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# Klaus Kertess

Klaus Kertess (July 16, 1940, New York City, New York – October 8, 2016, New York City, New York) was an American art gallerist, art critic and curator (including of the 1995 Whitney Biennial). He grew up in Westchester County north of New York City, the second of three children. After graduating from Phillips Academy, he studied art history at Yale University and in 1966 founded the Bykert Gallery with his college roommate Jeff Byers. The gallery name was formed from a compound of both of theirs. At Bykert he showed a roster of artists which included; Brice Marden, David Novros, Barry Le Va, Alan Saret, Chuck Close, Bill Bollinger, Dorothea Rockburne, and many others.
Later as an independent curator he oversaw the 1995 edition of the Whitney Biennial. Then in 1998 he curated the exhibition DeKooning: Drawing/Seeing at the Drawing Center also in New York City.
Kertess suffered from Alzheimer's and died on October 8, 2016, after collapsing at his apartment. He was 76. He is survived by his longtime partner, the painter Billy Sullivan.
# 1996 Mercedes Cup

The 1996 Mercedes Cup was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts at the Tennis Club Weissenhof in Stuttgart, Germany that was part of the Championship Series of the 1996 ATP Tour. It was the 20th edition of the tournament and was held from 15 July until 21 July 1996. Thomas Muster won the singles title.

## Finals
### Singles

Thomas Muster defeated Yevgeny Kafelnikov 6–2, 6–2, 6–4
* It was Muster's 6th singles title of the year and the 41st of his career.

### Doubles

Libor Pimek / Byron Talbot defeated Tomás Carbonell / Francisco Roig 6–2, 5–7, 6–4
* It was Pimek's 3rd title of the year and the 16th of his career. It was Talbot's 2nd title of the year and the 5th of his career.
# Kiyoshi Uematsu

Kiyoshi Uematsu Treviño (born 10 July 1978 in Portugalete, Spain) is a Spanish judoka. His father is Japanese and his mother is Spanish. His older brother, Kenji, is also a professional judoka.

## Achievements

| Year | Tournament | Place | Weight class |
| 2008 | European Championships | 2nd | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 2005 | World Judo Championships | 3rd | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 2005 | Mediterranean Games | 1st | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 2004 | European Judo Championships | 1st | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 2003 | European Judo Championships | 2nd | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 2002 | European Judo Championships | 7th | Lightweight (73 kg) |
| 1999 | World Judo Championships | 7th | Half lightweight (66 kg) |
# Kodori

Kodori or Kodor may refer to one of the following entities:
* Kodori (village), a village in eastern Abkhazia
* Kodori (river), the second largest river of Abkhazia
* Kodori Valley, the valley through which the river Kodori flows
** 2001 Kodori crisis, a confrontation in the Kodori Valley between Georgians and Abkhazians
** Battle of the Kodori Valley, a military operation of 2008 during the Russo-Georgian War
* Kodor, the Hungarian name for Codor village, Jichișu de Jos Commune, Cluj County, Romania
# 1997–98 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team

The 1997–98 Drexel Dragons men's basketball team represented Drexel University during the 1997–98 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Dragons, led by 7th year head coach Bill Herrion, played their home games at the Daskalakis Athletic Center and were members of the America East Conference (AEC).
The team finished the season 13–15, and finished in 5th place in the AEC in the regular season.

