2018 NPB season | |
League: | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport: | Baseball |
Duration: | March 30 - November 3 |
No Of Games: | 143 |
No Of Teams: | 12 |
Season2: | Central League Pennant |
League Champs2: | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Second Place2: | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Mvp2: | Yoshihiro Maru (Toyo) |
Mvp Link2: | Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
Season3: | Pacific League Pennant |
League Champs3: | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Second Place3: | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Mvp3: | Hotaka Yamakawa (Seibu) |
Mvp Link3: | Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
Playoffs: | Climax Series |
Conf1: | CL |
Conf1 Link: | 2018 Central League Climax Series |
Conf1 Champ: | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | Yomiuri Giants |
Conf2: | PL |
Conf2 Link: | 2018 Pacific League Climax Series |
Conf2 Champ: | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Finals: | Japan Series |
Finals Link: | 2018 Japan Series |
Finals Runner-Up: | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Finals Mvp: | Takuya Kai (SoftBank) |
Finals Mvp Link: | Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award |
Seasonslist: | List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | NPB |
Prevseason Link: | 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season |
Prevseason Year: | 2017 |
Nextseason Link: | 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season |
Nextseason Year: | 2019 |
The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Team | G | W | L | T | GB | Home | Road | |||
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1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 143 | 82 | 59 | 2 | .582 | — | 45-25–2 | 37-34–0 | |
2 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 143 | 75 | 66 | 2 | .532 | 7.0 | 41-30–0 | 34-36–2 | |
3 | Yomiuri Giants | 143 | 67 | 71 | 5 | .482 | 13.5 | 33–38–1 | 34–33–4 | |
4 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 143 | 67 | 74 | 2 | .475 | 14.0 | 33–38–1 | 34–36–1 | |
5 | Chunichi Dragons | 143 | 63 | 78 | 2 | .447 | 19.0 | 36–33-2 | 27–45–0 | |
6 | Hanshin Tigers | 143 | 62 | 79 | 2 | .440 | 20.0 | 27–42–2 | 35–37–0 |
Team | G | W | L | T | GB | Home | Road | |||
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1 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 143 | 88 | 53 | 2 | .624 | — | 45–24–2 | 43–29–0 | |
2 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 143 | 82 | 60 | 1 | .577 | 6.5 | 40–30–1 | 42–30–0 | |
3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 74 | 66 | 3 | .529 | 13.5 | 40–29–2 | 34–37–1 | |
4 | Orix Buffaloes | 143 | 65 | 73 | 5 | .471 | 21.5 | 33–37–2 | 32–36–3 | |
5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 143 | 59 | 81 | 3 | .421 | 28.5 | 28–43–1 | 31–38–2 | |
6 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 58 | 82 | 3 | .414 | 29.5 | 22–50–0 | 36–32–3 |
Current as of 25 September 2018
Interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.
The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.
Team | G | W | L | T | I | Home | Road | |||
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1 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 4 | 5–4–0 | 2–7–0 | |
2 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 6–3–0 | 6–3–0 | |
3 | Yomiuri Giants | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 2 | 4–5–0 | 4–5–0 | |
4 | Chunichi Dragons | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 4 | 4–5–0 | 3–6–0 | |
5 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 2 | 6–3–0 | 2–7–0 | |
6 | Hanshin Tigers | 18 | 6 | 11 | 1 | .353 | 6 | 2–6–1 | 4–5–0 |
Team | G | W | L | T | I | Home | Road | |||
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1 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 5–4–0 | 5–4–0 | |
2 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 2 | 6–3–0 | 5–4–0 | |
3 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 6–3–0 | 4–5–0 | |
4 | Orix Buffaloes | 18 | 11 | 6 | 1 | .647 | 1 | 7–2–0 | 4–4–1 | |
5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 2 | 6–3–0 | 5–4–0 | |
6 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 18 | 6 | 12 | 0 | .333 | 6 | 3–6–0 | 3–6–0 |
See main article: 2018 Japan Series.
Player | Team | Total | ||
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Batting average | .348 | |||
Home runs | 41 | |||
Runs batted in | 131 | |||
Runs | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 130 | ||
Hits | Dayan Viciedo | Chunichi Dragons | 178 | |
Stolen bases | Tetsuto Yamada | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 33 | |
On Base Percentage | .468 | |||
Slugging Percentage | Neftali Soto | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | .644 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
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Wins | 15 | |||
Earned run average | Tomoyuki Sugano | Yomiuri Giants | 2.14 | |
Strikeouts | Tomoyuki Sugano | Yomiuri Giants | 200 | |
Innings pitched | Tomoyuki Sugano | Yomiuri Giants | 202 | |
Saves | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 37 | ||
Holds | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 35 | ||
Winning percentage | Yokohama DeNA BayStars Hiroshima Toyo Carp | .688 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
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Batting average | .352 | |||
Home runs | 47 | |||
Runs batted in | Saitama Seibu Lions | 127 | ||
Runs | Hotaka Yamakawa | Saitama Seibu Lions | 115 | |
Hits | Saitama Seibu Lions | 195 | ||
Stolen bases | 44 | |||
On Base Percentage | Yuki Yanagita | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | .431 | |
Slugging Percentage | Yuki Yanagita | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | .661 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
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Wins | Saitama Seibu Lions | 16 | ||
Earned run average | 2.72 | |||
Strikeouts | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 187 | ||
Innings pitched | Takahiro Norimoto | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 180.1 | |
Saves | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 37 | ||
Holds | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 37 | ||
Winning percentage | Saitama Seibu Lions | .778 |