2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2001 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Roberto Petagine (YAK)
PL: Tuffy Rhodes (KIN)
League Postseason
CL champions Yakult Swallows
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
  PL runners-up Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Yakult Swallows
  Runners-up Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finals MVP Atsuya Furuta (Yakult Swallows)
NPB seasons

The 2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yakult Swallows defeating the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in the 2001 Japan Series 4 games to 1.

Contents

Standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.
Yakult Swallows 14076 586.567
Yomiuri Giants 14075632.543
Yokohama BayStars 14069674.507
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14068657.511
Chunichi Dragons 14062744.456
Hanshin Tigers 14057803.416

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.GB
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 14078602.565-
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 14076631.5472.5
Seibu Lions 14073670.5216.0
Orix BlueWave 14070664.5157.0
Chiba Lotte Marines 14064742.46414.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters 14057803.41620.5

Japan Series

Yakult Swallows (4) vs. Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Buffaloes – 0, Swallows – 7October 20 Osaka Dome 33,837 [3]
2Buffaloes – 9, Swallows – 6October 21 Osaka Dome 33,277 [3]
3Swallows – 9, Buffaloes – 2October 23 Jingu Stadium 30,443 [3]
4Swallows – 2, Buffaloes – 1October 24 Jingu Stadium 32,145 [3]
5Swallows – 4, Buffaloes – 2October 25 Jingu Stadium 32,568 [3]

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

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References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_2001.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_2001.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 2001年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved May 12, 2010.


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