2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2014 2014 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball March 28 – October 30 Central League pennant Yomiuri Giants Hanshin Tigers Tomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Pacific League pennant Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Orix Buffaloes Chihiro Kaneko (Orix) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Climax Series CL 2014 Central League Climax Series Hanshin Tigers Yomiuri Giants PL 2014 Pacific League Climax Series Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Japan Series 2014 Japan Series Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka Hanshin Koshien Stadium, Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hanshin Tigers Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2013 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2015 thumb | right | Koji Akiyama, manager of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, at Fukuoka Dome The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 65th edition of NPB since reorganized in 1950. Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 144 82 61 1 .573 —Hanshin Tigers 144 75 68 1 .524 7Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 74 68 2 .521 7.5Chunichi Dragons 144 67 73 4 .479 13.5Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144 67 75 2 .472 14.5Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 60 81 3 .426 21 + Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBFukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 78 60 6 .565 —Orix Buffaloes 144 80 62 2 .563 —Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 73 68 3 .518 6.5Chiba Lotte Marines 144 66 76 2 .465 14.0Saitama Seibu Lions 144 63 77 4 .450 16.0Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 64 80 0 .444 17.0 Climax Series 2014 Central League Climax Series 2014 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 Hanshin Tigers 1 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0 2 Orix Buffaloes 1 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 1 Yomiuri Giants 1 2 Hanshin Tigers 4 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 CL2 Hanshin Tigers 1 PL1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 First stage The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round. Central League Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0) October 11 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 2:52 46,721 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101101754.html Saturday, October 11, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 Koshien Stadium 3:35 46,815 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101201756.html Sunday, October 12, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 Pacific League Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1) October 11 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 Kyocera Dome 4:01 35,889 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101101755.html Saturday, October 11, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Kyocera Dome 3:32 36,012 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101201757.html Sunday, October 12, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 14* Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 Kyocera Dome 4:17 32,588 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101401759.html Tuesday, October 14, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 * Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfonghttp://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101301758.html Monday, October 13, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 Final stage The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage. Central League Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1) October 15 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:59 44,871 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101501760.html Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 16 Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:19 44,728 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101601762.html Thursday, October 16, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 17 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:44 46,025 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101701764.html Friday, October 17, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 18 Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:42 46,311 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101801766.html Saturday, October 18, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 Pacific League Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) October 15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Fukuoka Dome 3:19 28,087 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101501761.html Wednesday, October 15, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 15, 2014 October 16 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Fukuoka Dome 3:30 29,775 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101601763.html Thursday, October 16, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:13 31,176 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101701765.html Friday, October 17, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Fukuoka Dome 4:20 31,647 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101801767.html Saturday, October 18, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 19 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 4:26 34,070 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014101901768.html Sunday, October 19, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 October 20 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:24 38,561 http://bis.npb.or.jp/eng/2014/games/s2014102001769.html Monday, October 20, 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball October 24, 2014 Japan Series 2014 Japan Series League leaders Central League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Matt Murton Hanshin Tigers .338 Home runs Brad Eldred Hiroshima Toyo Carp 37 Runs batted in Mauro Gómez Hanshin Tigers 109 Runs Yoshihiro MaruTetsuto Yamada Hiroshima Toyo CarpTokyo Yakult Swallows 106 Hits Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 193 Stolen bases Takayuki Kajitani Yokohama DeNA BayStars 39 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Randy MessengerDaisuke Yamai Hanshin TigersChunichi Dragons 13 Losses Atsushi Nomi Hanshin Tigers 13 Earned run average Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 2.33 Strikeouts Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 226 Innings pitched Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 2081 3 Saves Oh Seung-hwan Hanshin Tigers 39 Pacific League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Yoshio Itoi Orix Buffaloes .331 Home runs Ernesto MejíaTakeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu LionsSaitama Seibu Lions 34 Runs batted in Sho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 100 Runs Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 91 Hits Akira Nakamura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 176 Stolen bases Haruki Nishikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 43 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 16 Losses Wataru KarashimaLuis Mendoza Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 13 Earned run average Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 1.98 Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 204 Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 2022 3 Saves Yoshihisa Hirano Orix Buffaloes 40 See also 2014 Korea Professional Baseball season 2014 Major League Baseball season References 2 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons