The 1979
Nippon Professional Baseball
is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it is often called , meaning simply ''Professional Baseball''; outside of Japan, NPB is often referred to as "Japanese baseball".
The roots of the league ...
season was the 30th season of operation for the league.
Regular season standings
Central League
Pacific League
Pacific League playoff
The Pacific League teams with the best first and second-half records met in a best-of-five playoff series to determine the league representative in the Japan Series.
''Kintetsu Buffaloes won the series 3-0.''
Japan Series
''Hiroshima Toyo Carp won the series 4-3.''
See also
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1979 Major League Baseball season
The 1979 Major League Baseball season concluded with the Pittsburgh Pirates defeating the Baltimore Orioles in seven games in the 1979 World Series. None of the post-season teams of 1977 or 1978 returned to this year's postseason.
Standings
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References
{{Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons
1979 in baseball
1979 in Japanese sport