1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1998 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK)
PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions Yokohama BayStars
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions Yokohama BayStars
  Runners-up Seibu Lions
Finals MVP Takanori Suzuki (YOK)

The 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 49th season of operation for the league.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yokohama BayStars13679561.585--
Chunichi Dragons13675601.5564.0
Yomiuri Giants13573620.5416.0
Yakult Swallows13566690.48913.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13560750.44419.0
Hanshin Tigers13552830.38527.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions13570614.534--
Nippon-Ham Fighters13567653.5083.5
Orix BlueWave13566663.5004.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks13567671.5004.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes13566672.4965.0
Chiba Lotte Marines13561713.4629.5

Japan Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1BayStars – 9, Lions – 4October 18Yokohama Stadium29,025[3]
2BayStars – 4, Lions – 0October 19Yokohama Stadium29,076[3]
3Lions – 7, BayStars – 2October 22Seibu Dome31,599[3]
4Lions – 4, BayStars – 2October 23Seibu Dome31,685[3]
5Lions – 5, BayStars – 17October 24Seibu Dome31,756[3]
6BayStars – 2, Lions – 1October 26Yokohama Stadium29,289[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_1998.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_1998.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 6 1998年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 9, 2018.
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