## Schedule

| Date time, TV | Rank$^#$ | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | High points | High rebounds | High assists | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Regular season |||||||||
| November 29, 1997* | | at Monmouth | W 57–51 | 1–0 | – | – | – | |
| December 3, 1997 | | Delaware | W 65–63 | 2–0 (1–0) | – | – | – | Daskalakis Athletic Center Philadelphia, PA |
| December 6, 1997 | | at Towson | W 65–60 | 3–0 (2–0) | – | – | – | Towson Center (1,146) Towson, MD |
| December 14, 1997* | | at Notre Dame | L 70–78 | 3–1 | – | – | – | Edmund P. Joyce Center (9.175) Notre Dame, IN |
| December 20, 1997* | | vs. La Salle | W 75–70 | 4–1 | 15 – DeRocckis | 7 – DeRocckis | – | Palestra (3,251) Philadelphia, PA |
| December 26, 1997* 7:00 pm | | vs. No. 18 Princeton ECAC Holiday Festival Semifinals | L 56–58 | 4–2 | 17 – Sanders | 8 – Linderman | 5 – Coursey | Madison Square Garden (9,565) New York, NY |
| December 27, 1997* | | at St. John's (NY) ECAC Holiday Festival Third Place Game | L 46–75 | 4–3 | – | – | – | Madison Square Garden (9,921) New York, NY |
| January 7, 1998* | | at Richmond | L 57–66 | 5–5 | – | – | – | Robins Center Richmond, VA |
| January 20, 1998* | | at Penn Battle of 33rd Street | L 65–79 | 6–9 | – | – | – | Palestra (4,010) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 3, 1998 CN8 | | Towson | W 72–71 | 9–10 | 27 – Linderman | – | – | Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,326) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 5, 1998* | | vs. Saint Joseph's | L 65–76 | 9–11 | – | – | – | Palestra (4,126) Philadelphia, PA |
| February 21, 1998 | | at New Hampshire | W 90–65 | 11–14 (9–8) | – | – | – | (600) |
| February 22, 1998 | | New Hampshire | W 75–66 | 12–14 (10–8) | – | – | – | Daskalakis Athletic Center (1,359) Philadelphia, PA |
| AEC tournament |||||||||
| February 28, 1998 | (6) | vs. (3) Vermont Quarterfinals | W 51–42 | 13–14 | – | – | – | Bob Carpenter Center (2,461) Newark, DE |
| March 1, 1998 | (6) | vs. (2) Boston University Semifinals | L 51–53 | 13–15 | – | – | – | Bob Carpenter Center (4,047) Newark, DE |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time. |||||||||

## Awards
### Mike DeRocckis

* AEC All-Conference Second Team
* AEC Player of the Week

### Joe Linderman

* AEC All-Conference First Team
* AEC All-Championship Team
* AEC Player of the Week

### Petrick Sanders

* AEC All-Rookie Team
* AEC Rookie of the Week

### Stephen Starks

* AEC Rookie of the Week
# 1997–98 Duleep Trophy

The 1997–98 Duleep Trophy was the 37th season of the Duleep Trophy, a first-class cricket tournament contested by five zonal teams of India: Central Zone, East Zone, North Zone, South Zone and West Zone.
The title was shared by Central Zone and West Zone.

## Results

| Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| | | | East Zone | East Zone | | | |
| | | | Central Zone | Central Zone | RPW | | |
| East Zone | East Zone | W | Central Zone | Central Zone | RPW | | |
| North Zone | North Zone | | | | | | |
| North Zone | North Zone | | | | | Central Zone | Central Zone |
| | | | | | | West Zone | West Zone |
| | | | South Zone | South Zone | | | |
| | | | West Zone | West Zone | FIL | | |

### Final

* 17–21 December 1997 Scorecard
* Match drawn; Trophy shared M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
* West Zone won the toss and elected to bat.
# Esben

Esben is a Norwegian and Danish male given name.

## Origin and variants

It originated as a variant of Asbjørn. A common variant is Espen.

## Notable people

Notable people with this name include:
* Esben Sloth Andersen, Danish professor of economics
* Esben Holmboe Bang, Danish chef and Michelin-starred restaurateur
* Esben Esther Pirelli Benestad, Norwegian physician and sexologist
* Esben Hansen, Danish football midfielder
* Esben Selvig, Norwegian-Danish rapper and singer
* Esben Smed, Danish actor
* Esben Storm, Danish-Australian actor and director

## Other uses

* Esben and the Witch, Danish fairytale
* Esben and the Witch (band), British rock band
# Knoxville, West Virginia

Knoxville is an unincorporated community in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States.
The community is named after William Knox, the proprietor of a local mill.
# Knoxville (disambiguation)

Knoxville is a city in the U.S. state of Tennessee.
Knoxville may also refer to:

