2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

This article is about the 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2018 in baseball.
2018 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 30 – November 3, 2018
Number of games143
Number of teams12
Central League Pennant
League championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  Runners-upTokyo Yakult Swallows
Season MVPYoshihiro Maru
Pacific League Pennant
League championsSaitama Seibu Lions
  Runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Season MVPHotaka Yamakawa
Climax Series
CL championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-upSaitama Seibu Lions
Japan Series
ChampionsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
Finals MVPTakuya Kai

Regular season standings
Central League regular season standings[1]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14382592.582—45-25–237-34–0
2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14375662.5327.041-30–034-36–2
3 Yomiuri Giants 14367715.48213.533–38–134–33–4
4 Yokohama DeNA Baystars 14367742.47514.033–38–134–36–1
5 Chunichi Dragons 14363782.44719.036–33-227–45–0
6 Hanshin Tigers 14362792.44020.027–42–235–37–0
Pacific League regular season standings[2]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 14388532.624—45–24–243–29–0
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14382601.5776.540–30–142–30–0
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14374663.52913.540–29–234–37–1
4 Orix Buffaloes 14365735.47121.533–37–232–36–3
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 14359813.42128.528–43–131–38–2
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14358823.41429.522–50–036–32–3

Interleague results

Current as of the 25 September 2018

Please note that interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.

The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.

Central League regular season standings[1]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. I Home Road
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 187110.38945–4–02–7–0
2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 181260.66716–3–06–3–0
3 Yomiuri Giants 188100.44424–5–04–5–0
4 Chunichi Dragons 187110.38944–5–03–6–0
5 Yokohama DeNA Baystars 188100.44426–3–02–7–0
6 Hanshin Tigers 186111.35362–6–14–5–0
Pacific League regular season standings[2]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. I Home Road
1 Saitama Seibu Lions 181080.55645–4–05–4–0
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 181170.61126–3–05–4–0
3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 181080.55646–3–04–5–0
4 Orix Buffaloes 181161.64717–2–04–4–1
5 Chiba Lotte Marines 181170.61126–3–05–4–0
6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 186120.33363–6–03–6–0

Climax Series
  First Stage     Final Stage     Japan Series
                           
  Central League     1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4  
  2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0     3 Yomiuri Giants 0    
  3 Yomiuri Giants 2         CL Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1
      PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4
  Pacific League     1 Saitama Seibu Lions 2    
  2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2     2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4  
  3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1  

Central League

Tokyo Yakult Swallows (0) vs. Yomiuri Giants (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1Meiji Jingu Stadium3:0630,735 
2October 14Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0Meiji Jingu Stadium2:4030,798

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 13Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:3535,301 
2October 14Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:3238,125 
3October 15Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:4634,794

Central League

Hiroshima Carp (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 6Mazda Stadium3:0731,311 
2October 18Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 4Mazda Stadium2:3631,356 
3October 19Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 5Mazda Stadium3:0231,371

Pacific League

Saitama Seibu Lions (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4MetLife Dome3:2531,961 
2October 18Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 13MetLife Dome3:3031,106 
3October 19Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 15, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4MetLife Dome3:3031,238 
4October 20Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2MetLife Dome3:3132,170 
5October 21Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5MetLife Dome3:2631,532

Japan Series
Main article: 2018 Japan Series

SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1–1.

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 27Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2 (12)Mazda Stadium4:3830,727 
2October 28Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5Mazda Stadium2:5530,724 
3October 30Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:5735,746 
4October 31Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:2135,796 
5November 1Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10)Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome4:2535,917 
6November 3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0Mazda Stadium3:1430,723

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

References
  1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2018 Central League Standings". Npb.jp. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  2. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2018 Pacific League Standings". Npb.jp. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
  3. http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2018/stats/bat_c.html
  4. http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2018/stats/pit_c.html
  5. http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2018/stats/bat_p.html
  6. http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2018/stats/pit_p.html
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