2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2005 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 26, 2005 – October 26, 2005
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Tomoaki Kanemoto (HAN)
PL: Toshiya Sugiuchi (SFT)
League Postseason
CL champions Hanshin Tigers
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Chiba Lotte Marines
  PL runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Chiba Lotte Marines
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP Toshiaki Imae (LOT)

In 2005 the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in a four-game sweep in the Nippon Series.

Format

Central League

  • Season Format
    • Regular Season
  • Regular Season 1st place is the champion

Pacific League

  • Season Format
    • Regular Season
    • Playoff 1st Stage: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Regular Season 3rd place – Best of 3
    • Playoff 2nd Stage: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff 1st Stage winner – Best of 5
  • Playoff 2nd Stage winner is the champion

Japan Series

  • Central League champion vs. Pacific League champion – Best of 7

Standings

Central League

Regular Season

Central League G W L T Pct. GB
Hanshin Tigers14687545.617-—
Chunichi Dragons14679661.54510.0
Yokohama BayStars14669707.49616.5
Yakult Swallows14671732.49318.0
Yomiuri Giants14662804.43725.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp14658844.40829.0

Pacific League

Regular Season

Pacific League G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks13689452.664—
Chiba Lotte Marines13684493.6324.5
Seibu Lions13667690.49323.0
Orix Buffaloes13662704.47026.0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters13662713.46626.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles13638971.28151.5

Playoff 1st Stage

Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Seibu Lions (0)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2October 8Chiba Marine Stadium28,979[1]
2Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3October 9Chiba Marine Stadium28,996[2]

Playoff 2nd Stage

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (3)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 12Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,848[3]
2Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 13Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,696[4]
3Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10 innings)October 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,757[5]
4Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3October 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,772[6]
5Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,071[7]

Japan Series

Leaders

Awards

Best Nine Awards

Central League

Position Player Team
P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp
C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers
1B Takahiro Arai Hiroshima Toyo Carp
2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons
3B Makoto Imaoka Hanshin Tigers
SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons
OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers
OF Norichika Aoki Yakult Swallows
OF Tomoaki Kanemoto Hanshin Tigers

Pacific League

Position Player Team
P Toshiya Sugiuchi Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1B Julio Zuleta Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
2B Koichi Hori Chiba Lotte Marines
3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines
SS Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Matt Franco Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Katsuhiko Miyaji Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OF Kazuhiro Wada Seibu Lions
DH Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Gold Gloves

Central League

Position Player Team
P Hiroki Kuroda Hiroshima Toyo Carp
C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers
1B Andy Sheets Hanshin Tigers
2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons
3B Akinori Iwamura Yakult Swallows
SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons
OF Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons
OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers
OF Tatsuhiko Kinjo Yokohama BayStars

Pacific League

Position Player Team
P Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions
C Kenji Johjima Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
1B Kazuya Fukuura Chiba Lotte Marines
2B Tsuyoshi Nishioka Chiba Lotte Marines
3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines
SS Makoto Kosaka Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF Saburo Ohmura Chiba Lotte Marines
OF Naoyuki Ohmura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 1".
  2. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 2".
  3. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 1".
  4. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 2".
  5. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 3".
  6. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 4".
  7. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 5".


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