## Places

* Knoxville, Alabama
* Knoxville, Arkansas
* Knoxville, California
* Knoxville, Georgia, the county seat of Crawford County
* Knoxville, Illinois
* Knoxville, Iowa
* Knoxville, Missouri
* Knoxville, Maryland
* Knoxville, Nebraska
* Knoxville, Ohio
* Knoxville, Pennsylvania
* Knoxville (Pittsburgh), Pennsylvania
* Knoxville, West Virginia
* Knoxville metropolitan area, Tennessee

## Other uses

* Knoxville (video game), a cancelled video game by Press Play
* Knoxville College, a small, historically black college
* Johnny Knoxville (born 1971), American comic actor and stunt performer
* Knoxville Raceway, a United States Automobile Club Dirt Track
* Knoxville: Summer of 1915, a rhapsody for voice and orchestra composed by Samuel Barber
# Ethel I. Sanborn

Ethel Ida Sanborn (1883–1952) was an American paleobotanist and professor of botany at Oregon State College and University of Oregon. She published extensively on the flora of Oregon and the Western United States. The standard author abbreviation Sanborn is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

## Works

* Sanborn, Ethel Ida (1928). The Hepaticae and Anthocerotes of Western Oregon. Department of Botany, Stanford University. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
* Sanborn, Ethel Ida (1929). Hepaticae and Anthocerotes of western Oregon. The University. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
* Sanborn, Ethel Ida (1947). The Scio Flora of Western Oregon. Oregon State College. Retrieved 16 September 2018.
* Sanborn, Ethel I; Doty, Maxwell Stanford (1944). The marine algae of the Coos Bay-Cape Arago region of Oregon. Oregon State College. OCLC 1037965.
* Sanborn, Ethel I (1935). The Comstock flora of west central Oregon. Carnegie institution of Washington. OCLC 37934483.
* Sanborn, Ethel I; Potbury, Susan S; MacGinitie, H. D (1937). Eocene flora of western America. Carnegie Institution of Washington. OCLC 3232770.
# Kola Town

Kola Town is a village in the Rural District in the Western Area of Sierra Leone. Kola Town is located around the highway From Freetown to Waterloo.
Due to its proximity to Freetown, Kola Town has a very diverse population. The major economic activities in Kola Town are fishing and trading. Like in many parts of Sierra Leone, the Krio language is the primary language of communication in Kola Town and is widely spoken in the village.
# Ethmia stephenrumseyi

Ethmia stephenrumseyi is a moth in the family Depressariidae. It is found in Costa Rica, where it has been recorded from most of the country at altitudes ranging from 660 to 1,250 meters (2,170 to 4,100 ft).
The length of the forewings is 12.1–15.8 mm (0.48–0.62 in) for males and 13.4–16.3 mm (0.53–0.64 in) for females. The ground color of the forewings is white with well defined black markings. There is an elongated blotch at costal half, interrupted by a white patch . There is a short oblique band in the terminal area and a broad oblique irregular band from the middle of forewing, reaching the posterior margin. The hindwing ground colour is whitish, becoming dark grey towards the apex.

## Etymology

The species is named in honor of Stephen Rumsey for his use of forest conservation and recuperation to reverse climate alteration by humans and to increase biodiversity in the wild.
# Ignase

Ignase is a village in Kastre Parish, Tartu County in eastern Estonia.
# Athletics at the 2020 Summer Paralympics – Women's 400 metres T53

The women's 400 metres T53 event at the 2020 Summer Paralympics in Tokyo, took place on 2 September 2021.
The T53 category is for wheelchair athletes with normal use of arms and hands, no or limited trunk function, and no leg function.

