1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 1998 in baseball.
1998 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK)
PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League Postseason
CL championsYokohama BayStars
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsYokohama BayStars
  Runners-upSeibu Lions
Finals MVPTakanori Suzuki (YOK)
NPB seasons

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

Regular season standings

Central League

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

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

Japan Series

Main article: 1998 Japan Series
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]

See also

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ 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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