1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season
# 1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1978 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 29th season of operation for the league.

## Regular season standings

### Central League

| Central League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yakult Swallows | 130 | 68 | 46 | 16 | .596 | – |
| Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 65 | 49 | 16 | .570 | 3.0 |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 62 | 50 | 18 | .554 | 5.0 |
| Yokohama Taiyo Whales | 130 | 64 | 57 | 9 | .529 | 7.5 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 53 | 71 | 6 | .427 | 20.0 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 41 | 80 | 9 | .339 | 30.5 |

### Pacific League

| Pacific League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | 1st Half Ranking | 2nd Half Ranking |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hankyu Braves | 130 | 82 | 39 | 9 | .678 | 1 | 1 |
| Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 71 | 46 | 13 | .607 | 2 | 2 |
| Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 55 | 63 | 12 | .466 | 3 | 4 |
| Lotte Orions | 130 | 53 | 62 | 15 | .461 | 5 | 3 |
| Crown Lighter Lions | 130 | 51 | 67 | 12 | .432 | 4 | 5 |
| Nankai Hawks | 130 | 42 | 77 | 11 | .353 | 6 | 6 |

## Japan Series

Yakult Swallows won the series 4–3.

| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Swallows – 5, Braves – 6 | October 14 | Korakuen Stadium | 34,218 |
| 2 | Swallows – 10, Braves – 6 | October 15 | Korakuen Stadium | 39,406 |
| 3 | Braves – 5, Swallows – 0 | October 17 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | 20,296 |
| 4 | Braves – 5, Swallows – 6 | October 18 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | 20,456 |
| 5 | Braves – 3, Swallows – 7 | October 19 | Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium | 18,298 |
| 6 | Swallows – 3, Braves – 12 | October 21 | Korakuen Stadium | 44,956 |
| 7 | Swallows – 4, Braves – 0 | October 22 | Korakuen Stadium | 36,359 |
