2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2024 in baseball.
2024 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29 – October 4
Number of games143
Number of teams12
Central League Pennant
Pacific League Pennant
Climax Series
Japan Series
NPB seasons
2025 →

The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

Regular season standings[edit]

Current through May 19.

Central League regular season standings[1]
Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Hanshin Tigers 42 22 16 4 .579 — 11–8–1 11–8–3
2 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 37 18 15 4 .545 1½ 10–7–3 8–8–1
3 Yomiuri Giants 43 21 19 3 .525 2 12–8–0 9–11–3
4 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 40 18 21 1 .462 4½ 8–12–1 10–9–0
5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 40 17 21 2 .447 5 8–11–2 9–10–0
6 Chunichi Dragons 42 17 21 4 .447 5 8–10–2 9–11–2
Pacific League regular season standings[2]
Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 39 27 10 2 .730 — 15–4–1 12–6–1
2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 39 21 16 2 .568 6 13–4–1 8–12–1
3 Chiba Lotte Marines 40 19 18 3 .514 8 10–8–1 9–10–2
4 Orix Buffaloes 40 17 21 2 .447 10½ 10–12–1 7–9–1
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 40 17 22 1 .436 11 8–12–1 9–10–0
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 40 13 27 0 .325 15½ 8–11–0 5–16–0

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2024 Central League Standings". Retrieved May 19, 2024.
  2. ^ "2024 Pacific League Standings". Retrieved May 19, 2024.
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