1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Last updated
1998 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP CL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK)
PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League postseason
CL champions Yokohama BayStars
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions Yokohama BayStars
  Runners-up Seibu Lions
Finals MVP Takanori Suzuki (YOK)
NPB seasons

The 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 49th season of operation for the league.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] GWLTPct.GB
Yokohama BayStars 13679561.585--
Chunichi Dragons 13675601.5564.0
Yomiuri Giants 13573620.5416.0
Yakult Swallows 13566690.48913.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 13560750.44419.0
Hanshin Tigers 13552830.38527.0

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] GWLTPct.GB
Seibu Lions 13570614.534--
Nippon-Ham Fighters 13567653.5083.5
Orix BlueWave 13566663.5004.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 13567671.5004.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes 13566672.4965.0
Chiba Lotte Marines 13561713.4629.5

Japan Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1BayStars – 9, Lions – 4October 18 Yokohama Stadium 29,025 [3]
2BayStars – 4, Lions – 0October 19 Yokohama Stadium 29,076 [3]
3Lions – 7, BayStars – 2October 22 Seibu Dome 31,599 [3]
4Lions – 4, BayStars – 2October 23 Seibu Dome 31,685 [3]
5Lions – 5, BayStars – 17October 24 Seibu Dome 31,756 [3]
6BayStars – 2, Lions – 1October 26 Yokohama Stadium 29,289 [3]

See also

References

  1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1998年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1998年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1998年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved January 9, 2018.