In the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in a four-game sweep in the Nippon Series.
Format
Central League Season format Regular season Regular season 1st place is the champion
Pacific League Season format Regular season Playoff 1st stage: Regular season 2nd place vs. regular season 3rd place – Best of 3 Playoff 2nd stage: Regular season 1st place vs. playoff 1st stage winner – Best of 5 Playoff 2nd stage winner is the champion
Japan Series Central League champion vs. Pacific League champion – Best of 7
Standings
Central League
Regular season Central League G W L T Pct. GBHanshin Tigers14687545.617-—Chunichi Dragons14679661.54510.0Yokohama BayStars14669707.49616.5Yakult Swallows14671732.49318.0Yomiuri Giants14662804.43725.0Hiroshima Toyo Carp14658844.40829.0
Pacific League
Regular season Pacific League G W L T Pct. GBFukuoka SoftBank Hawks13689452.664—Chiba Lotte Marines13684493.6324.5Seibu Lions13667690.49323.0Orix Buffaloes13662704.47026.0Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters13662713.46626.5Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles13638971.28151.5
Playoff 1st stage Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Seibu Lions (0) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2October 8Chiba Marine Stadium28,9792Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3October 9Chiba Marine Stadium28,996
Playoff 2nd stage Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (3) GameScoreDateLocationAttendance1Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 12Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,8482Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 13Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,6963Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10 innings)October 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,7574Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3October 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,7725Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,071
Japan Series
Leaders
Batting
Pitching
Awards
Best Nine Awards
Central League
Position Player Team P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers 1B Takahiro Arai Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons 3B Makoto Imaoka Hanshin Tigers SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers OF Norichika Aoki Yakult Swallows OF Tomoaki Kanemoto Hanshin Tigers
Pacific League
Position Player Team P Toshiya Sugiuchi Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1B Julio Zuleta Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2B Koichi Hori Chiba Lotte Marines 3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines OF Matt Franco Chiba Lotte Marines OF Katsuhiko Miyaji Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks OF Kazuhiro Wada Seibu Lions DH Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Gold Gloves
Central League
Position Player Team P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers 1B Andy Sheets Hanshin Tigers 2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons 3B Akinori Iwamura Yakult Swallows SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons OF Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers OF Tatsuhiko Kinjo Yokohama BayStars
Pacific League
Position Player Team P Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 1B Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines 2B Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines 3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines SS Makoto Kosaka Chiba Lotte Marines OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters OF Saburo Ohmura Chiba Lotte Marines OF Naoyuki Ohmura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
See also 2005 Major League Baseball season
References