao Kajimoto
Nippon Ham Fighters	123	59	.000	Keiji Ozawa
Seibu Lions	118	132	.000	Rikuo Nemoto
League Totals	716	607	.000

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