2004 Pacific League Playoffs

Japanese baseball series January 2023 yes 2004 yes yes yes no Seibu Lions (2) Tsutomu Ito 74–58–1 (.560), 4.5 GB Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1) Trey Hillman 66–65–2 (.504), 12 GB October 1–3 Seibu Lions (3) Tsutomu Ito 74–58–1 (.560), 4.5 GB Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (2) Sadaharu Oh 77–52–4 (.594), 4.5 GA October 6–11 1982 Pacific League Playoffs 1982 2005 Pacific League Playoffs 2005 The 2004 Pacific League Playoffs was a set of consecutive playoff series for the Pacific League of Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) in the 2004 season. It began on October 1 and ended on October 11, with the top-three finishers of the PL participating in two series of games, with the first stage being a best-of-three series and the final stage being a best-of-five series. They were: (2) Seibu Lions (74–58–1) vs. (3) Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (66–65–2): Lions win series, 2–1. (1) Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (77–52) vs. (2) Seibu Lions: Lions win series, 3–2. With the victory against the Hawks, the Lions advanced to the Japan Series. The Pacific League would be the only league with a playoff until 2007, which saw both the Central and Pacific have their top three teams compete in a playoff that is referred to as the Climax Series. First stage Summary Seibu Lions 2–1 October 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7, Seibu Lions – 10 Seibu Dome 3:30 30,000 https://www.seibulions.jp/expansion/history/cs/2004game.html 2004年プレーオフ試合結果 Saitama Seibu Lions March 10, 2020 Japanese October 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Seibu Lions – 4 Seibu Dome 3:53 45,000 October 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Seibu Lions – 6 Seibu Dome 4:31 38,000 Game 1 Friday, October 1, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 3 0 7 Seibu SEI 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 0 X 3 Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0) Satoru Kanemura (0–1) Kiyoshi Toyoda (1) Michihiro Ogasawara (1), Fernando Seguignol (1) José Fernández 2 (2), Tomoaki Satoh (1), Toru Hosokawa (1) 30,000 Game 2 Saturday, October 2, 2004, 1:30 pm (JST) Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 5 Seibu SEI 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 Carlos Mirabal (1–0) Chang Chih-chia (0–1) Yukiya Yokoyama (1) Michihiro Ogasawara (2) 45,000 Game 3 Sunday, October 3, 2004, 1:00 pm (JST) Seibu Dome in Tokorozawa, Saitama Prefecture Nippon-Ham NIP 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 Seibu SEI 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 1X 6 Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0) Yukiya Yokoyama (0–1) Fernando Seguignol (2), Kuniyuki Kimoto (1) Alex Cabrera (1), Kazuhiro Wada (1) 38,000 Second stage Summary Seibu Lions 3–2 October 6 Seibu Lions – 3, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 9 Fukuoka Dome 3:05 47,000 https://www.seibulions.jp/expansion/history/cs/2004game.html 2004年プレーオフ試合結果 Saitama Seibu Lions March 10, 2020 Japanese October 7 Seibu Lions – 11, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 1 Fukuoka Dome 3:24 47,000 October 9 Seibu Lions – 6, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 5 Fukuoka Dome 4:00 48,000 October 10 Seibu Lions – 1, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:22 48,000 October 11 Seibu Lions – 4, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks – 3 (10) Fukuoka Dome 4:14 47,000 Game 1 Wednesday, October 6, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 Daiei DAI 2 0 1 0 2 0 3 1 X 9 Nagisa Arakaki (1–0) Takashi Ishii (0–1) Alex Cabrera (1) Kenji Johjima (1), Tadahito Iguchi (1), Nobuhiko Matsunaka (1), Julio Zuleta (1) 47,000 Game 2 Thursday, October 7, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 2 3 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 11 Daiei DAI 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 Daisuke Matsuzaka (1–0) Tsuyoshi Wada (0–1) Kazuhiro Wada (1), Hiroyuki Takagi (1) 47,000 Game 3 Saturday, October 9, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 Daiei DAI 0 0 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 5 Shuichiro Osada (1–0) Kazumi Saito (0–1) Kiyoshi Toyoda (1) José Fernández 2 (2), Hiroyuki Nakajima (1), Kosuke Noda (1) Tadahito Iguchi (2), Kenji Johjima (2) 48,000 Game 4 Sunday, October 10, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 Daiei DAI 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 0 X 4 Shinji Kurano (1–0) Kazuyuki Hoashi (0–1) Koji Mise (1) Kazuhiro Wada (2) Munenori Kawasaki (1) 48,000 Game 5 Monday, October 11, 2004, 6:00 pm (JST) Fukuoka Dome in Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture Seibu SEI 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 4 Daiei DAI 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 Kiyoshi Toyoda (1–0) Koji Mise (0–1) Takashi Ishii (1) Kenji Johjima (3), Tadahito Iguchi (3) 47,000 References 2004 Pacific League Playoffs Category:Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters postseason Category:Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks postseason Category:Saitama Seibu Lions postseason Category:October 2004 sports events in Japan