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing records were as follows:
| World Record | Chelsea McClammer (USA) | 53.32 | Arbon, Switzerland | 25 May 2017 |
| Paralympic Record | Zhou Hongzhuan (CHN) | 54.43 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | 11 September 2016 |
| Area | Time | Athlete | Nation |
| Africa | 1:02.85 | Anne Wafula | Kenya |
| America | 53.32 WR | Chelsea McClammer | United States |
| Asia | 54.25 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China |
| Europe | 53.72 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain |
| Oceania | 54.55 | Angela Ballard | Australia |

## Results
### Heats

Heat 1 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:10:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain | 56.73 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Gao Fang | China | 57.28 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 4 | Angie Ballard | Australia | 58.01 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Jessica Frotten | Canada | 59.98 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Yen Hoang | United States | 1:00.58 | |
Heat 2 took place on 2 September 2021, at 12:17:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 55.21 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 56.14 | Q, SB |
| 3 | 3 | Hamide Doğangün | Turkey | 56.68 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Chelsea McClammer | United States | 59.66 | q |
| 5 | 7 | Jessica Cooper Lewis | Bermuda | 1:01.71 | |
| 6 | 8 | Kelsey Lefevour | United States | 1:04.88 | |

### Final

The final took place on 2 September, at 19:30:
| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 4 | Catherine Debrunner | Switzerland | 56.18 |
| | 6 | Samantha Kinghorn | Great Britain | 57.25 |
| | 3 | Zhou Hongzhuan | China | 57.29 |
| 4 | 7 | Angie Ballard | Australia | 57.61 |
| 5 | 5 | Gao Fang | China | 57.81 |
| 6 | 8 | Hamide Doğangün | Turkey | 58.67 |
| 7 | 2 | Chelsea McClammer | United States | 59.45 |
| 8 | 1 | Jessica Frotten | Canada | 1:01.16 |
# Latynina

Latynina is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
* Alla Latynina (born 1940), Russian literary critic
* Larisa Latynina (born 1934), Soviet gymnast
* Yulia Latynina (born 1966), Russian writer and journalist
# Tensfelder Au

Tensfelder Au (German pronunciation: ) is a river of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It springs north of the village of Blunk and then flows in a northeasterly direction through the town of Tensfeld and Hornsmühlen into the lake Großer Plöner See. After the Schwentine, the Tensfelder Au is the second largest river flowing into the Großer Plöner See.
# Tenmacho Station

Tenmacho Station can refer to:
* Temma-chō Station: an underground metro station in Nagoya, Japan
* Tenma-cho Station: a tram stop in Hiroshima, Japan
# The Variable Man (collection)

The Variable Man is a collection of science fiction stories by American writer Philip K. Dick. It was first published by Ace Books in 1957. The stories had originally appeared in the magazines Space Science Fiction, Fantastic Universe and Galaxy Science Fiction

## Contents

* "The Variable Man", 1953
* "Second Variety", 1953
* "The Minority Report", 1955
* "Autofac", 1955
* "A World of Talent", 1954
# The Vicar of Christ

The Vicar of Christ is a bestselling 1979 novel by Walter F. Murphy. The novel tells the life story of the fictional Declan Walsh, who at various stages of his life is a Medal of Honor recipient for actions during the Korean War, Chief Justice of the United States, and finally Pope Francis I (Latin: Franciscus Primus).
It uses as a narrative framing device the format of being a transcription of tape recordings of interviews made in preparation for writing a biography of the now-dead 'Papa Francesco'.
The four interviewees are, in order: Master Gunnery Sergeant Giuseppe Michelangelo Guicciardini, Jr., USMC retired, who recounts Walsh’s wartime experiences; Associate Justice of the Supreme Court C. Bradley Walker, III, who recounts the circumstances leading to Walsh’s appointment, career, and eventual resignation as Chief Justice; Ugo Cardinal Galeotti, who recounts the election of Declan Walsh (at the time a simple monk who had resigned as Chief Justice after the death of his wife) by a bitterly deadlocked conclave and his subsequent career as Papa Francesco; and Walsh’s Papal Press Secretary Robert Twisdale, who recounts the assassination and funeral of Papa Francesco. Each of the four interviews is prefaced with a short quotation from a poem by Zbigniew Herbert.
# Lasser

