2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2005 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 26, 2005 – October 26, 2005
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Tomoaki Kanemoto (HAN)
PL: Toshiya Sugiuchi (SBH)
League Postseason
CL champions Hanshin Tigers
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Chiba Lotte Marines
  PL runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Chiba Lotte Marines
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP Toshiaki Imae (LOT)
NPB seasons

In 2005 the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in a four-game sweep in the Nippon Series.

Contents

Format

Central League

Pacific League

Japan Series

Standings

Central League

Regular season

Central League GWLTPct.GB
Hanshin Tigers 14687545.617-—
Chunichi Dragons 14679661.54510.0
Yokohama BayStars 14669707.49616.5
Yakult Swallows 14671732.49318.0
Yomiuri Giants 14662804.43725.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14658844.40829.0

Pacific League

Regular season

Pacific League GWLTPct.GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 13689452.664
Chiba Lotte Marines 13684493.6324.5
Seibu Lions 13667690.49323.0
Orix Buffaloes 13662704.47026.0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 13662713.46626.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 13638971.28151.5

Playoff 1st Stage

Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Seibu Lions (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2October 8 Chiba Marine Stadium 28,979 [1]
2Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3October 9 Chiba Marine Stadium 28,996 [2]

Playoff 2nd Stage

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 12 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 31,848 [3]
2Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 13 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 31,696 [4]
3Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10 innings)October 15 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 34,757 [5]
4Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3October 16 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 34,772 [6]
5Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 17 Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome 35,071 [7]

Japan Series

Leaders

Batting

Pitching

Awards

Best Nine Awards

Central League

PositionPlayerTeam
P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp
C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers
1B Takahiro Arai Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons
3B Makoto Imaoka Hanshin Tigers
SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons
OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers
OF Norichika Aoki Yakult Swallows
OF Tomoaki Kanemoto Hanshin Tigers

Pacific League

PositionPlayerTeam
P Toshiya Sugiuchi Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1B Julio Zuleta Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2B Koichi Hori Chiba Lotte Marines
3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines
SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Matt Franco Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Katsuhiko Miyaji Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OF Kazuhiro Wada Seibu Lions
DH Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Gold Gloves

Central League

PositionPlayerTeam
PHiroki KurodaHiroshima Toyo Carp
CAkihiro YanoHanshin Tigers
1B Andy Sheets Hanshin Tigers
2BMasahiro ArakiChunichi Dragons
3B Akinori Iwamura Yakult Swallows
SSHirokazu IbataChunichi Dragons
OF Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons
OFNorihiro AkahoshiHanshin Tigers
OF Tatsuhiko Kinjo Yokohama BayStars

Pacific League

PositionPlayerTeam
P Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions
CKenji JohjimaFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1B Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines
2BTsuyoshi NishiokaChiba Lotte Marines
3BToshiaki ImaeChiba Lotte Marines
SS Makoto Kosaka Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF Saburo Ohmura Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Naoyuki Ohmura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

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References

  1. "2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 1".
  2. "2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 2".
  3. "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 1".
  4. "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 2".
  5. "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 3".
  6. "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 4".
  7. "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 5".