2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2012 2012 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball March 30 – November 3 Central League pennant Yomiuri Giants Chunichi Dragons Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Pacific League pennant Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Saitama Seibu Lions Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Climax Series CL 2012 Central League Climax Series Yomiuri Giants Chunichi Dragons PL 2012 Pacific League Climax Series Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Japan Series 2012 Japan Series Sapporo Dome, Sapporo, Hokkaidō Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Tokyo Yomiuri Giants Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Tetsuya Utsumi (Yomiuri) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2011 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2013 The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 144 86 43 15 .667 —Chunichi Dragons 144 75 53 16 .586 10.5Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 68 65 11 .511 20.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 61 71 12 .462 26.5Hanshin Tigers 144 55 75 14 .423 31.5Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144 46 85 13 .351 41.0 + Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 74 59 11 .556 —Saitama Seibu Lions 144 72 63 9 .533 3.0Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 67 65 12 .508 6.5Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 67 67 10 .500 7.5Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 67 15 .481 10.0Orix Buffaloes 144 57 77 10 .425 17.5 Climax Series 2012 Central League Climax Series 2012 Pacific League Climax Series Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie. 200 First stage Final stage Japan Series Central League Pacific League 2 Chunichi Dragons 2 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 1 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2 1 Yomiuri Giants 4 2 Chunichi Dragons 3 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 CL1 Yomiuri Giants 4 PL1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 First stage The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round. Central League Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) October 13 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 Nagoya Dome 3:11 31,146 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101301764.html Saturday, October 13, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 14 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0 Nagoya Dome 3:26 33,852 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101401766.html Sunday, October 14, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 15 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4 Nagoya Dome 3:39 23,264 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101501768.html Monday, October 15, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 Pacific League Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1) October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:54 32,074 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101301765.html Saturday, October 13, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 Seibu Dome 3:23 33,918 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101401767.html Sunday, October 14, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Dome 3:23 25,002 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101501769.html Monday, October 15, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 Final stage The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage. Central League Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3) October 17 Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 3:21 40,039 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101701770.html Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 18 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:40 39,135 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101801772.html Thursday, October 18, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 19 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:41 44,744 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101901774.html Friday, October 19, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 20 Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:57 46,158 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012102001776.html Saturday, October 20, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 21 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:40 45,897 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012102101777.html Sunday, October 21, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 October 22 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:18 44,351 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012102201778.html Monday, October 22, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 4, 2012 Pacific League Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0) October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:56 31,022 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101701771.html Wednesday, October 17, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:17 23,610 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101801773.html Thursday, October 18, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:16 37,166 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012101901775.html Friday, October 19, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 29, 2012 Japan Series 2012 Japan Series CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) October 27 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Tokyo Dome 3:13 44,981 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012102701779.html Saturday, October 27, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 27, 2012 October 28 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:51 44,932 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012102801780.html Sunday, October 28, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 28, 2012 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 4:04 36,942 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012103001781.html Tuesday, October 30, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball October 30, 2012 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 4:15 40,433 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012103101782.html Wednesday, October 31, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 1, 2012 November 1 Yomiuri Giants – 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:52 40,579 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012110101783.html Thursday, November 1, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 1, 2012 November 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:22 45,018 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2012/games/s2012110301784.html Saturday, November 3, 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball November 3, 2012 League leaders Central League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants .340 Home runs Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows 31 Runs batted in Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants 104 Runs Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants 87 Hits Hayato SakamotoHisayoshi Chono Yomiuri GiantsYomiuri Giants 173 Stolen bases Yohei Oshima Chunichi Dragons 32 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Tetsuya Utsumi Yomiuri Giants 15 Losses Bryan BullingtonMinoru Iwata Hiroshima Toyo CarpHanshin Tigers 14 Earned run average Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1.53 Strikeouts Toshiya SugiuchiAtsushi Nomi Yomiuri GiantsHanshin Tigers 172 Innings pitched Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2061 3 Saves Tony BarnetteHitoki Iwase Tokyo Yakult SwallowsChunichi Dragons 33 Pacific League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Katsuya Kakunaka Chiba Lotte Marines .312 Home runs Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions 27 Runs batted in Lee Dae-Ho Orix Buffaloes 91 Runs Sho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 79 Hits Seiichi Uchikawa Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 157 Stolen bases Ryo Hijirisawa Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 54 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Tadashi Settsu Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 17 Losses Takayuki Kishi Saitama Seibu Lions 12 Earned run average Mitsuo Yoshikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1.71 Strikeouts Masahiro Tanaka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 169 Innings pitched Yoshihisa Naruse Chiba Lotte Marines 2002 3 Saves Hisashi Takeda Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 32 See also 2012 Korea Professional Baseball season 2012 Major League Baseball season References 2 Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons