2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season

June 2015 October 2015 2015 2015 NPB season Nippon Professional Baseball Baseball March 27 – October 29 Central League pennant Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yomiuri Giants Tetsuto Yamada (Yakult) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Pacific League pennant Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Yuki Yanagita (SoftBank) Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award Climax Series CL 2015 Central League Climax Series Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yomiuri Giants PL 2015 Pacific League Climax Series Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Chiba Lotte Marines Japan Series 2015 Japan Series Fukuoka Yafuoku! Dome, Chūō-ku, Fukuoka Meiji Jingu Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Tokyo Yakult Swallows Dae-ho Lee (SoftBank) Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons NPB 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2014 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season 2016 The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series. 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 https://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 Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBTokyo Yakult Swallows 143 76 65 2 .539 –Yomiuri Giants 143 75 67 1 .528 1.5Hanshin Tigers 143 70 71 2 .496 6.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 69 71 3 .493 6.5Chunichi Dragons 143 62 77 4 .446 13.0Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 62 80 1 .437 14.5 + Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBFukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 90 49 4 .647 –Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 79 62 2 .560 12.0Chiba Lotte Marines 143 73 69 1 .511 19.0Saitama Seibu Lions 143 69 69 5 .500 20.5Orix Buffaloes 143 61 80 2 .433 30.0Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 57 83 3 .410 33.0 Climax Series 2015 Central League Climax Series 2015 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 2 3 Hanshin Tigers 1 2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 1 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 2 1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 2 Yomiuri Giants 1 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 3 Chiba Lotte Marines 0 CL1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 PL1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 First stage The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received byes to the championship round. Central League Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1) October 10 Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:40 45,298 October 11 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:48 46,698 October 12 Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:48 46,067 Pacific League Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1) October 10 Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:28 41,138 October 11 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:06 41,138 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 3:42 32,201 Final stage The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received a one-game advantage. Central League Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4) Tokyo Yakult Swallows October 14 Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 1 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:38 31,502 October 15 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 4 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:51 31,274 October 16 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:27 33,102 October 17 Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:58 34,038 Pacific League Chiba Lotte Marines (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10 innings) Fukuoka Dome 3:43 37,360 October 15 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6 Fukuoka Dome 2:59 37,603 October 16 Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Fukuoka Dome 2:53 37,235 Japan Series 2015 Japan Series CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) vs. PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) October 24 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:04 35,732 October 25 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:35 35,764 October 27 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 8 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:38 31,037 October 28 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4:06 31,288 October 29 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:36 31,239 League leaders 一般社団法人日本野球機構 https://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 average Shingo Kawabata Tokyo Yakult Swallows .336 Home runs Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 38 Runs batted in Kazuhiro Hatakeyama Tokyo Yakult Swallows 105 Runs Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 119 Hits Shingo Kawabata Tokyo Yakult Swallows 195 Stolen bases Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 34 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Carp 15 Losses Atsushi Nomi Hanshin Tigers 13 Earned run average Kris Johnson Hiroshima Carp 1.85 Strikeouts Shintaro Fujinami Hanshin Tigers 221 Innings pitched Yudai Ono Chunichi Dragons 207.1 Saves Tony Barnette Tokyo Yakult Swallows 41 Oh Seung-hwan Hanshin Tigers Pacific League + Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .363 Home runs Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions 37 Runs batted in Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions 124 Runs Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 110 Hits Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 216 Stolen bases Takuya Nakashima Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 34 1em + Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Shohei Ohtani Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 15 Losses Ayumu Ishikawa Chiba Lotte Marines 12 Earned run average Shohei Ohtani Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2.24 Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 215 Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 194.2 Saves Dennis Sarfate Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 41 See also 2015 Korea Professional Baseball season 2015 Major League Baseball season References 2 Nippon Professional Baseball season Category:Nippon Professional Baseball seasons