2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season - Wikipedia
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| 2014 NPB season | |
|---|---|
| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 28 – October 30 |
| Central League Pennant | |
| League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
| Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
| Season MVP | Tomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri) |
| Pacific League Pennant | |
| League champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Runners-up | Orix Buffaloes |
| Season MVP | Chihiro Kaneko (Orix) |
| Climax Series | |
| CL champions | Hanshin Tigers |
| CL runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
| PL champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| PL runners-up | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| Japan Series | |
| Champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
| Finals MVP | Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank) |
| NPB seasons | |
The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 65th edition of NPB since reorganized in 1950.
Regular season standings
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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.
| First Stage | Final Stage | Japan Series | |||||||||||
| 1 | Yomiuri Giants | 1 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Hanshin Tigers | 1 | 2 | Hanshin Tigers | 4 | ||||||||
| 3 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 0 | CL2 | Hanshin Tigers | 1 | ||||||||
| PL1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | |||||||||||
| 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | |||||||||||
| 2 | Orix Buffaloes | 1 | 3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 3 | ||||||||
| 3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 2 | |||||||||||
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 11 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 2:52 | 46,721[1] |
| 2 | October 12 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 3:35 | 46,815[2] |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 11 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 | Kyocera Dome | 4:01 | 35,889[3] |
| 2 | October 12 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 | Kyocera Dome | 3:32 | 36,012[4] |
| 3 | October 14* | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 | Kyocera Dome | 4:17 | 32,588[5] |
- * Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong[6]
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 15 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 2:59 | 44,871[7] |
| 2 | October 16 | Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:19 | 44,728[8] |
| 3 | October 17 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:44 | 46,025[9] |
| 4 | October 18 | Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:42 | 46,311[10] |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | October 15 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:19 | 28,087[11] |
| 2 | October 16 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:30 | 29,775[12] |
| 3 | October 17 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:13 | 31,176[13] |
| 4 | October 18 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | Fukuoka Dome | 4:20 | 31,647[14] |
| 5 | October 19 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 4:26 | 34,070[15] |
| 6 | October 20 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:24 | 38,561[16] |
- ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Tuesday, October 14, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Monday, October 13, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
- ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Sunday, October 19, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
- ^ "Monday, October 20, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.