2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2014 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 28 – October 30
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP Tomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Orix Buffaloes
Season MVP Chihiro Kaneko (Orix)
Climax Series
CL champions Hanshin Tigers
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-up Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank)
NPB seasons

The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 65th 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 14482611.573—
Hanshin Tigers 14475681.5247
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14474682.5217.5
Chunichi Dragons 14467734.47913.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 14467752.47214.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14460813.42621
Pacific League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14478606.565—
Orix Buffaloes 14480622.563—
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14473683.5186.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 14466762.46514.0
Saitama Seibu Lions 14463774.45016.0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14464800.44417.0

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 Giants1 
 2Hanshin Tigers1  2Hanshin Tigers4  
 3Hiroshima Toyo Carp0    CL2Hanshin Tigers1
   PL1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
  Pacific League   1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4  
 2Orix Buffaloes1  3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters3 
 3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters2 

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 2:5246,721 [1]  
2October 12Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0Koshien Stadium3:3546,815 [2]

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 Kyocera Dome 4:0135,889 [3]  
2October 12Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6Kyocera Dome3:3236,012 [4]  
3October 14*Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1Kyocera Dome4:1732,588 [5]
* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong [6]

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:5944,871 [7]  
2October 16Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:1944,728 [8]  
3October 17Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4446,025 [9]  
4October 18Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4246,311 [10]

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Fukuoka Dome 3:1928,087 [11]  
2October 16Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome3:3029,775 [12]  
3October 17Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:1331,176 [13]  
4October 18Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5Fukuoka Dome4:2031,647 [14]  
5October 19Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome4:2634,070 [15]  
6October 20Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:2438,561 [16]

Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

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