Lasser or Lässer is a Germanic surname; it may refer to:
* David Lasser (1902–1996), US-American science fiction author
* Franz-Josef Lässer (born 2001), Austrian para-cyclist
* Louise Lasser (born 1939), US-American actress
* Mitchel Lasser, American lawyer
* Philip Lasser (born 1963), US-American composer, pianist, and music theorist
* Robin Lässer (born 1991), German motorcycle racer
* Tobías Lasser (1911–2006), Venezuelan botanist
# Lassen Hotel

Lassen Hotel may refer to:
* Lassen Hotel (Cedar Lake, Indiana), listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) in Lake County, Indiana
* Lassen Hotel (Wichita, Kansas), NRHP-listed
# Lassen Street Olive Trees (Chatsworth, California)

The Lassen Street Olive Trees, also known as 76 Mature Olive Trees, are a Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monument located in the Chatsworth community of the northwestern San Fernando Valley, in Los Angeles, Southern California.

## History

An avenue (alleé) of Olive trees (Olea europaea) were planted in 1893 along a then dirt road by Nelson A. Gray, who owned property there. The Grays moved from Pasadena to Chatsworth in 1892. They are believed to have been grown from cuttings taken from the Spanish Colonial c. 1800 planted olive orchard trees at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España across the Valley.
When the site was designated a Historic-Cultural Monument in 1967, there were 76 olive trees along several blocks of western of Lassen Street. According to the Chatsworth Daughters of the American Revolution chapter, there are 68 trees surviving/remaining in the 2010s.
# 1985–86 Cupa României

The 1985–86 Cupa României was the 48th edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition.
The title was won by Dinamo București against Steaua București.

## Format

The competition is an annual knockout tournament.
First round proper matches are played on the ground of the lowest ranked team, then from the second round proper the matches are played on a neutral location.
If a match is drawn after 90 minutes, the game goes in extra time, if the scored is still tight after 120 minutes, then the winner will be established at penalty kicks.
From the first edition, the teams from Divizia A entered in competition in sixteen finals, rule which remained till today.

## First round proper

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 4 December 1985 |||
| Minerul Baraolt (Div. B) | 0–3 | (Div. A) Rapid București |
| Minerul Băiuţ (Div. C) | 1–8 | (Div. A) Steaua București |
| Gloria Bistrița (Div. B) | 2–1 | (Div. A) Bihor Oradea |
| Metalul Bocşa (Div. B) | 1–0 | (Div. A) FCM Brașov |
| Argeş Piteşti (Div. A) | 0–0 (a.e.t.)(6-7 p) | (Div. A) Universitatea Cluj |
| Progresul Vulcan București (Div. B) | 2–0 | (Div. A) SC Bacău |
| Sportul Muncitoresc Caracal (Div. C) | 2–3 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Petrolul Ploiești |
| Explorări Câmpulung Moldov. (Div. C) | 0–1 | (Div. A) Victoria București |
| Universitatea Craiova (Div. A) | 1–0 | (Div. A) ASA 1962 Târgu Mureș |
| Unirea Dinamo Focşani (Div. C) | 1–2 | (Div. A) Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea |
| Oțelul Galați (Div. B) | 4–1 (a.e.t.) | (Div. A) Sportul Studenţesc București |
| Victoria Ineu (Div. D) | 0–3 | (Div. A) Olt Scornicești |
| Jiul Petroşani (Div. B) | 3–1 | (Div. A) Corvinul Hunedoara |
| Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț (Div. B) | 2–0 | (Div. A) Gloria Buzău |
| Șoimii IPA Sibiu (Div. B) | 3–0 | (Div. A) Politehnica Timișoara |
| CS Târgovişte (Div. B) | 0–2 | (Div. A) Dinamo București |

## Second round proper

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 22 February 1986 |||
| Dinamo București | 3–1 | Universitatea Cluj |
| Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea | 1–1 (a.e.t.)(4-3 p) | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț |
| Jiul Petroşani | 1–0 | Metalul Bocşa |
| Universitatea Craiova | 5–1 | Șoimii IPA Sibiu |
| Progresul Vulcan București | 4–3 (a.e.t.) | Olt Scornicești |
| Gloria Bistrița | 1–2 | Oțelul Galați |
| Victoria București | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Petrolul Ploiești |
| 26 February 1986 |||
| Steaua București | 4–2 | Rapid București |

