1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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This article is about the 1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1955 in baseball.
The 1955 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the sixth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB). This season featured the worst statistical season by winning percentage in NPB history, a .231 winning percentage set by the Taiyo Whales. This season also saw the most wins in a single season by a single team in NPB history, with the Nankai Hawks winning a record 99 games.
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1955 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Osaka Tigers |
Season MVP | Tetsuharu Kawakami (YOM) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Nankai Hawks |
Runners-up | Nishitetsu Lions |
Season MVP | Tokuji Iida (NAN) |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Nankai Hawks |
Finals MVP | Takehiko Bessho (YOM) |
NPB seasons | |
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The Yomiuri Giants defeated the Nankai Hawks in the Japan Series, 4 games to 3, marking the Giants' 4th NPB championship, all of which to this point had come against the Hawks.