2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2014 in baseball.

Sports season

2014 NPB season

League| Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport| Baseball
Duration| March 28 - October 30
Central League pennant
League champions| Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up| Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP| Tomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri)
Pacific League pennant
League champions| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up| Orix Buffaloes
Season MVP| Chihiro Kaneko (Orix)
Climax Series
CL champions| Hanshin Tigers
CL runners-up| Yomiuri Giants
PL champions| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
PL runners-up| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up| Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP| Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank)
NPB seasons

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2015 →

The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 65th edition of NPB since reorganized in 1950.

## Regular season standings

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Central League regular season standings  Team  | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB

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Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 82 | 61 | 1 | .573 | —
Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 75 | 68 | 1 | .524 | 7
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 144 | 74 | 68 | 2 | .521 | 7.5
Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 67 | 73 | 4 | .479 | 13.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 144 | 67 | 75 | 2 | .472 | 14.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 60 | 81 | 3 | .426 | 21
Pacific League regular season standings  Team  | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 78 | 60 | 6 | .565 | —
Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 80 | 62 | 2 | .563 | —
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 73 | 68 | 3 | .518 | 6.5
Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 66 | 76 | 2 | .465 | 14.0
Saitama Seibu Lions | 144 | 63 | 77 | 4 | .450 | 16.0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 64 | 80 | 0 | .444 | 17.0

## Climax Series

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Main articles: 2014 Central League Climax Series and 2014 Pacific League Climax Series

Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.

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| First stage| | | Final stage| | | Japan Series
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Central League

| 1| Yomiuri Giants| 1
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| 2| Hanshin Tigers| 1| | | 2| Hanshin Tigers| 4| | |
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| 3| Hiroshima Toyo Carp| 0| | | | CL2| Hanshin Tigers| 1
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| | | | PL1| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks| 4
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Pacific League

| 1| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks| 4|
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| 2| Orix Buffaloes| 1| | | 3| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters| 3| | |
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| 3| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters| 2| | | |
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### First stage

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The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

#### Central League

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Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)

Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance

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1 | October 11 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 2:52 | 46,721[1]
2 | October 12 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 | Koshien Stadium | 3:35 | 46,815[2]

#### Pacific League

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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)

Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance

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1 | October 11 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 | Kyocera Dome | 4:01 | 35,889[3]
2 | October 12 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 | Kyocera Dome | 3:32 | 36,012[4]
3 | October 14* | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 | Kyocera Dome | 4:17 | 32,588[5]

* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong[6]

### Final stage

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The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

#### Central League

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Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)

Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance

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1 | October 15 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 2:59 | 44,871[7]
2 | October 16 | Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:19 | 44,728[8]
3 | October 17 | Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:44 | 46,025[9]
4 | October 18 | Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 3:42 | 46,311[10]

#### Pacific League

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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)

Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance

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1 | October 15 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:19 | 28,087[11]
2 | October 16 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:30 | 29,775[12]
3 | October 17 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:13 | 31,176[13]
4 | October 18 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | Fukuoka Dome | 4:20 | 31,647[14]
5 | October 19 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 4:26 | 34,070[15]
6 | October 20 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 | Fukuoka Dome | 3:24 | 38,561[16]

## Japan Series

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Main article: 2014 Japan Series

## League leaders

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### Central League

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Batting leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Batting average | Matt Murton | Hanshin Tigers | .338
Home runs | Brad Eldred | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 37
Runs batted in | Mauro Gómez | Hanshin Tigers | 109
Runs | Yoshihiro Maru
Tetsuto Yamada | Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 106
Hits | Tetsuto Yamada | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 193
Stolen bases | Takayuki Kajitani | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 39
Pitching leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Wins | Randy Messenger
Daisuke Yamai | Hanshin Tigers
Chunichi Dragons | 13
Losses | Atsushi Nomi | Hanshin Tigers | 13
Earned run average | Tomoyuki Sugano | Yomiuri Giants | 2.33
Strikeouts | Randy Messenger | Hanshin Tigers | 226
Innings pitched | Randy Messenger | Hanshin Tigers | 2081⁄3
Saves | Oh Seung-hwan | Hanshin Tigers | 39

### Pacific League

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Batting leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Batting average | Yoshio Itoi | Orix Buffaloes | .331
Home runs | Ernesto Mejía
Takeya Nakamura | Saitama Seibu Lions
Saitama Seibu Lions | 34
Runs batted in | Sho Nakata | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 100
Runs | Yuki Yanagita | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 91
Hits | Akira Nakamura | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 176
Stolen bases | Haruki Nishikawa | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 43
Pitching leaders  | Stat  | Player  | Team  | Total

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Wins | Chihiro Kaneko | Orix Buffaloes | 16
Losses | Wataru Karashima
Luis Mendoza | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 13
Earned run average | Chihiro Kaneko | Orix Buffaloes | 1.98
Strikeouts | Takahiro Norimoto | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 204
Innings pitched | Takahiro Norimoto | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 2022⁄3
Saves | Yoshihisa Hirano | Orix Buffaloes | 40

## See also

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* 2014 Korea Professional Baseball season
* 2014 Major League Baseball season

## References

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2014 in Nippon Professional Baseball.

1. ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
2. ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
3. ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
4. ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
5. ^ "Tuesday, October 14, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
6. ^ "Monday, October 13, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
7. ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
8. ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
9. ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
10. ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
11. ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 15, 2014.
12. ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
13. ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
14. ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
15. ^ "Sunday, October 19, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
16. ^ "Monday, October 20, 2014". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 24, 2014.

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