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2015 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 27 – October 29 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
Season MVP | Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
Season MVP | Yuki Yanagita (SoftBank) |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
CL runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
PL champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
PL runners-up | Chiba Lotte Marines |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Finals MVP | Dae-ho Lee (SoftBank) |
The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series.
A gambling scandal involving members of the Yomiuri Giants was reported in October. Pitchers Satoshi Fukuda, Shoki Kasahara, and Ryuya Matsumoto were found to have bet on both NBP games and Major League Baseball games, as well as high school baseball. [1] [2]
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 143 | 76 | 65 | 2 | .539 | – |
Yomiuri Giants | 143 | 75 | 67 | 1 | .528 | 1.5 |
Hanshin Tigers | 143 | 70 | 71 | 2 | .496 | 6.0 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 143 | 69 | 71 | 3 | .493 | 6.5 |
Chunichi Dragons | 143 | 62 | 77 | 4 | .446 | 13.0 |
Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 143 | 62 | 80 | 1 | .437 | 14.5 |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 143 | 90 | 49 | 4 | .647 | – |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 79 | 62 | 2 | .560 | 12.0 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 143 | 73 | 69 | 1 | .511 | 19.0 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 143 | 69 | 69 | 5 | .500 | 20.5 |
Orix Buffaloes | 143 | 61 | 80 | 2 | .433 | 30.0 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 57 | 83 | 3 | .410 | 33.0 |
Note: In each league's stepladder playoff system (Climax Series), all games in that series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advanced if the round ended in a tie.
First Stage | Final Stage | Japan Series | |||||||||||
Central League | 1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 4 | ||||||||||
2 | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | 2 | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | ||||||||
3 | Hanshin Tigers | 1 | CL1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 1 | ||||||||
PL1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | |||||||||||
Pacific League | 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | ||||||||||
2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 1 | 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 0 | ||||||||
3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 |
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:40 | 45,298 |
2 | October 11 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:48 | 46,698 |
3 | October 12 | Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 2:48 | 46,067 |
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 | Sapporo Dome | 3:28 | 41,138 |
2 | October 11 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 | Sapporo Dome | 3:06 | 41,138 |
3 | October 12 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 | Sapporo Dome | 3:42 | 32,201 |
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 1 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:38 | 31,502 |
2 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 4 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:51 | 31,274 |
3 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:27 | 33,102 |
4 | October 17 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:58 | 34,038 |
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10 innings) | Fukuoka Dome | 3:43 | 37,360 |
2 | October 15 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 | Fukuoka Dome | 2:59 | 37,603 |
3 | October 16 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Fukuoka Dome | 2:53 | 37,235 |
CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) vs. PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 24 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:04 | 35,732 |
2 | October 25 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:35 | 35,764 |
3 | October 27 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 8 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:38 | 31,037 |
4 | October 28 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 4:06 | 31,288 |
5 | October 29 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:36 | 31,239 |
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