This article is about the 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2015 in baseball.
The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series.
Note: In each league's stepladder playoff system (Climax Series), all games in that series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advanced if the round ended in a tie.
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League the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series In the Pacific League the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series 2015 NPB seasonLeagueNippon Professional BaseballSportBaseballDurationMarch 27 October 29Central League PennantLeague championsTokyo Yakult Swallows Runners upYomiuri GiantsSeason MVPTetsuto Yamada Yakult Pacific League PennantLeague championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks Runners upHokkaido Nippon Ham FightersSeason MVPYuki Yanagita SoftBank Climax SeriesCL championsTokyo Yakult Swallows CL runners upYomiuri GiantsPL championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks PL runners upChiba Lotte MarinesJapan SeriesChampionsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks Runners upTokyo Yakult SwallowsFinals MVPDae ho Lee SoftBank NPB seasons 20142016 Contents 1 Incidents 2 Regular season standings 3 Climax Series 3 1 First stage 3 1 1 Central League 3 1 2 Pacific League 3 2 Final stage 3 2 1 Central League 3 2 2 Pacific League 4 Japan Series 5 League leaders 5 1 Central League 5 2 Pacific League 6 See also 7 ReferencesIncidents editA gambling scandal involving members of the Yomiuri Giants was reported in October Pitchers Satoshi Fukuda Shoki Kasahara and Ryuya Matsumoto were found to have bet on both NBP games and Major League Baseball games as well as high school baseball 1 2 Regular season standings editCentral League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct GBTokyo Yakult Swallows 143 76 65 2 539 Yomiuri Giants 143 75 67 1 528 1 5Hanshin Tigers 143 70 71 2 496 6 0Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 69 71 3 493 6 5Chunichi Dragons 143 62 77 4 446 13 0Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 62 80 1 437 14 5Pacific League regular season standings Team G W L T Pct GBFukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 90 49 4 647 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 143 79 62 2 560 12 0Chiba Lotte Marines 143 73 69 1 511 19 0Saitama Seibu Lions 143 69 69 5 500 20 5Orix Buffaloes 143 61 80 2 433 30 0Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 57 83 3 410 33 0Climax Series editMain articles 2015 Central League Climax Series and 2015 Pacific League Climax Series Note In each league s stepladder playoff system Climax Series all games in that series are held at the higher seed s home stadium The team with the higher regular season standing also advanced if the round ended in a tie First StageFinal StageJapan SeriesCentral League1Tokyo Yakult Swallows42Yomiuri Giants22Yomiuri Giants13Hanshin Tigers1CL1Tokyo Yakult Swallows1PL1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4Pacific League1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks42Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters13Chiba Lotte Marines03Chiba Lotte Marines2 First stage edit The regular season league champions the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PL and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows CL received byes to the championship round Central League edit Yomiuri Giants 2 vs Hanshin Tigers 1 Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 10 Hanshin Tigers 2 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Dome 3 40 45 298 2 October 11 Hanshin Tigers 4 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Dome 3 48 46 698 3 October 12 Hanshin Tigers 1 Yomiuri Giants 3 Tokyo Dome 2 48 46 067Pacific League edit Chiba Lotte Marines 2 vs Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 10 Chiba Lotte Marines 9 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 3 Sapporo Dome 3 28 41 138 2 October 11 Chiba Lotte Marines 2 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 4 Sapporo Dome 3 06 41 138 3 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines 2 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 1 Sapporo Dome 3 42 32 201Final stage edit The regular season league champions the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks PL and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows CL received a one game advantage Central League edit Yomiuri Giants 1 vs Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 14 Yomiuri Giants 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3 38 31 502 2 October 15 Yomiuri Giants 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2 51 31 274 3 October 16 Yomiuri Giants 0 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3 27 33 102 4 October 17 Yomiuri Giants 2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 3 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2 58 34 038Pacific League edit Chiba Lotte Marines 0 vs Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines 2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 10 innings Fukuoka Dome 3 43 37 360 2 October 15 Chiba Lotte Marines 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6 Fukuoka Dome 2 59 37 603 3 October 16 Chiba Lotte Marines 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 3 Fukuoka Dome 2 53 37 235Japan Series editMain article 2015 Japan Series CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 vs PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 24 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 Fukuoka Dome 3 04 35 732 2 October 25 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 Fukuoka Dome 3 35 35 764 3 October 27 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 8 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3 38 31 037 4 October 28 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 6 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 4 Meiji Jingu Stadium 4 06 31 288 5 October 29 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 0 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3 36 31 239League leaders edit 3 Central League edit Batting leaders Stat Player Team TotalBatting average Shingo Kawabata Tokyo Yakult Swallows 336Home runs Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 38Runs batted in Kazuhiro Hatakeyama Tokyo Yakult Swallows 105Runs Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 119Hits Shingo Kawabata Tokyo Yakult Swallows 195Stolen bases Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 34 Pitching leaders Stat Player Team TotalWins Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Carp 15Losses Atsushi Nomi Hanshin Tigers 13Earned run average Kris Johnson Hiroshima Carp 1 85Strikeouts Shintaro Fujinami Hanshin Tigers 221Innings pitched Yudai Ono Chunichi Dragons 207 1Saves Tony Barnette Tokyo Yakult Swallows 41Oh Seung hwan Hanshin Tigers Pacific League edit Batting leaders Stat Player Team TotalBatting average Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 363Home runs Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions 37Runs batted in Takeya Nakamura Saitama Seibu Lions 124Runs Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 110Hits Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 216Stolen bases Takuya Nakashima Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 34 Pitching leaders Stat Player Team TotalWins Shohei Ohtani Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 15Losses Ayumu Ishikawa Chiba Lotte Marines 12Earned run average Shohei Ohtani Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 2 24Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 215Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 194 2Saves Dennis Sarfate Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 41See also edit2015 Korea Professional Baseball season 2015 Major League Baseball seasonReferences edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 in Nippon Professional Baseball More pitchers involved in gambling scandal in Japan baseball ESPN com Associated Press 22 October 2015 Retrieved 23 October 2015 Two more Giants pitchers involved in baseball gambling panel finds Japan Times Kyodo News 21 October 2015 Retrieved 23 October 2015 一般社団法人日本野球機構 2015 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