2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2005 2005 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball March 26, 2005 – October 26, 2005 Regular season CL: Tomoaki Kanemoto (HAN)PL: Toshiya Sugiuchi (SBH) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award League postseason CL Central League Hanshin Tigers Chunichi Dragons PL Pacific League Chiba Lotte Marines Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Japan Series 2005 Japan Series Chiba Marine Stadium, Chiba City, Chiba Hanshin Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Chiba Lotte Marines Hanshin Tigers Toshiaki Imae (LOT) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2004 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2006 In 2005 the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in a four-game sweep in the Nippon Series. Format Central League Season format Regular season Regular season 1st place is the champion Pacific League Season format Regular season Playoff 1st stage: Regular season 2nd place vs. regular season 3rd place – Best of 3 Playoff 2nd stage: Regular season 1st place vs. playoff 1st stage winner – Best of 5 Playoff 2nd stage winner is the champion Japan Series Central League champion vs. Pacific League champion – Best of 7 Standings Central League Regular season Central League G W L T Pct. GBHanshin Tigers14687545.617-—Chunichi Dragons14679661.54510.0Yokohama BayStars14669707.49616.5Yakult Swallows14671732.49318.0Yomiuri Giants14662804.43725.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp14658844.40829.0 Pacific League Regular season Pacific League G W L T Pct. GBFukuoka SoftBank Hawks13689452.664—Chiba Lotte Marines13684493.6324.5Seibu Lions13667690.49323.0Orix Buffaloes13662704.47026.0Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters13662713.46626.5Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles13638971.28151.5 Playoff 1st stage Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Seibu Lions (0) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2October 8Chiba Marine Stadium28,979http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005100801629.html 2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 12Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3October 9Chiba Marine Stadium28,996http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005100901632.html 2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 2 Playoff 2nd stage Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 12Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,848http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005101201636.html 2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 12Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 13Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,696http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005101301637.html 2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 23Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10 innings)October 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,757http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005101501639.html 2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 34Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3October 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,772http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005101601640.html 2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 45Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,071http://bis.npb.or.jp/2005/games/s2005101701641.html 2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 5 Japan Series 2005 Japan Series Leaders Batting Pitching Awards Best Nine Awards Central League Position Player Team P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers 1B Takahiro Arai Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons 3B Makoto Imaoka Hanshin Tigers SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers OF Norichika Aoki Yakult Swallows OF Tomoaki Kanemoto Hanshin Tigers Pacific League Position Player Team P Toshiya Sugiuchi Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1B Julio Zuleta Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2B Koichi Hori Chiba Lotte Marines 3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines OF Matt Franco Chiba Lotte Marines OF Katsuhiko Miyaji Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks OF Kazuhiro Wada Seibu Lions DH Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Gold Gloves Central League Position Player Team P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers 1B Andy Sheets Hanshin Tigers 2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons 3B Akinori Iwamura Yakult Swallows SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons OF Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers OF Tatsuhiko Kinjo Yokohama BayStars Pacific League Position Player Team P Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1B Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines 2B Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines 3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines SS Makoto Kosaka Chiba Lotte Marines OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Saburo Ohmura Chiba Lotte Marines OF Naoyuki Ohmura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks See also 2005 Major League Baseball season References Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons