The 1967 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 18th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).
Regular season
Standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 134 84 46 4 .646 —Chunichi Dragons 134 72 58 4 .554 12.0Hanshin Tigers 136 70 60 6 .538 14.0Taiyo Whales 135 59 71 5 .454 25.0Sankei Atoms 135 58 72 5 .446 26.0Hiroshima Carp 138 47 83 8 .362 37.0
+ Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBHankyu Braves 134 75 55 4 .577 —Nishitetsu Lions 140 66 64 10 .508 9.0Toei Flyers 134 65 65 4 .500 10.0Nankai Hawks 133 64 66 3 .492 11.0Tokyo Orions 137 61 69 7 .469 14.0Kintetsu Buffaloes 132 59 71 2 .454 16.0
League leaders
Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Toshio Naka Chunichi .343 Home runs Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri 47 Runs batted in Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri 108 Runs Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri 94 Hits Taira Fujita Hanshin 154 Stolen bases Isao Shibata Yomiuri 70
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Kentaro Ogawa Chunichi 29 Losses Shiroku Ishito Sankei 18 Earned run average Masatoshi Gondo Hanshin 1.40 Strikeouts Yutaka Enatsu Hanshin 225 Innings pitched Kentaro Ogawa Chunichi 279
Pacific League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Isao Harimoto Toei .336 Home runs Katsuya Nomura Nankai 35 Runs batted in Katsuya Nomura Nankai 100 Runs Gordon Windhorn Hankyu 78 Hits Masahiro Doi Kintetsu 147 Stolen bases Takayuki Nishida Tokyo 32
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Masaaki Ikenaga Nishitetsu 23 Losses Katsuji SakaiTaisuke Watanabe TokyoNankai 18 Earned run average Mitsuhiro Adachi Hankyu Braves 1.75 Strikeouts Keishi Suzuki Kintetsu 222 Innings pitched Masaaki Ikenaga Nishitetsu 335
Awards Most Valuable Player Sadaharu Oh, Yomiuri Giants (CL) Mitsuhiro Adachi, Hankyu Braves (PL) Rookie of the Year Shiro Takegami, Sankei Atoms (CL) Yoshimasa Takahashi, Toei Flyers (PL) Eiji Sawamura Award Kentaro Ogawa, Chunichi Dragons (CL)
+ Central League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Kentaro Ogawa Chunichi Catcher Masahiko Mori Yomiuri First baseman Sadaharu Oh Yomiuri Second baseman Morimichi Takagi Chunichi Third baseman Shigeo Nagashima Yomiuri Shortstop Taira Fujita HanshinOutfielder Kazuhiko Kondo Taiyo Isao Shibata Yomiuri Toshio Naka Chunichi
+ Pacific League Best Nine Award winners Position Player Team Pitcher Mitsuhiro Adachi Hankyu Catcher Katsuya Nomura Nankai First baseman Katsuo Osugi Toei Second baseman Don Blasingame Nankai Third baseman Kiyoshi Morimoto Hankyu Shortstop Tsuyoshi Oshita NankaiOutfielder Isao Harimoto Toei Tokuji Nagaike Hankyu Masahiro Doi Kintetsu
See also 1967 Major League Baseball season
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