70th annual season of Nippon Professional Baseball
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Sports season
The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season began on March 29.[1] It is the 70th season since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 . There are 12 teams NPB, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League . The 2019 NPB season is 143 games long; teams in each league will play 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.
Regular season standings [ ]
Climax Series [ ]
First Stage [ ]
Central League [ ]
Hanshin Tigers won the series, 2–1.
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]
Pacific League [ ]
Fukuoka Hawks won the series, 2–1.
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]
Final Stage [ ]
Central League [ ]
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–1.
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]
Pacific League [ ]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1.
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]
Japan Series [ ]
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0.
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]
League leaders [ ]
Central League [ ]
Pacific League [ ]
Awards [ ]
Regular season [ ]
Monthly MVPs [ ]
See also [ ]
References [ ]
^ "[6/7/2018] 2019 NPB season to begin on March 29" . YakyuDB. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
^ "2019 NPB Pacific League Schedule" . YakyuDB. Retrieved April 8, 2019 .
^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2019 Central League Standings" . Npb.jp . Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2019 Pacific League Standings" . Npb.jp . Retrieved July 18, 2019 .
^ "Saturday, October 5, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
^ "Sunday, October 6, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
^ "Monday, October 7, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 9, 2018 .
^ "Saturday, October 5, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2019 .
^ "Sunday, October 6, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
^ "Monday, October 7, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 7, 2018 .
^ "Wednesday, October 9, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 10, 2019 .
^ "Thursday, October 10, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 11, 2019 .
^ "Friday, October 11, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 13, 2019 .
^ "Sunday, October 13, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ "Wednesday, October 9, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 10, 2018 .
^ "Thursday, October 10, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
^ "Friday, October 11, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 11, 2018 .
^ "Sunday, October 13, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved March 9, 2020 .
^ "Saturday, October 19, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 19, 2019 .
^ "Sunday, October 20, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 20, 2019 .
^ "Tuesday, October 22, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 22, 2019 .
^ "Wednesday, October 23, 2019" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2019 .
^ "2019 Central League Qualifiers for Batting Championship" . npb.jp .
^ "2019 Central League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers" . npb.jp .
^ "2019 Pacific League Qualifiers for Batting Championship" . npb.jp .
^ "2019 Pacific League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers" . npb.jp .