1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 49th season of operation for the league.

1998 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK) PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yokohama BayStars
CL runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions	Yokohama BayStars
Runners-up	Seibu Lions
Finals MVP	Takanori Suzuki (YOK)
NPB seasons
← 1997 1999 →

Regular season standings edit

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yokohama BayStars	136	79	56	1	.585	--
Chunichi Dragons	136	75	60	1	.556	4.0
Yomiuri Giants	135	73	62	0	.541	6.0
Yakult Swallows	135	66	69	0	.489	13.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	135	60	75	0	.444	19.0
Hanshin Tigers	135	52	83	0	.385	27.0

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Seibu Lions	135	70	61	4	.534	--
Nippon-Ham Fighters	135	67	65	3	.508	3.5
Orix BlueWave	135	66	66	3	.500	4.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	135	67	67	1	.500	4.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	135	66	67	2	.496	5.0
Chiba Lotte Marines	135	61	71	3	.462	9.5

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	BayStars – 9, Lions – 4	October 18	Yokohama Stadium	29,025^[3]
2	BayStars – 4, Lions – 0	October 19	Yokohama Stadium	29,076^[3]
3	Lions – 7, BayStars – 2	October 22	Seibu Dome	31,599^[3]
4	Lions – 4, BayStars – 2	October 23	Seibu Dome	31,685^[3]
5	Lions – 5, BayStars – 17	October 24	Seibu Dome	31,756^[3]
6	BayStars – 2, Lions – 1	October 26	Yokohama Stadium	29,289^[3]

^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1998年セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1998年パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f 1998年度日本シリーズ試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 9, 2018.

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