- This article is about the 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2019 in baseball.
The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season began on March 29.[1] It is 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 is 143 games long; teams in each league will play 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.
Regular season standings
Climax Series
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First Stage
Central League
Hanshin Tigers won the series, 2–1.
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 5 |
Hanshin Tigers - 8, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7 |
Yokohama Stadium |
3:57 |
31,832[5] |
2 |
October 6 |
Hanshin Tigers - 4, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6 |
Yokohama Stadium |
3:50 |
31,818[6] |
3 |
October 7 |
Hanshin Tigers - 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1 |
Yokohama Stadium |
3:57 |
31,807[7] |
Pacific League
Fukuoka Hawks won the series, 2–1.
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 5 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:15 |
39,745[8] |
2 |
October 6 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:39 |
40,178[9] |
3 |
October 7 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:05 |
38,265[10] |
Final Stage
Central League
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–1.
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 9 |
Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 5 |
Tokyo Dome |
3:13 |
45,277[11] |
2 |
October 10 |
Hanshin Tigers – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 6 |
Tokyo Dome |
2:43 |
45,168[12] |
3 |
October 11 |
Hanshin Tigers – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 6 |
Tokyo Dome |
4:52 |
45,677[13] |
4 |
October 13 |
Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 4 |
Tokyo Dome |
2:58 |
45,931[14] |
Pacific League
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1.
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 9 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 |
MetLife Dome |
3:38 |
29,679[15] |
2 |
October 10 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 6 |
MetLife Dome |
4:26 |
30,599[16] |
3 |
October 11 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0 |
MetLife Dome |
3:34 |
29,828[17] |
4 |
October 13 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9, Saitama Seibu Lions – 3 |
MetLife Dome |
4:00 |
29,146[18] |
Japan Series
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0.
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 19 |
Yomiuri Giants – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:15 |
37,198[19] |
2 |
October 20 |
Yomiuri Giants – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:12 |
37,052[20] |
3 |
October 22 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 2 |
Tokyo Dome |
3:38 |
44,411[21] |
4 |
October 23 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3 |
Tokyo Dome |
3:22 |
44,708[22] |
League leaders
Central League
Pacific League
Awards
Regular season
Monthly MVPs
See also
References
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