2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2019 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
DurationMarch 29 – October 23
Number of games143
Number of teams12
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Yokohama DeNA Baystars
Season MVP Hayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Saitama Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Season MVP Tomoya Mori (Seibu)
Climax Series
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Hanshin Tigers
PL champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-up Saitama Seibu Lions
Japan Series
Champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP Yurisbel Gracial (SoftBank)
NPB seasons

The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season began on March 29. [1] It was the 70th season since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 teams NPB, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League. The 2019 NPB season was 143 games long; teams in each league played 125 games against each other and 18 interleague games. [2] The regular season was scheduled to end on September 24 except for any make-up games scheduled after it; the regular season eventually concluded on September 30. The top three teams in each league proceed to the Climax Series, NPB's postseason system.

Contents

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings [3]
RankTeam G W L T Pct. GB HomeRoad
1 Yomiuri Giants 14377642.546-39–32–038–32–2
2 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 14371693.5194.542–25–126–38–2
3 Hanshin Tigers 14369686.5046.039–32–130–36–5
4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14370703.5006.539–31–131–39–2
5 Chunichi Dragons 14368732.4829.039–31–229–42–0
6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14359822.41818.028–41–231-41–0
Pacific League regular season standings [4]
RankTeam G W L T Pct. GB HomeRoad
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 14380621.563-43–29–037–33–1
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14376625.5512.042–27–334–35-2
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14371684.5117.536–33–235–35–2
4 Chiba Lotte Marines 14369704.5049.537–32–232–38–2
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14365735.47112.035–34–330–39–2
6 Orix Buffaloes 14361757.45214.032–34–529–41–2

Climax Series

First StageFinal Stage Japan Series
Central League
1 Yomiuri Giants 4
2 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 13Hanshin Tigers1
3 Hanshin Tigers 2CL1Yomiuri Giants0
PL2Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
Pacific League
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 1
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 22Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1

First stage

Central League

Hanshin Tigers won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 5Hanshin Tigers - 8, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7 Yokohama Stadium 3:5731,832 [5]  
2October 6Hanshin Tigers - 4, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6Yokohama Stadium3:5031,818 [6]  
3October 7Hanshin Tigers - 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1Yokohama Stadium3:5731,807 [7]

Pacific League

Fukuoka Hawks won the series, 2–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 5Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:1539,745 [8]  
2October 6Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:3940,178 [9]  
3October 7Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:0538,265 [10]

Final Stage

Central League

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 9Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 5 Tokyo Dome 3:1345,277 [11]  
2October 10Hanshin Tigers – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 6Tokyo Dome2:4345,168 [12]  
3October 11Hanshin Tigers – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 6Tokyo Dome4:5245,677 [13]  
4October 13Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome2:5845,931 [14]

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 9Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 MetLife Dome 3:3829,679 [15]  
2October 10Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 6MetLife Dome4:2630,599 [16]  
3October 11Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0MetLife Dome3:3429,828 [17]  
4October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9, Saitama Seibu Lions – 3MetLife Dome4:0029,146 [18]

Japan Series

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 19Yomiuri Giants – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:1537,198 [19]  
2October 20Yomiuri Giants – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:1237,052 [20]  
3October 22Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:3844,411 [21]  
4October 23Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:2244,708 [22]

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

Awards

Regular season

NPB Awards
Central LeaguePacific League
AwardPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Rookie of the Year Munetaka Murakami Tokyo Yakult Swallows Rei Takahashi Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Most Valuable Player Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants Tomoya Mori Saitama Seibu Lions
Eiji Sawamura Award Not awardedNot awarded
Best Relief Pitcher Joely Rodríguez Chunichi Dragons Naoki Miyanishi Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Matsutaro Shoriki Award Kimiyasu Kudo Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Best Nine Award
PositionPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Pitcher Shun Yamaguchi Yomiuri Giants Kodai Senga Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Catcher Tsubasa Aizawa Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tomoya Mori Saitama Seibu Lions
1st Base Dayán Viciedo Chunichi Dragons Hotaka Yamakawa Saitama Seibu Lions
2nd Base Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows Hideto Asamura Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
3rd Base Shuhei Takahashi Chunichi Dragons Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions
Shortstop Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants Sosuke Genda Saitama Seibu Lions
Outfield Yoshihiro Maru Yomiuri Giants Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions
Seiya Suzuki Hiroshima Toyo Carp Masataka Yoshida Orix Buffaloes
Neftalí Soto Yokohama DeNA BayStars Takashi Ogino Chiba Lotte Marines
Designated hitterNot applicable Alfredo Despaigne Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Mitsui Golden Glove Award
Central LeaguePacific League
PositionPlayerTeamPlayerTeam
Pitcher Yuki Nishi Hanshin Tigers Kodai Senga Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Catcher Ryutaro Umeno Hanshin Tigers Takuya Kai Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1st Base José López Yokohama DeNA BayStars Seiichi Uchikawa Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2nd Base Ryosuke Kikuchi Hiroshima Toyo Carp Hideto Asamura Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
3rd Base Shuhei Takahashi Chunichi Dragons Nobuhiro Matsuda Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Shortstop Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants Sosuke Genda Saitama Seibu Lions

Monthly MVPs

See also

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