2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2001 in baseball.

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
← 2000 2002 →

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.

Standings

Central League

Central League [1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.
Yakult Swallows	140	76	58	6	.567
Yomiuri Giants	140	75	63	2	.543
Yokohama BayStars	140	69	67	4	.507
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	140	68	65	7	.511
Chunichi Dragons	140	62	74	4	.456
Hanshin Tigers	140	57	80	3	.416

Pacific League

Pacific League [2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	140	78	60	2	.565	-
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	140	76	63	1	.547	2.5
Seibu Lions	140	73	67	0	.521	6.0
Orix BlueWave	140	70	66	4	.515	7.0
Chiba Lotte Marines	140	64	74	2	.464	14.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters	140	57	80	3	.416	20.5

Japan Series

Main article: 2001 Japan Series

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

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

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Hideki Matsui Yomiuri Giants .333 Home runs Roberto Petagine Yakult Swallows 39 Runs batted in Roberto Petagine Yakult Swallows 127 Hits Takuro Ishii Yokohama BayStars 171 Stolen bases Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers 39

Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Shugo Fujii Yakult Swallows 14 Earned run average Shigeki Noguchi Chunichi Dragons 2.46 Strikeouts Shigeki Noguchi Chunichi Dragons 187 Saves Shingo Takatsu Yakult Swallows 37

Pacific League

Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines .346 Home runs Tuffy Rhodes Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 55 Runs batted in Norihiro Nakamura Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 132 Hits Michihiro Ogasawara Nippon-Ham Fighters 195 Stolen bases Tadahito Iguchi Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 44

Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions 15 Earned run average Nate Minchey Chiba Lotte Marines 3.26 Strikeouts Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions 214 Saves Rodney Pedraza Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 38

See also

• 2001 Major League Baseball season

References

1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 2001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 2001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. 2001年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved May 12, 2010.