2004 Pacific League Playoffs

2004 Pacific League Playoffs
First stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Seibu Lions  (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–58–1 (.560), 4.5 GB Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters  (1) Trey Hillman 66–65–2 (.504), 12 GB
Dates	October 1–3
Second stage
Team (Wins) Manager Season Seibu Lions (3) Tsutomu Ito 74–58–1 (.560), 4.5 GB Fukuoka Daiei Hawks  (2) Sadaharu Oh 77–52–4 (.594), 4.5 GA
Dates	October 6–11
Climax Series 2005  → 2004 Japan Series

The 2004 Pacific League Playoffs was a set of consecutive playoff series for the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in the 2004 season. It began on October 1 and ended on October 11, with the top-three finishers of the PL participating in two series of games, with the first stage being a best-of-three series and the final stage being a best-of-five series. They were:

• (2) Seibu Lions (74–58–1) vs. (3) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (66–65–2): Lions win series, 2–1.

• (1) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (77–52) vs. (2) Seibu Lions: Lions win series, 3–2.

With the victory against the Hawks, the Lions advanced to the Japan Series. The Pacific League would be the only league with a playoff until 2007, which saw both the Central and Pacific have their top three teams compete in a playoff that is referred to as the Climax Series.

First stage

Summary

Seibu Lions won the series, 2–1.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 1	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Seibu Lions – 10	Seibu Dome	3:30	30,000 [1]
2	October 2	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Seibu Lions – 4	Seibu Dome	3:53	45,000 [1]
3	October 3	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Seibu Lions – 6	Seibu Dome	4:31	38,000 [1]

Game 1

Friday, October 1, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nippon-Ham	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	3	0	7
Seibu	0	0	3	0	0	1	6	0	X	3
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Satoru Kanemura (0–1)   Sv: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1) Home runs: NIP: Michihiro Ogasawara (1), Fernando Seguignol (1) SEI: José Fernández 2 (2), Tomoaki Satoh (1), Toru Hosokawa (1) Attendance: 30,000

Game 2

Saturday, October 2, 2004, 1:30 pm (JST) at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nippon-Ham	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	5
Seibu	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4
WP: Carlos Mirabal (1–0)   LP: Chang Chih-chia (0–1)   Sv: Yukiya Yokoyama (1) Home runs: NIP: Michihiro Ogasawara (2) SEI: None Attendance: 45,000

Game 3

Sunday, October 3, 2004, 1:00 pm (JST) at Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Nippon-Ham	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5
Seibu	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	1X	6
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Yukiya Yokoyama (0–1) Home runs: NIP: Fernando Seguignol (2), Kuniyuki Kimoto (1) SEI: Alex Cabrera (1), Kazuhiro Wada (1) Attendance: 38,000

Second stage

Summary

Seibu Lions won the series, 3–2.

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 6	Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 9	Fukuoka Dome	3:05	47,000 [1]
2	October 7	Seibu Lions – 11, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 1	Fukuoka Dome	3:24	47,000 [1]
3	October 9	Seibu Lions – 6, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 5	Fukuoka Dome	4:00	48,000 [1]
4	October 10	Seibu Lions – 1, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 4	Fukuoka Dome	3:22	48,000 [1]
5	October 11	Seibu Lions – 4, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 3 (10)	Fukuoka Dome	4:14	47,000 [1]

Game 1

Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3
Daiei	2	0	1	0	2	0	3	1	X	9
WP: Nagisa Arakaki (1–0)   LP: Takashi Ishii (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Alex Cabrera (1) DAI: Kenji Johjima (1), Tadahito Iguchi (1), Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Julio Zuleta (1) Attendance: 47,000

Game 2

Thursday, October 7, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu	2	3	0	0	0	4	2	0	2	11
Daiei	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1
WP: Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0)   LP: Tsuyoshi Wada (0–1) Home runs: SEI: Kazuhiro Wada (1), Hiroyuki Takagi (1) DAI: None Attendance: 47,000

Game 3

Saturday, October 9, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	6
Daiei	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	5
WP: Shuichiro Osada (1–0)   LP: Kazumi Saito (0–1)   Sv: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1) Home runs: SEI: José Fernández 2 (2), Hiroyuki Nakajima (1), Kosuke Noda (1) DAI: Tadahito Iguchi (2), Kenji Johjima (2) Attendance: 48,000

Game 4

Sunday, October 10, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
Daiei	0	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	X	4
WP: Shinji Kurano (1–0)   LP: Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1)   Sv: Koji Mise (1) Home runs: SEI: Kazuhiro Wada (2) DAI: Munenori Kawasaki (1) Attendance: 48,000

Game 5

Monday, October 11, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) at Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R
Seibu	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	1	4
Daiei	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	3
WP: Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0)   LP: Koji Mise (0–1)   Sv: Takashi Ishii (1) Home runs: SEI: None DAI: Kenji Johjima (3), Tadahito Iguchi (3) Attendance: 47,000

References

1. "2004年プレーオフ試合結果". Saitama Seibu Lions (in Japanese). Retrieved March 10, 2020.