2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2007 2007 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball March 24 – November 1 Central League pennant Yomiuri Giants Chunichi Dragons Michihiro Ogasawara (Yomiuri) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Pacific League pennant Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Chiba Lotte Marines Yu Darvish (Nippon Ham) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Climax Series Climax Series CL 2007 Central League Climax Series Chunichi Dragons Yomiuri Giants PL 2007 Pacific League Climax Series Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Chiba Lotte Marines Japan Series 2007 Japan Series Chunichi Dragons Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaidō Vantelin Dome Nagoya, Nagoya, Aichi Norihiro Nakamura (Chunichi) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2006 2008 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2008 The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 and the first to feature the Climax Series. Regular season Standings Central League main WDL 2007 Central League standings Central n y y none y % YOM Yomiuri Giants 80 63 1 CHU Chunichi Dragons 78 64 2 HAN Hanshin Tigers 74 66 4 YOK Yokohama BayStars 71 72 1 HIR Hiroshima Toyo Carp 60 82 2 TOK Tokyo Yakult Swallows 60 84 0 complete Pacific League main WDL 2007 Pacific League standings Pacific n y y none y % HOK Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 79 60 5 CHI Chiba Lotte Marines 76 61 7 FUK Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 73 66 5 TOH Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 67 75 2 SAI Seibu Lions 66 76 2 ORI Orix Buffaloes 62 77 5 complete Climax Series 2007 Central League Climax Series 2007 Pacific League Climax Series Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in the Japan Series. The system was a success when Pacific League's teams won all the Japan Series since the introduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff system since 1949. Climax Series does not affect the team's standings, nor individual's record in the regular season. 200 First stage Final stage Japan Series Central League Pacific League 2 Chunichi Dragons 2 3 Hanshin Tigers 0 2 Chiba Lotte Marines 2 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1 1 Yomiuri Giants 0 2 Chunichi Dragons 3 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 2 Chiba Lotte Marines 2 C2 Chunichi Dragons 4 P1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1 – Chunichi Dragons advances to 2007 Konami Cup Leaders Batting Central League Statistic Leader Team Result Batting average Norichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows .327 Runs Norichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows 114 Hits Alex Ramirez Tokyo Yakult Swallows 204* Doubles Alex Ramirez Tokyo Yakult Swallows 41 Triples Hiroyasu Tanaka Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Home runs Shuichi Murata Yokohama BayStars 36 Runs batted in Alex Ramirez Tokyo Yakult Swallows 122 Stolen bases Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons 31 Walks Tyrone Woods Chunichi Dragons 121 *indicates league record Pacific League Statistic Leader Team Result Batting average Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters .334 Runs Hichori Morimoto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 91 Hits Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 176 Doubles Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 39 Triples Daisuke Hayakawa Chiba Lotte Marines 8 Home runs Takeshi Yamasaki Rakuten Golden Eagles 43 Runs batted in Takeshi Yamasaki Rakuten Golden Eagles 108 Stolen bases Yasuyuki Kataoka Seibu Lions 38 Walks Tuffy Rhodes Orix Buffaloes 88 Awards Best Nine Awards Central League Position Player Team P Hisanori Takahashi Yomiuri Giants C Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants 1B Tyrone Woods Chunichi Dragons 2B Hiroyasu Tanaka Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3B Michihiro Ogasawara Yomiuri Giants SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons OF Norichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows OF Alex Ramirez Tokyo Yakult Swallows OF Yoshinobu Takahashi Yomiuri Giants Pacific League Position Player Team P Yu Darvish Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters C Tomoya Satozaki Chiba Lotte Marines 1B Alex Cabrera Seibu Lions 2B Kensuke Tanaka Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3B Greg LaRocca Orix Buffaloes SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines OF Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Hichori Morimoto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Naoyuki Ohmura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks DH Takeshi Yamasaki Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles Gold Gloves Central League Position Player Team P Kenshin Kawakami Chunichi Dragons C Motonobu Tanishige Chunichi Dragons 1B Andy Sheets Hanshin Tigers 2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons 3B Norihiro Nakamura Chunichi Dragons SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons OF Tatsuhiko Kinjo Yokohama BayStars OF Norichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows OF Yoshinobu Takahashi Yomiuri Giants Pacific League Position Player Team P Yu Darvish Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters C Tomoya Satozaki Chiba Lotte Marines 1B Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines 2B Kensuke Tanaka Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines OF Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Hichori Morimoto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Saburo Ohmura Chiba Lotte Marines See also 2007 Korea Professional Baseball season 2007 Major League Baseball season References Central League Standings (Japanese) Pacific League Standings (Japanese) Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons