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2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This article is about the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2016 in baseball.
2016 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 25 – October 29
Central League Pennant
League championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Season MVPTakahiro Arai (Toyo)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Season MVPShohei Ohtani (Nippon Ham)
Climax Series
CL championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-upYokohama DeNA BayStars
PL championsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
ChampionsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
Finals MVPBrandon Laird (Nippon Ham)
NPB seasons

The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

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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

Central League regular season standings[3]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 89 52 2 .631 — 51–20–1 38–32–1
2 Yomiuri Giants 143 71 69 3 .507 17.5 40–31–1 31–38–2
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 69 71 3 .493 19.5 38–33–1 31–38–2
4 Hanshin Tigers 143 64 76 3 .457 24.5 31–39–1 33–37–2
5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 143 64 78 1 .451 25.5 40–30–1 24–48–0
6 Chunichi Dragons 143 58 82 3 .414 30.5 32–36–3 26–46–0
Pacific League regular season standings[4]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 87 53 3 .621 — 45–24–2 42–29–1
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 83 54 6 .606 2.5 40–28–3 43–26–3
3 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 72 68 3 .514 15.0 38–33–1 34–35–2
4 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 64 76 3 .457 23.0 34–36–1 30–40–2
5 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 62 78 3 .443 25.0 36–35–1 26–43–2
6 Orix Buffaloes 143 57 83 3 .407 30.0 30–40–2 27–43–1

Climax Series

Main articles: 2016 Central League Climax Series and 2016 Pacific League 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 StageFinal StageJapan Series
Central League
1Hiroshima Toyo Carp4
2Yomiuri Giants13Yokohama DeNA BayStars1
3Yokohama DeNA BayStars2CL1Hiroshima Toyo Carp2
PL1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters4
Pacific League
1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters4
2Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks22Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks2
3Chiba Lotte Marines0

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

Main article: 2016 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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 in Nippon Professional Baseball.
  1. ^ "More pitchers involved in gambling scandal in Japan baseball". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Two more Giants pitchers involved in baseball gambling, panel finds". Japan Times. Kyodo News. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2016 Central League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  4. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2016 Pacific League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  5. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2015 Regular Season | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  6. ^ "2016 Season Attendance Figures of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball)". 7 October 2016.
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