The 1971 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 22nd season of operation of

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 ...

(NPB).

Regular season

Standings

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

Awards

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player (MVP) award is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particular competition, or ...

** Shigeo Nagashima,

Yomiuri Giants The are a Japanese professional baseball team competing in Nippon Professional Baseball's Central League. Based in Bunkyo, Tokyo, they are one of two professional baseball teams based in Tokyo, the other being the Tokyo Yakult Swallows. They h ...

(CL) **

Tokuji Nagaike Tokuji "Atsushi" Nagaike (長池徳士, born February 21, 1944) is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder in Nippon Professional Baseball is a professional baseball league and the highest level of baseball in Japan. Locally, it ...

Hankyu Braves The are a Nippon Professional Baseball team formed as a result of the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment by the merger of the Orix BlueWave of Kobe, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, and the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes of Osaka, Osaka Prefecture ...

(PL) * Rookie of the Year ** Shitoshi Sekimoto,

(CL) ** Yasuo Minagawa,

Toei Flyers The are a Japanese professional Baseball in Japan, baseball team based in Kitahiroshima, Hokkaido, Kitahiroshima, Hokkaidō, in the Sapporo metropolitan area. They compete in the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball, playing the major ...

(PL) * Eiji Sawamura Award ** ''Not awarded''

References

* {{Japan-baseball-stub