70th annual season of Nippon Professional Baseball
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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.
Regular season standings [ edit ] Climax Series [ edit ] First stage [ edit ] Central League [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Central League [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] 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 [ edit ] Central League [ edit ] Pacific League [ edit ] Regular season [ edit ] Monthly MVPs [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "[6/7/2018] 2019 NPB season to begin on March 29" . YakyuDB. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019 . ^ "2019 NPB Pacific League Schedule" . YakyuDB. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019 . ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2019 Central League Standings" . Npb.jp . Retrieved July 18, 2019 . ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2019 Pacific League Standings" . Npb.jp . Retrieved July 18, 2019 . ^ "Saturday, October 5, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2019 . ^ "Sunday, October 6, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2018 . ^ "Monday, October 7, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 9, 2018 . ^ "Saturday, October 5, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2019 . ^ "Sunday, October 6, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2018 . ^ "Monday, October 7, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2018 . ^ "Wednesday, October 9, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 10, 2019 . ^ "Thursday, October 10, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 11, 2019 . ^ "Friday, October 11, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 13, 2019 . ^ "Sunday, October 13, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 22, 2019 . ^ "Wednesday, October 9, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 10, 2018 . ^ "Thursday, October 10, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 11, 2018 . ^ "Friday, October 11, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 11, 2018 . ^ "Sunday, October 13, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved March 9, 2020 . ^ "Saturday, October 19, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 19, 2019 . ^ "Sunday, October 20, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 20, 2019 . ^ "Tuesday, October 22, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 22, 2019 . ^ "Wednesday, October 23, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2019 . ^ "2019 Central League Qualifiers for Batting Championship" . npb.jp . ^ "2019 Central League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers" . npb.jp . ^ "2019 Pacific League Qualifiers for Batting Championship" . npb.jp . ^ "2019 Pacific League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers" . npb.jp .