The 1959 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the tenth season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Regular season
Standings
Postseason
Japan Series
PL Nankai Hawks (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (0)
League leaders
Central League
Pacific League
Awards
- Baseball Hall of Fame
- Matsutaro Shoriki
- Hiroshi Hiraoka
- Yukio Aoi
- Shin Hashido
- Kiyoshi Oshikawa
- Jiro Kuji
- Eiji Sawamura
- Iso Abe
- Most Valuable Player
- Motoshi Fujita, Yomiuri Giants (CL)
- Tadashi Sugiura, Nankai Hawks (PL)
- Rookie of the Year
- Takeshi Kuwata, Taiyo Whales (CL)
- Isao Harimoto, Toei Flyers (PL)
- Eiji Sawamura Award
- Minoru Murayama, Osaka Tigers (CL)
See also
- 1959 Major League Baseball season
References
- Johnson, Daniel E. (July 2006). Japanese Baseball: A Statistical Handbook. McFarland & Company. ISBN 978-0-7864-2841-0.
