This article is about the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on
all of baseball, see
2012 in baseball .
Sports season
The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 .
Regular season standings [ ]
Climax Series [ ]
Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First Stage
Final Stage
Japan Series
Central League
1
Yomiuri Giants
4
2
Chunichi Dragons
2
2
Chunichi Dragons
3
3
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
1
CL1
Yomiuri Giants
4
PL1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2
Pacific League
1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
4
2
Saitama Seibu Lions
1
3
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
0
3
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2
First stage [ ]
The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League [ ]
Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 13
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6
Nagoya Dome
3:11
31,146[1]
2
October 14
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0
Nagoya Dome
3:26
33,852[2]
3
October 15
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4
Nagoya Dome
3:39
23,264[3]
Pacific League [ ]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 13
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1
Seibu Dome
2:54
32,074[4]
2
October 14
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8
Seibu Dome
3:23
33,918[5]
3
October 15
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2
Seibu Dome
3:23
25,002[6]
Final stage [ ]
The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League [ ]
Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 17
Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1
Tokyo Dome
3:21
40,039[7]
2
October 18
Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2
Tokyo Dome
3:40
39,135[8]
3
October 19
Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Tokyo Dome
3:41
44,744[9]
4
October 20
Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
2:57
46,158[10]
5
October 21
Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
3:40
45,897[11]
6
October 22
Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Tokyo Dome
3:18
44,351[12]
Pacific League [ ]
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 17
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3
Sapporo Dome
2:56
31,022[13]
2
October 18
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3
Sapporo Dome
3:17
23,610[14]
3
October 19
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4
Sapporo Dome
3:16
37,166[15]
Japan Series [ ]
CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 27
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8
Tokyo Dome
3:13
44,981[16]
2
October 28
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1
Tokyo Dome
2:51
44,932[17]
3
October 30
Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7
Sapporo Dome
4:04
36,942[18]
4
October 31
Yomiuri Giants – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1
Sapporo Dome
4:15
40,433[19]
5
November 1
Yomiuri Giants – 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2
Sapporo Dome
3:52
40,579[20]
6
November 3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Tokyo Dome
3:22
45,018[21]
League leaders [ ]
Central League [ ]
Pacific League [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Monday, October 15, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .
^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .
^ "Monday, October 15, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .
^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Friday, October 19, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Saturday, October 20, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Sunday, October 21, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Monday, October 22, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .
^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .
^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .
^ "Friday, October 19, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .
^ "Saturday, October 27, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 27, 2012 .
^ "Sunday, October 28, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 28, 2012 .
^ "Tuesday, October 30, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 30, 2012 .
^ "Wednesday, October 31, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Thursday, November 1, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .
^ "Saturday, November 3, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 3, 2012 .