70th annual season of Nippon Professional Baseball
Sports season
The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season began on March 29.[1] It was the 70th season since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 . There are 12 teams NPB, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League . The 2019 NPB season was 143 games long; teams in each league played 125 games against each other and 18 interleague games.[2] The regular season was scheduled to end on September 24 except for any make-up games scheduled after it; the regular season eventually concluded on September 30. The top three teams in each league proceed to the Climax Series, NPB's postseason system.
Climax Series
First stage
Central League
Hanshin Tigers won the series, 2–1.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 5
Hanshin Tigers - 8, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7
Yokohama Stadium
3:57
31,832[5]
2
October 6
Hanshin Tigers - 4, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6
Yokohama Stadium
3:50
31,818[6]
3
October 7
Hanshin Tigers - 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1
Yokohama Stadium
3:57
31,807[7]
Pacific League
Fukuoka Hawks won the series, 2–1.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:15
39,745[8]
2
October 6
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:39
40,178[9]
3
October 7
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:05
38,265[10]
Final Stage
Central League
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 4–1.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 9
Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 5
Tokyo Dome
3:13
45,277[11]
2
October 10
Hanshin Tigers – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 6
Tokyo Dome
2:43
45,168[12]
3
October 11
Hanshin Tigers – 7, Yomiuri Giants – 6
Tokyo Dome
4:52
45,677[13]
4
October 13
Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Tokyo Dome
2:58
45,931[14]
Pacific League
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 9
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4
MetLife Dome
3:38
29,679[15]
2
October 10
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 6
MetLife Dome
4:26
30,599[16]
3
October 11
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7, Saitama Seibu Lions – 0
MetLife Dome
3:34
29,828[17]
4
October 13
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9, Saitama Seibu Lions – 3
MetLife Dome
4:00
29,146[18]
Japan Series
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–0.
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 19
Yomiuri Giants – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:15
37,198[19]
2
October 20
Yomiuri Giants – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome
3:12
37,052[20]
3
October 22
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Yomiuri Giants – 2
Tokyo Dome
3:38
44,411[21]
4
October 23
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
3:22
44,708[22]