## Quarter-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 14 May 1986 |||
| Jiul Petroşani | 2–1 | Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea |
| Dinamo București | 2–2 (a.e.t.)(4-2 p) | Universitatea Craiova |
| Oțelul Galați | 0–1 | Victoria București |
| 15 May 1986 |||
| Steaua București | 5–1 | Progresul Vulcan București |

## Semi-finals

| Team 1 | Score | Team 2 |
| 21 June 1986 |||
| Victoria București | 2–4 | Dinamo București |
| Jiul Petroşani | 1–2 | Steaua București |

## Final

* Cupa României 1985–86 winners
* Dinamo București 6th title
# The Vienna Review

The Vienna Review was founded in 2006 by American journalist and director of the Vienna Journalism Institute Dardis McNamee. It was a monthly English language newspaper based in Vienna, Austria, available in print and online. The paper's target audience was the permanent English-speaking community in Austria and Central Europe, as well as expatriates and tourists.

## Content

The Vienna Review started out as a student newspaper based in the Vienna campus of Webster University. Although Vienna was the focus, the paper made use of Austria's Central European location in covering both Western and Eastern European news and events, and seeking to provide a voice and a forum for Vienna's international community. Contributors to the paper included writing professionals, academics from think tanks in the area. The paper was a member of Project Syndicate, the Prague-based syndication service supported by the Open Society Foundations.

## Contribution

The Vienna Review was published in English on a monthly basis by the Vienna Review Publishing GmbH, since 2011 part of the Falter Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. The Vienna Review had a circulation of about 10,000 copies per month and was available by subscription, at public newsstands, in coffee houses, hotels and such places, and on several airlines. The magazine ceased being published in January 2014. The editorial team proceeded to found a new publication called Metropole – Vienna in English, published by Home Town Media GmbH, a publishing house founded in October 2015.
# The Widow's Vow

The Widow's Vow is a 1786 comedy play by the English writer Elizabeth Inchbald. A farce, it premiered as an afterpiece at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket on 20 June 1786. The original cast included William Parsons as Don Antonio, John Bannister as Marquis, Robert Palmer as Carlos, John Edwin as Jerome and Mary Wells as Flora. The playwright Thomas Holcroft wrote the prologue.
# 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1996 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 47th season of operation for the league.

## Regular season standings
### Central League

| Central League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| Yomiuri Giants | 130 | 77 | 53 | 0 | .592 | -- |
| Chunichi Dragons | 130 | 72 | 58 | 0 | .554 | 5.0 |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 130 | 71 | 59 | 0 | .546 | 6.0 |
| Yakult Swallows | 130 | 61 | 69 | 0 | .469 | 16.0 |
| Yokohama BayStars | 130 | 55 | 75 | 0 | .423 | 22.0 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 130 | 54 | 76 | 0 | .415 | 23.0 |

### Pacific League

| Pacific League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
| Orix BlueWave | 130 | 74 | 50 | 6 | .597 | -- |
| Nippon-Ham Fighters | 130 | 68 | 58 | 4 | .540 | 7.0 |
| Seibu Lions | 130 | 62 | 64 | 4 | .492 | 13.0 |
| Kintetsu Buffaloes | 130 | 62 | 67 | 1 | .481 | 14.5 |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 130 | 60 | 67 | 3 | .472 | 15.5 |
| Fukuoka Daiei Hawks | 130 | 54 | 74 | 2 | .422 | 22.0 |

## Japan Series

PL Orix BlueWave (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 19 | Orix BlueWave – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:42 | 45,121 |
| 2 | October 20 | Orix BlueWave – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Tokyo Dome | 2:56 | 45,086 |
| 3 | October 22 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 | Green Stadium Kobe | 2:56 | 33,026 |
| 4 | October 23 | Yomiuri Giants – 5, Orix BlueWave – 1 | Green Stadium Kobe | 3:25 | 33,070 |
| 5 | October 24 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Orix BlueWave – 5 | Green Stadium Kobe | 3:26 | 33,222 |