The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 65th edition of NPB since reorganized in 1950.
Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBYomiuri Giants 144 82 61 1 .573 —Hanshin Tigers 144 75 68 1 .524 7Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 74 68 2 .521 7.5Chunichi Dragons 144 67 73 4 .479 13.5Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144 67 75 2 .472 14.5Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 60 81 3 .426 21
+ Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct. GBFukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 78 60 6 .565 —Orix Buffaloes 144 80 62 2 .563 —Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 73 68 3 .518 6.5Chiba Lotte Marines 144 66 76 2 .465 14.0Saitama Seibu Lions 144 63 77 4 .450 16.0Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 64 80 0 .444 17.0
Climax Series
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 The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League
Pacific League
* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong
Final stage The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League
Pacific League
Japan Series
League leaders
Central League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Matt Murton Hanshin Tigers .338 Home runs Brad Eldred Hiroshima Toyo Carp 37 Runs batted in Mauro Gómez Hanshin Tigers 109 Runs Yoshihiro MaruTetsuto Yamada Hiroshima Toyo CarpTokyo Yakult Swallows 106 Hits Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 193 Stolen bases Takayuki Kajitani Yokohama DeNA BayStars 39
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Randy MessengerDaisuke Yamai Hanshin TigersChunichi Dragons 13 Losses Atsushi Nomi Hanshin Tigers 13 Earned run average Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 2.33 Strikeouts Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 226 Innings pitched Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 208 Saves Oh Seung-hwan Hanshin Tigers 39
Pacific League
+ Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Yoshio Itoi Orix Buffaloes .331 Home runs Ernesto MejíaTakeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu LionsSaitama Seibu Lions 34 Runs batted in Sho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 100 Runs Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 91 Hits Akira Nakamura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 176 Stolen bases Haruki Nishikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 43
+ Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 16 Losses Wataru KarashimaLuis Mendoza Tohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 13 Earned run average Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 1.98 Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 204 Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 202 Saves Yoshihisa Hirano Orix Buffaloes 40
See also 2014 Korea Professional Baseball season 2014 Major League Baseball season
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