1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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Sport Baseball Runners-up Chunichi Dragons League champions Nankai Hawks		League champions Yomiuri Giants Season MVP Shigeo Nagashima (YOM)
League Nippon Professional Baseball

The 1966 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 17th season of operation of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB).

Awards

Most Valuable Player

Shigeo Nagashima, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

Katsuya Nomura, Nankai Hawks (PL)

Rookie of the Year

Tsuneo Horiuchi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

No PL recipient

Eiji Sawamura Award

Minoru Murayama, Hanshin Tigers (CL) and Tsuneo Horiuchi, Yomiuri Giants (CL)

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