2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2001 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Roberto Petagine (YAK)
PL: Tuffy Rhodes (KIN)
League Postseason
CL champions Yakult Swallows
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
  PL runners-up Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Yakult Swallows
  Runners-up Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Finals MVP Atsuya Furuta (Yakult Swallows)

The 2001 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yakult Swallows defeating the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in the 2001 Japan Series 4 games to 1.

Standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct.
Yakult Swallows14076 586.567
Yomiuri Giants14075632.543
Yokohama BayStars14069674.507
Hiroshima Toyo Carp14068657.511
Chunichi Dragons14062744.456
Hanshin Tigers14057803.416

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes14078602.565-
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks14076631.5472.5
Seibu Lions14073670.5216.0
Orix BlueWave14070664.5157.0
Chiba Lotte Marines14064742.46414.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters14057803.41620.5

Japan Series

Yakult Swallows (4) vs. Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes (1)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Buffaloes – 0, Swallows – 7October 20Osaka Dome33,837[3]
2Buffaloes – 9, Swallows – 6October 21Osaka Dome33,277[3]
3Swallows – 9, Buffaloes – 2October 23Jingu Stadium30,443[3]
4Swallows – 2, Buffaloes – 1October 24Jingu Stadium32,145[3]
5Swallows – 4, Buffaloes – 2October 25Jingu Stadium32,568[3]

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_2001.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_2001.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 2001年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 12, 2010.


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