The 2023 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 74th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
Regular season standings + Central League regular season standings Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road1Hanshin Tigers14385535—45–23–340–30–22Hiroshima Toyo Carp1437465411½44–26–230–39–23Yokohama DeNA BayStars143746631239–30–235–36–14Yomiuri Giants1437170215½39–30–232–40–05Tokyo Yakult Swallows143578332936–36–021–47–36Chunichi Dragons143568252930–39–326–43–2
+ Pacific League regular season standings Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road1Orix Buffaloes14386534—41–28–345–25–12Chiba Lotte Marines1437068515½42–27–228–40–33Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks1437169315½39–32–032–37–34Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles143707121738–33–132–38–15Saitama Seibu Lions1436577122½33–37–132–40–06Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters1436082127½31–40–029–42–1
Interleague + Regular season interleague standings Team G W L T Win% GB Home AwayYokohama DeNA BayStars181170.611—6–35–4Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks181170.611—4–57–2Yomiuri Giants181170.611—5–46–3Orix Buffaloes181170.611—4–57–2Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters181080.55614–56–3Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles18990.50025–44–5Hiroshima Toyo Carp18990.50024–55–4Chiba Lotte Marines18792.43835–42–5−2Chunichi Dragons187101.4123½2–6−15–4Hanshin Tigers187101.4123½4–4−13–6Tokyo Yakult Swallows187110.38943–64–5Saitama Seibu Lions186120.33354–52–7 Overall, the Pacific League won 54 games and lost 52 against the Central League, with 2 ties.
Climax Series
First stage Central League
Pacific League
Final stage The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the first-placed team. Central League
Pacific League
2023 Japan Series
Attendances
# Team Average 1 Hanshin Tigers 41,064 2 Yomiuri Giants 38,145 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 35,705 4 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 32,126 5 Chunichi Dragons 30,333 6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 26,515 7 Chiba Lotte Marines 25,055 8 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 28,540 9 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 27,447 10 ORIX Buffaloes 27,048 11 Saitama Seibu Lions 20,040 12 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18,868
Source:https://npb.jp/statistics/2023/attendance.html
See also 2023 Major League Baseball season 2023 KBO League season 2023 Mexican League season 2023 Chinese Professional Baseball League season 2023 Frontier League season 2023 Pioneer League season
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