2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season
2015 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 27 – October 29, 2015 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
CL runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
PL champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
PL runners-up | Chiba Lotte Marines |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Finals MVP | Lee Dae-ho (SOF) |
The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series.
Contents
1 Incidents
2 Regular season standings
3 Climax Series
3.1 First stage
3.1.1 Central League
3.1.2 Pacific League
3.2 Final stage
3.2.1 Central League
3.2.2 Pacific League
4 Japan Series
5 League leaders [3]
5.1 Central League
5.2 Pacific League
6 See also
7 References
Incidents
A gambling scandal involving members of the Yomiuri Giants was reported in October. Pitchers Satoshi Fukuda, Shoki Kasahara, and Ryuya Matsumoto were found to have bet on both NBP games and Major League Baseball games, as well as high school baseball.[1][2]
Regular season standings
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 143 | 76 | 65 | 2 | .539 | – |
Yomiuri Giants | 143 | 75 | 67 | 1 | .528 | 1.5 |
Hanshin Tigers | 143 | 70 | 71 | 2 | .496 | 6.0 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 143 | 69 | 71 | 3 | .493 | 6.5 |
Chunichi Dragons | 143 | 62 | 77 | 4 | .446 | 13.0 |
Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 143 | 62 | 80 | 1 | .437 | 14.5 |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 143 | 90 | 49 | 4 | .647 | – |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 79 | 62 | 2 | .560 | 12.0 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 143 | 73 | 69 | 1 | .511 | 19.0 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 143 | 69 | 69 | 5 | .500 | 20.5 |
Orix Buffaloes | 143 | 61 | 80 | 2 | .433 | 30.0 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 57 | 83 | 3 | .410 | 33.0 |
Climax Series
Note: In each league's stepladder playoff system (Climax Series), all games in that series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advanced if the round ended in a tie.
| First Stage | | | Final Stage | | | Japan Series | ||||||
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| Central League | | | 1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 4 | | ||||||
| 2 | Yomiuri Giants | 2 | | | 2 | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | | | |||
| 3 | Hanshin Tigers | 1 | | | | | CL1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 1 | |||
| | | PL1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | ||||||||
| Pacific League | | | 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | | | |||||
| 2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 1 | | | 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 0 | | ||||
| 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | |
First stage
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League
Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 3:40 | 45,298 |
2 | October 11 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:48 | 46,698 |
3 | October 12 | Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 | Tokyo Dome | 2:48 | 46,067 |
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 10 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 | Sapporo Dome | 3:28 | 41,138 |
2 | October 11 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 | Sapporo Dome | 3:06 | 41,138 |
3 | October 12 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 | Sapporo Dome | 3:42 | 32,201 |
Final stage
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League
Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 14 | Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 1 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:38 | 31,502 |
2 | October 15 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 4 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:51 | 31,274 |
3 | October 16 | Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 2 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:27 | 33,102 |
4 | October 17 | Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 3 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 2:58 | 34,038 |
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10 innings) | Fukuoka Dome | 3:43 | 37,360 |
2 | October 15 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 | Fukuoka Dome | 2:59 | 37,603 |
3 | October 16 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Fukuoka Dome | 2:53 | 37,235 |
Japan Series
CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) vs. PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 24 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:04 | 35,732 |
2 | October 25 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:35 | 35,764 |
3 | October 27 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 8 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:38 | 31,037 |
4 | October 28 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 4:06 | 31,288 |
5 | October 29 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0 | Meiji Jingu Stadium | 3:36 | 31,239 |
League leaders [3]
Central League
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Pacific League
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See also
- 2015 Korea Professional Baseball season
- 2015 Major League Baseball season
References
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