2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2017 in baseball.
2017 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 31 – November 4
Games143
Teams12
Central League pennant
League championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  Runners-upHanshin Tigers
Season MVPYoshihiro Maru (Hiroshima)
Pacific League pennant
League championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upSaitama Seibu Lions
Season MVPDennis Sarfate (SoftBank)
Climax Series
CL championsYokohama DeNA BayStars
  CL runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
PL championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-upTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Japan Series
Venue
ChampionsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upYokohama DeNA BayStars
Finals MVPDennis Sarfate (SoftBank)

The 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 68th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings[1]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 88 51 4 .633 — 50–20–1 38–31–3
2 Hanshin Tigers 143 78 61 4 .561 10.0 41–29–2 37–32–2
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 73 65 5 .529 14.5 38–29–4 35–36–1
4 Yomiuri Giants 143 72 68 3 .514 16.5 38–33–0 34–35–3
5 Chunichi Dragons 143 59 79 5 .428 28.5 37–32–3 22–47–2
6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 143 45 96 2 .319 44.0 30–40–2 15–56–0
Pacific League regular season standings[2]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 94 49 0 .657 — 52–20–0 42–29–0
2 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 79 61 3 .564 13.5 44–27–1 35–34–2
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 77 63 3 .550 15.5 39–30–2 38–33–1
4 Orix Buffaloes 143 63 79 1 .444 30.5 34–37–0 29–42–1
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 60 83 0 .420 34.0 36–36–0 24–47–0
6 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 54 87 2 .383 39.0 28–42–1 26–45–1

Climax Series

Main articles: 2017 Central League Climax Series and 2017 Pacific League Climax Series
First stageFinal stageJapan Series
Central League
1Hiroshima Toyo Carp2
2Hanshin Tigers13Yokohama DeNA BayStars4
3Yokohama DeNA BayStars2CL3Yokohama DeNA BayStars2
PL1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
Pacific League
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
2Saitama Seibu Lions13Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles2
3Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles2

First stage

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 14 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 2 Koshien Stadium 2:52 46,748 
2 October 15 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 13, Hanshin Tigers – 6 Koshien Stadium 4:35 46,761 
3 October 17 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 3:10 46,319

Pacific League

Saitama Seibu Lions (1) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 14 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 10 Seibu Prince Dome 3:00 32,547 
2 October 15 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Prince Dome 3:12 32,508 
3 October 16 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Prince Dome 3:26 31,755

Final stage

Central League

Hiroshima Toyota Carp (2) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (4)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 18 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 (5) Mazda Stadium 2:13 30,810 
2 October 19 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2 Mazda Stadium 3:40 31,165 
3 October 20 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 Mazda Stadium 3:23 31,279 
4 October 23 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 Mazda Stadium 3:26 31,311 
5 October 24 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 9, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3 Mazda Stadium 3:39 31,230

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 18 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 Fukuoka Dome 3:05 35,125 
2 October 19 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Fukuoka Dome 3:31 36,380 
3 October 20 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 Fukuoka Dome 3:16 35,333 
4 October 21 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:21 37,455 
5 October 22 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 Fukuoka Dome 2:41 35,387

Japan Series

Main article: 2017 Japan Series

Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 28 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10 Fukuoka Dome 3:13 36,183 
2 October 29 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:56 36,082 
3 October 31 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2 Yokohama Stadium 3:53 27,153 
4 November 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6 Yokohama Stadium 3:02 27,162 
5 November 2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5 Yokohama Stadium 3:35 27,180 
6 November 4 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 4:22 36,118

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

Attendances

# Team Average
1 Hanshin Tigers 42,148
2 Yomiuri Giants 41,675
3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 35,094
4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 30,670
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 28,978
6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 27,880
7 Chunichi Dragons 27,927
8 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 25,871
9 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 24,931
10 Saitama Seibu Lions 23,239
11 ORIX Buffaloes 22,658
12 Chiba Lotte Marines 20,425

Source:[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Central League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Pacific League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Central League Qualifiers for Batting Championship | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  4. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Central League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  5. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Pacific League Qualifiers for Batting Championship | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  6. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Pacific League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  7. ^ https://npb.jp/statistics/2017/attendance.html
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2017 in Nippon Professional Baseball.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.