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2024 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29 – October 9
Number of games143
Number of teams12
Central League Pennant
League championsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upHanshin Tigers
Season MVPTomoyuki Sugano (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Season MVPKensuke Kondoh (SoftBank)
Climax Series
CL championsYokohama DeNA BayStars
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-upHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsYokohama DeNA BayStars
  Runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Finals MVPMasayuki Kuwahara (DeNA)
NPB seasons
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The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the 90th anniversary of the founding of professional baseball in Japan. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

The Hanshin Tigers entered the season as the defending champions. They were eliminated in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

Regular season standings

2024 Central League regular season standings
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Yomiuri Giants 143 77 59 7 .566 — 39–30–3 38–29–4
2 Hanshin Tigers 143 74 63 6 .540 3½ 43–27–2 31–36–4
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 71 69 3 .507 8 34–37–1 37–32–2
4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 68 70 5 .493 10 39–29–3 29–41–2
5 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 143 62 77 4 .446 16½ 34–33–4 28–44
6 Chunichi Dragons 143 60 75 8 .444 16½ 35–32–4 25–43–4
2024 Pacific League regular season standings
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 91 49 3 .650 — 49–21–2 42–28–1
2 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 75 60 8 .556 13½ 41–25–6 34–35–2
3 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 71 66 6 .518 18½ 37–33–1 34–33–5
4 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 67 72 4 .482 23½ 30–39–2 37–33–2
5 Orix Buffaloes 143 63 77 3 .450 28 34–36–1 29–41–2
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 49 91 3 .350 42 31–40–1 18–51–2

Interleague

2024 regular season interleague standings
# Team GTooltip Games played W L T Pct. GBTooltip Games behind Home Road
1 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 13 5 0 .722 — 6–3 7–2
2 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 12 6 0 .667 1 7–2 5–4
3 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 11 7 0 .611 2 3–6 8–1
4 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 9 7 2 .563 3 5–2−2 4–5
5 Orix Buffaloes 18 10 8 0 .556 3 4–5 6–3
6 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 10 8 0 .556 3 6–3 4–5
7 Yomiuri Giants 18 8 9 1 .471 4½ 4–5 4–4–1
8 Chiba Lotte Marines 18 7 9 2 .438 5 4–5 3–4−2
9 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 7 10 1 .412 5½ 3–5–1 4–5
10 Hanshin Tigers 18 7 11 0 .388 6 4–5 3–6
11 Chunichi Dragons 18 7 11 0 .388 6 3–6 4–5
12 Saitama Seibu Lions 18 4 14 0 .222 9 3–6 2–7

Overall, the Pacific League won 53 games and lost 52 against the Central League, with 3 ties.

Climax Series

Main articles: 2024 Central League Climax Series and 2024 Pacific League Climax Series
First stageFinal stageJapan Series
Central League1Yomiuri Giants3
2Hanshin Tigers03Yokohama DeNA BayStars4
3Yokohama DeNA BayStars2CLYokohama DeNA BayStars4
PLFukuoka SoftBank Hawks2
Pacific League1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
2Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters22Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters0
3Chiba Lotte Marines1

First stage

Central League

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 3:19 42,642 
2 October 13 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 10, Hanshin Tigers – 3 Koshien Stadium 3:45 42,646

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–1.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 12 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0 Es Con Field Hokkaido 2:55 37,553 
2 October 13 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 (10) Es Con Field Hokkaido 3:33 37,638 
3 October 14 Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5 Es Con Field Hokkaido 3:04 37,478

Final stage

Central League

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 4-3.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 16 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 Tokyo Dome 3:05 42,076 
2 October 17 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:31 42,006 
3 October 18 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 3:06 42,180 
4 October 19 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 2:54 42,222 
5 October 20 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:40 42,152 
6 October 21 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:43 41,856

Pacific League

SoftBank won the series, 4–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 16 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Mizuho PayPay Dome 2:40 40,142 
2 October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 Mizuho PayPay Dome 3:18 40,142 
3 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Mizuho PayPay Dome 2:50 40,142

2024 Japan Series

Main article: 2024 Japan Series

DeNA won the series, 4-2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 26 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3 Yokohama Stadium 3:46 33,147 
2 October 27 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3 Yokohama Stadium 3:20 32,953 
3 October 29 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Mizuho PayPay Dome 3:37 36,736 
4 October 30 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 Mizuho PayPay Dome 3:19 36,623 
5 October 31 Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 Mizuho PayPay Dome 3:38 36,636 
6 November 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 11 Yokohama Stadium 3:11 33,136

See also

Notes

  1. Game 6 was scheduled to be played on November 2nd, but was postponed due to rain.

References

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  2. "2024 Pacific League Standings". Retrieved October 6, 2024.
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