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2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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70th annual season of Nippon Professional Baseball

This article is about the 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information onall of baseball, see2019 in baseball.

Sports season

2019 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 29 – October 23
Games	143
Teams	12
Central League pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Yokohama DeNA Baystars
SeasonMVP	Hayato Sakamoto(Yomiuri)
Pacific League pennant
League champions	Saitama Seibu Lions
Runners-up	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
SeasonMVP	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
Venue	Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome,Chūō-ku, Fukuoka Tokyo Dome,Bunkyō, Tokyo
Champions	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
FinalsMVP	Yurisbel Gracial(SoftBank)
NPB seasons
← 2018 2020 →

The2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season began on March 29.^[1] It was the 70th season sinceNippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in1950. There are 12 teams NPB, split evenly between theCentral League andPacific 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.

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Yomiuri Giants	143	77	64	2	.546	-	39–32–0	38–32–2
2	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	143	71	69	3	.519	4.5	42–25–1	26–38–2
3	Hanshin Tigers	143	69	68	6	.504	6.0	39–32–1	30–36–5

4	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	143	70	70	3	.500	6.5	39–31–1	31–39–2
5	Chunichi Dragons	143	68	73	2	.482	9.0	39–31–2	29–42–0
6	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	143	59	82	2	.418	18.0	28–41–2	31-41–0

Rank	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	80	62	1	.563	-	43–29–0	37–33–1
2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	76	62	5	.551	2.0	42–27–3	34–35-2
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	71	68	4	.511	7.5	36–33–2	35–35–2

4	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	69	70	4	.504	9.5	37–32–2	32–38–2
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	65	73	5	.471	12.0	35–34–3	30–39–2
6	Orix Buffaloes	143	61	75	7	.452	14.0	32–34–5	29–41–2


First stage			Final stage			Japan Series



Central League			1	Yomiuri Giants	4

2	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	1	3	Hanshin Tigers	1

3	Hanshin Tigers	2				CL1	Yomiuri Giants	0

						PL2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	4

Pacific League			1	Saitama Seibu Lions	1

2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	2	2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	4

3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

	Central League		Pacific League
Award	Player	Team	Player	Team
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 awarded		Not 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
Position	Player	Team	Player	Team
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 hitter	Not applicable		Alfredo Despaigne	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

#	Team	Average
1	Hanshin Tigers	42,935
2	Yomiuri Giants	42,643
3	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	36,891
4	Chunichi Dragons	31,741
5	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	31,716
6	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	31,319
7	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	27,543
8	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	27,368
9	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	25,659
10	Saitama Seibu Lions	25,299
11	ORIX Buffaloes	24,423
12	Chiba Lotte Marines	23,463

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Regular season standings

Climax Series

First stage

Central League

Pacific League

Final stage

Central League

Pacific League

Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

Awards

Regular season

Monthly MVPs

Attendances

See also

References