2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2016 2016 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball March 25 – October 29 Central League pennant Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yomiuri Giants Takahiro Arai (Hiroshima) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Pacific League pennant Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Shohei Ohtani (Nippon Ham) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Climax Series CL 2016 Central League Climax Series Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yokohama DeNA BayStars PL 2016 Pacific League Climax Series Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Japan Series 2016 Japan Series Mazda Zoom-Zoom Stadium Hiroshima, Minami-ku, Hiroshima Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaidō Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Hiroshima Toyo Carp Brandon Laird (Nippon Ham) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2015 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league, and the highest level of baseball in Japan. The NPB is organized into two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League. After the regular season, the top three teams of each league play off in the Climax Series, which determines which team from each league will play off in the Japan Series to determine the national championship team. The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. The Japan Series championship competition was played between the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, with the Nippon-Ham fighters winning the overall championship.Coskrey Jason 2016-10-30 Fighters wrap up Japan Series title with dramatic eighth-inning fireworks https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2016/10/30/baseball/japanese-baseball/fighters-wrap-japan-series-title-dramatic-eighth-inning-fireworks/ 2024-09-10 The Japan Times en 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.More pitchers involved in gambling scandal in Japan baseball https://www.espn.com/espn/wire?section=mlb&id=13944961 23 October 2015 Associated Press ESPN.com 22 October 2015Two more Giants pitchers involved in baseball gambling, panel finds http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2015/10/21/national/crime-legal/two-giants-pitchers-involved-baseball-gambling-panel-finds/#.VinHGqKpdKo 23 October 2015 Japan Times Kyodo News 21 October 2015 While there was no suspicion of match fixing, Sports Gambling is illegal in Japan. The players involved were received suspensions, and members of team management resigned to take responsibility for the scandal.2016-03-11 Japan's oldest baseball team in crisis mode over gambling https://apnews.com/article/25f8f329dc284b64a64f8a21d289318e 2024-09-10 AP News en-US Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/stats/std_c.html 2016 Central League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 Npb.jp 2022-07-13 Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road1Hiroshima Toyo Carp14389522.631—51–20–138–32–12Yomiuri Giants14371693.50717.540–31–131–38–23Yokohama DeNA BayStars14369713.49319.538–33–131–38–24Hanshin Tigers14364763.45724.531–39–133–37–25Tokyo Yakult Swallows14364781.45125.540–30–124–48–06Chunichi Dragons14358823.41430.532–36–326–46–0 + Pacific League regular season standings一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2016/stats/std_p.html 2016 Pacific League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 Npb.jp 2022-07-13 Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road1Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14387533.621—45–24–242–29–12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14383546.6062.540–28–343–26–33Chiba Lotte Marines14372683.51415.038–33–134–35–24Saitama Seibu Lions14364763.45723.034–36–130–40–25Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14362783.44325.036–35–126–43–26Orix Buffaloes14357833.40730.030–40–227–43–1 Climax Series 2016 Central League Climax Series 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. 200 First stage Final stage Japan Series Central League Pacific League 2 Yomiuri Giants 1 3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 2 2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 0 1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4 3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 1 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 CL1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2 PL1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 First stage Central League Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2) October 8 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:19 45,633 October 9 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 2:47 45,683 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) October 8 Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome 3:10 36,077 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) October 12 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 2:48 31,276 October 13 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 Mazda Stadium 2:58 31,264 October 14 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 Mazda Stadium 3:19 31,291 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) October 12 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6 Sapporo Dome 2:55 36,633 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:40 26,548 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:17 39,456 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:07 41,138 October 16 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 3:15 41,138 Japan Series 2016 Japan Series Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) October 22 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 3:39 30,619 October 23 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 Mazda Stadium 3:18 30,638 October 25 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 (10) Sapporo Dome 3:51 40,503 October 26 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:30 40,599 October 27 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5 Sapporo Dome 3:32 40,633 October 29 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 10, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4 Mazda Stadium 4:01 30,693 League leaders 一般社団法人日本野球機構 http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/stats/ 2015 Regular Season | NPB.jp 日本野球機構 Npb.jp 2022-07-13 Central League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting averageHayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants .344 Home runsYoshitomo Tsutsugo Yokohama DeNA BayStars 44 Runs batted inYoshitomo Tsutsugo Yokohama DeNA BayStars 110 RunsTetsuto Yamada Kosuke Tanaka Tokyo Yakult Swallows Hiroshima Toyo Carp 102 HitsRyosuke Kikuchi Hiroshima Toyo Carp 181 Stolen basesTetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 30 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total WinsYusuke Nomura Hiroshima Toyo Carp 16 LossesAtsushi Nomi Hirofumi Yamanaka Hanshin Tigers Tokyo Yakult Swallows 12 Earned run averageTomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 2.01 StrikeoutsTomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 189 Innings pitchedRandy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 185.1 SavesHirokazu Sawamura Yomiuri Giants 37 Pacific League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting averageKatsuya Kakunaka Chiba Lotte Marines .339 Home runsBrandon Laird Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 39 Runs batted inSho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 110 RunsShogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 98 HitsKatsuya Kakunaka Chiba Lotte Marines 176 Stolen basesYoshio Itoi Yuji Kaneko Orix Buffaloes Saitama Seibu Lions 53 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total WinsTsuyoshi Wada Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 15 LossesYuki Nishi Orix Buffaloes 12 Earned run averageAyumu Ishikawa Chiba Lotte Marines 2.16 StrikeoutsTakahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 216 Innings pitchedTakahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 195 SavesYoshihisa Hirano Orix Buffaloes 31 Attendances TeamTotal attendanceHome averageYomiuri Giants 3,004,108 41,724Hanshin Tigers 2,910,562 40,994Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2,492,983 35,112Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2,157,331 29,963Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2,078,981 29,281Chunichi Dragons 2,058,381 28,991Yokohama DeNA Baystars 1,939,146 26,933Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1,779,460 25,063ORIX Buffaloes 1,794,475 24,923Saitama Seibu Lions 1,618,194 22,791Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1,620,961 22,513Chiba Lotte Marines 1,526,932 21,207 This was a very small increase on attendance from the 2015 season.http://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/2016_Season_Attendance_Figures_of_NPB 2016 Season Attendance Figures of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball) 7 October 2016 nbakki 2016-02-04 2015 Season Attendance Figures of NPB (Japan Professional Baseball) https://nbakki.hatenablog.com/entry/2015_Season_Attendance_Figures_of_NPB 2024-09-10 How much is it in Tokyo? en See also 2016 KBO League season 2016 Major League Baseball season References 2 Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons