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2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season

FieldValue
title2012 NPB season
leagueNippon Professional Baseball
sportBaseball
durationMarch 30 – November 3
season2Central League pennant
league_champs2Yomiuri Giants
second_place2Chunichi Dragons
MVP2Shinnosuke Abe (Yomiuri)
MVP_link2Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
season3Pacific League pennant
league_champs3Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
second_place3Saitama Seibu Lions
MVP3Mitsuo Yoshikawa (Nippon Ham)
MVP_link3Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award
playoffsClimax Series
conf1CL
conf1_link2012 Central League Climax Series
conf1_champYomiuri Giants
conf1_runner-upChunichi Dragons
conf2PL
conf2_link2012 Pacific League Climax Series
conf2_champHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
conf2_runner-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
finalsJapan Series
finals_link2012 Japan Series
finals_venue
finals_champYomiuri Giants
finals_runner-upHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
finals_MVPTetsuya Utsumi (Yomiuri)
finals_MVP_linkJapan Series Most Valuable Player Award
seasonslistList of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons
seasonslistnamesNPB
prevseason_link2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season
prevseason_year2011
nextseason_link2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season
nextseason_year2013

| conf1_runner-up =Chunichi Dragons | conf2_runner-up =Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | finals_runner-up =Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

TeamGWLTPct.GBYomiuri GiantsChunichi DragonsTokyo Yakult SwallowsHiroshima Toyo CarpHanshin TigersYokohama DeNA BayStars
144864315.667—
144755316.58610.5
144686511.51120.0
144617112.46226.5
144557514.42331.5
144468513.35141.0
TeamGWLTPct.GBHokkaido Nippon-Ham FightersSaitama Seibu LionsFukuoka SoftBank HawksTohoku Rakuten Golden EaglesChiba Lotte MarinesOrix Buffaloes
144745911.556—
14472639.5333.0
144676512.5086.5
144676710.5007.5
144626715.48110.0
144577710.42517.5

Climax Series

Main article: 2012 Central League Climax Series, 2012 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. |team-width=200

|RD1-text1= |RD1-text2= | RD1-seed1=2 | RD1-team1=Chunichi Dragons | RD1-score1=2 | RD1-seed2=3 | RD1-team2=Tokyo Yakult Swallows | RD1-score2=1 | RD1-seed3=2 | RD1-team3=Saitama Seibu Lions | RD1-score3=1 | RD1-seed4=3 | RD1-team4=Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | RD1-score4=2 | RD2-seed1=1 | RD2-team1=Yomiuri Giants | RD2-score1=4 | RD2-seed2=2 | RD2-team2=Chunichi Dragons | RD2-score2=3 | RD2-seed3=1 | RD2-team3=Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | RD2-score3=4 | RD2-seed4=3 | RD2-team4=Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | RD2-score4=0 | RD3-seed1=CL1 | RD3-team1=Yomiuri Giants | RD3-score1=4 | RD3-seed2=PL1 | RD3-team2=Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | RD3-score2=2

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Pacific League

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Pacific League

Japan Series

Main article: 2012 Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

StatPlayerTeamTotalBatting averageHome runsRuns batted inRunsHitsStolen bases
Shinnosuke AbeYomiuri Giants.340
Wladimir BalentienTokyo Yakult Swallows31
Shinnosuke AbeYomiuri Giants104
Hayato SakamotoYomiuri Giants87
Hayato Sakamoto
Hisayoshi ChonoYomiuri Giants
Yomiuri Giants173
Yohei OshimaChunichi Dragons32
StatPlayerTeamTotalWinsLossesEarned run averageStrikeoutsInnings pitchedSaves
Tetsuya UtsumiYomiuri Giants15
Bryan Bullington
Minoru IwataHiroshima Toyo Carp
Hanshin Tigers14
Kenta MaedaHiroshima Toyo Carp1.53
Toshiya Sugiuchi
Atsushi NomiYomiuri Giants
Hanshin Tigers172
Kenta MaedaHiroshima Toyo Carp206
Tony Barnette
Hitoki IwaseTokyo Yakult Swallows
Chunichi Dragons33

Pacific League

StatPlayerTeamTotalBatting averageHome runsRuns batted inRunsHitsStolen bases
Katsuya KakunakaChiba Lotte Marines.312
Takeya NakamuraSaitama Seibu Lions27
Lee Dae-HoOrix Buffaloes91
Sho NakataHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters79
Seiichi UchikawaFukuoka SoftBank Hawks157
Ryo HijirisawaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles54
StatPlayerTeamTotalWinsLossesEarned run averageStrikeoutsInnings pitchedSaves
Tadashi SettsuFukuoka SoftBank Hawks17
Takayuki KishiSaitama Seibu Lions12
Mitsuo YoshikawaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters1.71
Masahiro TanakaTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles169
Yoshihisa NaruseChiba Lotte Marines200
Hisashi TakedaHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters32

References

References

  1. "Saturday, October 13, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  2. "Sunday, October 14, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  3. "Monday, October 15, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  4. "Saturday, October 13, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  5. "Sunday, October 14, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  6. "Monday, October 15, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  7. "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  8. "Thursday, October 18, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  9. "Friday, October 19, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  10. "Saturday, October 20, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  11. "Sunday, October 21, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  12. "Monday, October 22, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  13. "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  14. "Thursday, October 18, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  15. "Friday, October 19, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  16. "Saturday, October 27, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  17. "Sunday, October 28, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  18. "Tuesday, October 30, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  19. "Wednesday, October 31, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  20. "Thursday, November 1, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
  21. "Saturday, November 3, 2012". [[Nippon Professional Baseball]].
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