The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 65th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
2014 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 28 – October 30 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Season MVP | Tomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Orix Buffaloes |
Season MVP | Chihiro Kaneko (Orix) |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Hanshin Tigers |
CL runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
PL champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
PL runners-up | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Finals MVP | Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank) |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 82 | 61 | 1 | .573 | — |
Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 75 | 68 | 1 | .524 | 7 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 144 | 74 | 68 | 2 | .521 | 7.5 |
Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 67 | 73 | 4 | .479 | 13.5 |
Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 144 | 67 | 75 | 2 | .472 | 14.5 |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 60 | 81 | 3 | .426 | 21 |
Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 78 | 60 | 6 | .565 | — |
Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 80 | 62 | 2 | .563 | — |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 73 | 68 | 3 | .518 | 6.5 |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 66 | 76 | 2 | .465 | 14.0 |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 144 | 63 | 77 | 4 | .450 | 16.0 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 64 | 80 | 0 | .444 | 17.0 |
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 | |||||||||||
1 | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | |||||||||||
2 | Hanshin Tigers | 1 | 2 | Hanshin Tigers | 4 | ||||||||
3 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 0 | CL2 | Hanshin Tigers | 1 | ||||||||
PL1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | |||||||||||
1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | |||||||||||
2 | Orix Buffaloes | 1 | 3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 3 | ||||||||
3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 2 | |||||||||||
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 11 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 2:52 | 46,721[1] |
2 | October 12 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 3:35 | 46,815[2] |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 11 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 | Kyocera Dome | 4:01 | 35,889[3] |
2 | October 12 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 | Kyocera Dome | 3:32 | 36,012[4] |
3 | October 14* | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 | Kyocera Dome | 4:17 | 32,588[5] |
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 15 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 2:59 | 44,871[7] |
2 | October 16 | Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:19 | 44,728[8] |
3 | October 17 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:44 | 46,025[9] |
4 | October 18 | Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:42 | 46,311[10] |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)
Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
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1 | October 15 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:19 | 28,087[11] |
2 | October 16 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:30 | 29,775[12] |
3 | October 17 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:13 | 31,176[13] |
4 | October 18 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | Fukuoka Dome | 4:20 | 31,647[14] |
5 | October 19 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 4:26 | 34,070[15] |
6 | October 20 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:24 | 38,561[16] |
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