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This article is about the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on
all of baseball, see
2016 in baseball .
Sports season
The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 .
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 NPB games and Major League Baseball games, as well as high school baseball.[1] [2]
Regular season standings [ ]
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
Central League
1
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
4
2
Yomiuri Giants
1
3
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
1
3
Yokohama DeNA BayStars
2
CL1
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2
PL1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
4
Pacific League
1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
4
2
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2
2
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2
3
Chiba Lotte Marines
0
First stage [ ]
Central League [ ]
Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 8
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
3:19
45,633
2
October 9
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2
Tokyo Dome
2:47
45,683
3
October 10*
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
4:21
45,477
Pacific League [ ]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (0)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 8
Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:10
36,077
2
October 9
Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:16
38,500
Final stage [ ]
Central League [ ]
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 12
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5
Mazda Stadium
2:48
31,276
2
October 13
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3
Mazda Stadium
2:58
31,264
3
October 14
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0
Mazda Stadium
3:19
31,291
4
October 15
Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8
Mazda Stadium
3:26
31,313
Pacific League [ ]
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 12
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6
Sapporo Dome
2:55
36,633
2
October 13
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4
Sapporo Dome
3:40
26,548
3
October 14
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4
Sapporo Dome
3:17
39,456
4
October 15
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2
Sapporo Dome
3:07
41,138
5
October 16
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7
Sapporo Dome
3:15
41,138
Japan Series [ ]
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 22
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5
Mazda Stadium
3:39
30,619
2
October 23
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5
Mazda Stadium
3:18
30,638
3
October 25
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 (10)
Sapporo Dome
3:51
40,503
4
October 26
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3
Sapporo Dome
3:30
40,599
5
October 27
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5
Sapporo Dome
3:32
40,633
6
October 29
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 10 , Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4
Mazda Stadium
4:01
30,693
League leaders [ ]
[5]
Central League [ ]
Pacific League [ ]
Attendances [ ]
Team
Total attendance
Home average
Yomiuri Giants
3,004,108
41,724
Hanshin Tigers
2,910,562
40,994
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2,492,983
35,112
Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2,157,331
29,963
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2,078,981
29,281
Chunichi Dragons
2,058,381
28,991
Yokohama DeNA Baystars
1,939,146
26,933
Tokyo Yakult Swallows
1,779,460
25,063
ORIX Buffaloes
1,794,475
24,923
Saitama Seibu Lions
1,618,194
22,791
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
1,620,961
22,513
Chiba Lotte Marines
1,526,932
21,207
[6]
See also [ ]
References [ ]