2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2018 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 30 – November 3
Number of games143
Number of teams12
Central League Pennant
League champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  Runners-up Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Season MVP Yoshihiro Maru (Toyo)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Saitama Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Season MVP Hotaka Yamakawa (Seibu)
Climax Series
CL champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-up Saitama Seibu Lions
Japan Series
Champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Finals MVP Takuya Kai (SoftBank)
NPB seasons

The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings [1]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. GB HomeRoad
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14382592.582—45-25–237-34–0
2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14375662.5327.041-30–034-36–2
3 Yomiuri Giants 14367715.48213.533–38–134–33–4
4 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 14367742.47514.033–38–134–36–1
5 Chunichi Dragons 14363782.44719.036–33-227–45–0
6 Hanshin Tigers 14362792.44020.027–42–235–37–0
Pacific League regular season standings [2]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. GB HomeRoad
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 14388532.624—45–24–243–29–0
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14382601.5776.540–30–142–30–0
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14374663.52913.540–29–234–37–1
4 Orix Buffaloes 14365735.47121.533–37–232–36–3
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 14359813.42128.528–43–131–38–2
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14358823.41429.522–50–036–32–3

Interleague results

Current as of 25 September 2018

Interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.

The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.

Central League regular season standings [1]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. I HomeRoad
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 187110.38945–4–02–7–0
2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 181260.66716–3–06–3–0
3 Yomiuri Giants 188100.44424–5–04–5–0
4 Chunichi Dragons 187110.38944–5–03–6–0
5 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 188100.44426–3–02–7–0
6 Hanshin Tigers 186111.35362–6–14–5–0
Pacific League regular season standings [2]
PosTeam G W L T Pct. I HomeRoad
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 181080.55645–4–05–4–0
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 181170.61126–3–05–4–0
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 181080.55646–3–04–5–0
4 Orix Buffaloes 181161.64717–2–04–4–1
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 181170.61126–3–05–4–0
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 186120.33363–6–03–6–0

Climax Series

First StageFinal Stage Japan Series
Central League
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4
2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 03 Yomiuri Giants 0
3 Yomiuri Giants 2CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1
PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4
Pacific League
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 2
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 22 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1

First stage

Central League

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (0) vs. Yomiuri Giants (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:0630,735 
2October 14Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:4030,798

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:3535,301 
2October 14Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:3238,125 
3October 15Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:4634,794

Final stage

Central League

Hiroshima Carp (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 6 Mazda Stadium 3:0731,311 
2October 18Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 4 Mazda Stadium 2:3631,356 
3October 19Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 3:0231,371

Pacific League

Saitama Seibu Lions (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 MetLife Dome 3:2531,961 
2October 18Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 13 MetLife Dome 3:3031,106 
3October 19Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 15, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 MetLife Dome 3:3031,238 
4October 20Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 MetLife Dome 3:3132,170 
5October 21Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5 MetLife Dome 3:2631,532

Japan Series

SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 27Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2 (12) Mazda Stadium 4:3830,727 
2October 28Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 2:5530,724 
3October 30Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:5735,746 
4October 31Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:2135,796 
5November 1Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10) Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 4:2535,917 
6November 3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 Mazda Stadium 3:1430,723

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

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References

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  2. 1 2 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2018 Pacific League Standings". Npb.jp. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
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