2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2016 in baseball.
2016 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 25, 2016 – September 28, 2016
Central League Pennant
League champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Climax Series
CL champions Hiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-up Yokohama DeNA BayStars
PL champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series

The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Incidents

A 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 NPB games and Major League Baseball games, as well as high school baseball.[1][2]

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14389522.631--
Yomiuri Giants 14371693.50717.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 14369713.49319.5
Hanshin Tigers 14364763.45724.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14364781.45125.5
Chunichi Dragons 14358823.41430.5
Pacific League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14387533.621--
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14383546.6062.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 14372683.51915
Saitama Seibu Lions 14364763.45723
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14362783.44325
Orix Buffaloes 14357833.40730

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 stage     Final stage     Japan Series
                           
  Central League     C1  Hiroshima Toyo Carp 4  
  C2  Yomiuri Giants 1     C3  Yokohama DeNA BayStars 1    
  C3  Yokohama DeNA BayStars 2         C1  Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2
      P1  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4
  Pacific League     P1  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4    
  P2  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2     P2  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2  
  P3  Chiba Lotte Marines 0  

First stage


Central League

Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:1945,633 
2October 9Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome2:4745,683 
3October 10*Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome4:2145,477

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (0)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 8Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:1036,077 
2October 9Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome3:1638,500

Final stage


Central League

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5Mazda Stadium2:4831,276 
2October 13Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3Mazda Stadium2:5831,264 
3October 14Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0Mazda Stadium3:1931,291 
4October 15Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8Mazda Stadium3:2631,313

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6Sapporo Dome2:5536,633 
2October 13Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:4026,548 
3October 14Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:1739,456 
4October 15Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome3:0741,138 
5October 16Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7Sapporo Dome3:1541,138

Japan Series

Main article: 2016 Japan Series

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 22Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5Mazda Stadium3:3930,619 
2October 23Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5Mazda Stadium3:1830,638 
3October 25Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 (10)Sapporo Dome3:5140,503 
4October 26Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:3040,599 
5October 27Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5Sapporo Dome3:3240,633 
6October 29Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 10, Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4Mazda Stadium4:0130,693

* If necessary

League leaders [3]

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Batting average Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants .344
Home runs Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh Yokohama DeNA BayStars 44
Runs batted in Yoshitomo Tsutsugoh Yokohama DeNA BayStars 110
Runs Tetsuto Yamada
Kosuke Tanaka 		Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 		102
Hits Ryosuke Kikuchi Hiroshima Toyo Carp 181
Stolen bases Tetsuto Yamada Tokyo Yakult Swallows 30

Pitching leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Wins Yusuke Nomura Hiroshima Toyo Carp 16
Losses Atsushi Nomi
Hirofumi Yamanaka 		Hanshin Tigers
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 		12
Earned run average Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 2.01
Strikeouts Tomoyuki Sugano Yomiuri Giants 189
Innings pitched Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 185.1
Saves Hirokazu Sawamura Yomiuri Giants 37

Pacific League

Batting leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Batting average Katsuya Kakunaka Chiba Lotte Marines .339
Home runs Brandon Laird Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 39
Runs batted in Sho Nakata Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 110
Runs Shogo Akiyama Saitama Seibu Lions 98
Hits Katsuya Kakunaka Chiba Lotte Marines 176
Stolen bases Yoshio Itoi
Yuji Kaneko 		Orix Buffaloes
Saitama Seibu Lions 		53

Pitching leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Wins Tsuyoshi Wada Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 15
Losses Yuki Nishi Orix Buffaloes 12
Earned run average Ayumu Ishikawa Chiba Lotte Marines 2.16
Strikeouts Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 216
Innings pitched Takahiro Norimoto Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 195
Saves Yoshihisa Hirano Orix Buffaloes 31

References

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2016 in Nippon Professional Baseball.
  1. ↑ "More pitchers involved in gambling scandal in Japan baseball". ESPN.com. Associated Press. 22 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  2. ↑ "Two more Giants pitchers involved in baseball gambling, panel finds". Japan Times. Kyodo News. 21 October 2015. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
  3. ↑ http://npb.jp/bis/eng/2015/stats/
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