2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2002 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM)
PL: Alex Cabrera (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Seibu Lions
Finals MVP Tomohiro Nioka (Yomiuri Giants)

The 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yomiuri Giants defeating the Seibu Lions in the 2002 Japan Series 4 games to 0.

Standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants14086522.623-
Yakult Swallows14074624.54411.0
Chunichi Dragons14069665.51115.5
Hanshin Tigers14066704.48519.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp14064724.47121.0
Yokohama BayStars14049865.36335.5

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions14090491.647-
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes14073652.52916.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks14073652.52916.5
Chiba Lotte Marines14067721.48223.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters14061763.44528.0
Orix BlueWave14050873.36539.0

Japan Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Giants – 4, Lions – 1October 26Tokyo Dome45,107[3]
2Giants – 9, Lions – 4October 27Tokyo Dome45,223[3]
3Lions – 2, Giants – 10October 29Seibu Dome30,933[3]
4Lions – 2, Giants – 6October 30Seibu Dome31,072[3]

League leaders

Central League

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/centralleague_2002.html
  2. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/yearly/pacificleague_2002.html
  3. 1 2 3 4 2002年度日本シリーズ　試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 19, 2018.


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