2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2017 in baseball.

The 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 68th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

2017 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 31 – November 4
Number of games	143
Number of teams	12
Central League Pennant
League champions	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP	Yoshihiro Maru (Toyo)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up	Saitama Seibu Lions
Season MVP	Dennis Sarfate (SoftBank)
Climax Series
CL champions	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
PL runners-up	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Japan Series
Champions	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Runners-up	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Finals MVP	Dennis Sarfate (SoftBank)
NPB seasons
← 2016 2018 →

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings^[1]

Pos	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	143	88	51	4	.633	—	50–20–1	38–31–3
2	Hanshin Tigers	143	78	61	4	.561	10.0	41–29–2	37–32–2
3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	143	73	65	5	.529	14.5	38–29–4	35–36–1
4	Yomiuri Giants	143	72	68	3	.514	16.5	38–33–0	34–35–3
5	Chunichi Dragons	143	59	79	5	.428	28.5	37–32–3	22–47–2
6	Tokyo Yakult Swallows	143	45	96	2	.319	44.0	30–40–2	15–56–0

Pacific League regular season standings^[2]

Pos	Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	143	94	49	0	.657	—	52–20–0	42–29–0
2	Saitama Seibu Lions	143	79	61	3	.564	13.5	44–27–1	35–34–2
3	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	143	77	63	3	.550	15.5	39–30–2	38–33–1
4	Orix Buffaloes	143	63	79	1	.444	30.5	34–37–0	29–42–1
5	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	143	60	83	0	.420	34.0	36–36–0	24–47–0
6	Chiba Lotte Marines	143	54	87	2	.383	39.0	28–42–1	26–45–1

Climax Series

Main articles: 2017 Central League Climax Series and 2017 Pacific League Climax Series

	First Stage					Final Stage					Japan Series
	Central League					1	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	2
	2	Hanshin Tigers	1			3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	4
	3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	2								CL3	Yokohama DeNA BayStars	2
											PL1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	4
	Pacific League					1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	4
	2	Saitama Seibu Lions	1			3	Tohoku Golden Eagles	2
	3	Tohoku Golden Eagles	2

First stage

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 2	Koshien Stadium	2:52	46,748
2	October 15	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 13, Hanshin Tigers – 6	Koshien Stadium	4:35	46,761
3	October 17	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:10	46,319

Pacific League

Saitama Lions (1) vs. Tohoku Golden Eagles (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 0, Saitama Lions – 10	Seibu Prince Dome	3:00	32,547
2	October 15	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 4, Saitama Lions – 1	Seibu Prince Dome	3:12	32,508
3	October 16	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 5, Saitama Lions – 2	Seibu Prince Dome	3:26	31,755

Final stage

Central League

Hiroshima Carp (2) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (4)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 18	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Carp – 3 (5)	Mazda Stadium	2:13	30,810
2	October 19	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hiroshima Carp – 2	Mazda Stadium	3:40	31,165
3	October 20	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 0	Mazda Stadium	3:23	31,279
4	October 23	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Hiroshima Carp – 3	Mazda Stadium	3:26	31,311
5	October 24	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 9, Hiroshima Carp – 3	Mazda Stadium	3:39	31,230

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Tohoku Golden Eagles (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 18	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2	Fukuoka Dome	3:05	35,125
2	October 19	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1	Fukuoka Dome	3:31	36,380
3	October 20	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7	Fukuoka Dome	3:16	35,333
4	October 21	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Fukuoka Dome	3:21	37,455
5	October 22	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7	Fukuoka Dome	2:41	35,387

Japan Series

Main article: 2017 Japan Series

Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 28	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10	Fukuoka Dome	3:13	36,183
2	October 29	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Fukuoka Dome	3:56	36,082
3	October 31	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2	Yokohama Stadium	3:53	27,153
4	November 1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6	Yokohama Stadium	3:02	27,162
5	November 2	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5	Yokohama Stadium	3:35	27,180
6	November 4	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Fukuoka Dome	4:22	36,118

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders^[3] Stat Player Team Total Batting average Toshiro Miyazaki Yokohama DeNA BayStars .323 Home runs Alex Guerrero Chunichi Dragons 35 Runs batted in José López Yokohama DeNA BayStars 105 Runs Yoshihiro Maru Hiroshima Toyo Carp 109 Hits Yoshihiro Maru José López Hiroshima Toyo Carp Yokohama DeNA BayStars 171 Stolen bases Kosuke Tanaka Hiroshima Toyo Carp 35 On Base Percentage Yoshihiro Maru Kosuke Tanaka Hiroshima Toyo Carp .398 Slugging Percentage Seiya Suzuki Hiroshima Toyo Carp .547

Pitching leaders^[4] Stat Player Team Total Wins Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 17 Earned run average Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 1.59 Strikeouts Miles Mikolas Yomiuri Giants 187 Innings pitched Miles Mikolas Yomiuri Giants 188 Saves Rafael Dolis Hanshin Tigers 37 Holds Kentaro Kuwahara Hanshin Tigers 39 Winning percentage Daichi Ohsera Hiroshima Toyo Carp .833

Pacific League

Batting leaders^[5] Stat Player Team Total Batting average Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions .322 Home runs Alfredo Despaigne Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 35 Runs batted in Alfredo Despaigne Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 103 Runs Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 106 Hits Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 185 Stolen bases Haruki Nishikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 39 On Base Percentage Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .426 Slugging Percentage Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .589

Pitching leaders^[6] Stat Player Team Total Wins Nao Higashihama Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 16 Earned run average Yusei Kikuchi Saitama Seibu Lions 1.97 Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 222 Innings pitched Yusei Kikuchi Saitama Seibu Lions 187.2 Saves Dennis Sarfate Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 54 Holds Sho Iwasaki Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 40 Winning percentage Kodai Senga Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .765

See also

• 2017 KBO League season
• 2017 Major League Baseball season

References

1. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Central League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
2. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Pacific League Standings | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
3. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Central League Qualifiers for Batting Championship | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
4. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Central League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
5. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Pacific League Qualifiers for Batting Championship | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
6. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2017 Pacific League Qualifiers for Earned-Run Average Title & Top Relief Pitchers | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.

 

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