1985 Nippon Professional Baseball season
# 1985 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1985 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 36th season of operation for the league.

## Regular season standings

### Central League

| Central League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 74 | 49 | 7 | .602 | -- |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 68 | 57 | 5 | .544 | 7.0 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 61 | 60 | 9 | .504 | 12.0 |
| Yokohama Taiyo Whales | 130 | 57 | 61 | 12 | .483 | 14.5 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 56 | 61 | 13 | .479 | 15.0 |
| Yakult Swallows | 130 | 46 | 74 | 10 | .383 | 26.5 |

### Pacific League

| Pacific League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Seibu Lions | 130 | 79 | 45 | 6 | .637 | -- |
| Lotte Orions | 130 | 64 | 60 | 6 | .516 | 15.0 |
| Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 63 | 60 | 7 | .5121 | 15.5 |
| Hankyu Braves | 130 | 64 | 61 | 5 | .5120 | 15.5 |
| Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 53 | 65 | 12 | .449 | 23.0 |
| Nankai Hawks | 130 | 44 | 76 | 10 | .367 | 33.0 |

## Japan Series

Hanshin Tigers won the series 4-2.

| Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Lions – 0, Tigers – 3 | October 26 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,463 |
| 2 | Lions – 1, Tigers – 2 | October 27 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,593 |
| 3 | Tigers – 4, Lions – 6 | October 29 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 51,355 |
| 4 | Tigers – 2, Lions – 4 | October 30 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 51,554 |
| 5 | Tigers – 7, Lions – 2 | October 31 | Hanshin Koshien Stadium | 51,430 |
| 6 | Lions – 3, Tigers – 9 | November 2 | Seibu Lions Stadium | 32,371 |
