2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2014 in baseball.
2014 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 28, 2014 – October 30, 2014
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Orix Buffaloes
Climax Series
CL champions Hanshin Tigers
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-up Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Finals MVP Seiichi Uchikawa (SOF)

The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 65th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 144 82 61 1 .573 —
Hanshin Tigers 144 75 68 1 .524 7
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 74 68 2 .521 7.5
Chunichi Dragons 144 67 73 4 .479 13.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144 67 75 2 .472 14.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 60 81 3 .426 21
Pacific League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 78 60 6 .565 —
Orix Buffaloes 144 80 62 2 .563 —
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 73 68 3 .518 6.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 144 66 76 2 .465 14.0
Saitama Seibu Lions 144 63 77 4 .450 16.0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 64 80 0 .444 17.0

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.

  First stage     Final stage     Japan Series
                           
  Central League     C1  Yomiuri Giants 1  
  C2  Hanshin Tigers 1     C2  Hanshin Tigers 4    
  C3  Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0         C2  Hanshin Tigers 1
      P1  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4
  Pacific League     P1  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4    
  P2  Orix Buffaloes 1     P3  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3  
  P3  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2  

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium2:5246,721[1] 
2October 12Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0Koshien Stadium3:3546,815[2]

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 11Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3Kyocera Dome4:0135,889[3] 
2October 12Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6Kyocera Dome3:3236,012[4] 
3October 14*Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1Kyocera Dome4:1732,588[5]
* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong[6]

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome2:5944,871[7] 
2October 16Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:1944,728[8] 
3October 17Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4446,025[9] 
4October 18Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome3:4246,311[10]

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 15Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3Fukuoka Dome3:1928,087[11] 
2October 16Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1Fukuoka Dome3:3029,775[12] 
3October 17Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:1331,176[13] 
4October 18Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5Fukuoka Dome4:2031,647[14] 
5October 19Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome4:2634,070[15] 
6October 20Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:2438,561[16]

Japan Series

Main article: 2014 Japan Series

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Batting average Matt Murton Hanshin Tigers .338
Home runs Brad Eldred Hiroshima Toyo Carp 37
Runs batted in Mauro Gómez Hanshin Tigers 109
Runs Yoshihiro Maru
Tetsuto Yamada 		Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 		106
Hits Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 193
Stolen bases Takayuki Kajitani Yokohama DeNA BayStars 39
Pitching leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Wins Randy Messenger
Daisuke Yamai 		Hanshin Tigers
Chunichi Dragons 		13
Losses Atsushi Nomi Hanshin Tigers 13
Earned run average Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 2.33
Strikeouts Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 226
Innings pitched Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 208 1⁄3
Saves Oh Seung-hwan Hanshin Tigers 39

Pacific League

Batting leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Batting average Yoshio Itoi Orix Buffaloes .331
Home runs Ernesto Mejía
Takeya Nakamura 		Saitama Seibu Lions
Saitama Seibu Lions 		34
Runs batted in Sho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 100
Runs Yuki Yanagita Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 91
Hits Akira Nakamura Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 176
Stolen bases Haruki Nishikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 43
Pitching leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Wins Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 16
Losses Wataru Karashima
Luis Mendoza 		Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 		13
Earned run average Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 1.98
Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 204
Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 202 2⁄3
Saves Yoshihisa Hirano Orix Buffaloes 40

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