2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2012 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 30 – November 3
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-up Saitama Seibu Lions
Season MVP Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham)
Climax Series
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Finals MVP Tetsuya Utsumi (Yomiuri)
NPB seasons

The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 144864315.667—
Chunichi Dragons 144755316.58610.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144686511.51120.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144617112.46226.5
Hanshin Tigers 144557514.42331.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144468513.35141.0
Pacific League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144745911.556—
Saitama Seibu Lions 14472639.5333.0
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144676512.5086.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144676710.5007.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 144626715.48110.0
Orix Buffaloes 144577710.42517.5

Climax Series

Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.

 First Stage  Final Stage   Japan Series
              
  Central League   1Yomiuri Giants4 
 2Chunichi Dragons2  2Chunichi Dragons3  
 3Tokyo Yakult Swallows1    CL1Yomiuri Giants4
   PL1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters2
  Pacific League   1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters4  
 2Saitama Seibu Lions1  3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks0 
 3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks2 

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 Nagoya Dome 3:1131,146 [1]  
2October 14Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0Nagoya Dome3:2633,852 [2]  
3October 15Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4Nagoya Dome3:3923,264 [3]

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:5432,074 [4]  
2October 14Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8Seibu Dome3:2333,918 [5]  
3October 15Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2Seibu Dome3:2325,002 [6]

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 3:2140,039 [7]  
2October 18Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4039,135 [8]  
3October 19Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4144,744 [9]  
4October 20Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome2:5746,158 [10]  
5October 21Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:4045,897 [11]  
6October 22Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:1844,351 [12]

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:5631,022 [13]  
2October 18Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:1723,610 [14]  
3October 19Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:1637,166 [15]

Japan Series

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 27Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Tokyo Dome 3:1344,981 [16]  
2October 28Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome2:5144,932 [17]  
3October 30Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 4:0436,942 [18]  
4October 31Yomiuri Giants – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome4:1540,433 [19]  
5November 1Yomiuri Giants – 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome3:5240,579 [20]  
6November 3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:2245,018 [21]

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

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