2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2013 in baseball.

2013 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 29 – November 3, 2013
Central League Pennant
League champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Hanshin Tigers
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Runners-up	Saitama Seibu Lions
Climax Series
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
PL runners-up	Chiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
Champions	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Runners-up	Yomiuri Giants
Finals MVP	Manabu Mima (RAK)
NPB seasons
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The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Contents

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  1 Regular season standings
  


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  2 Climax Series
  
  
  
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    2.1 First stage
    
    
    
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      2.1.1 Central League
      
    
    
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      2.1.2 Pacific League
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
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    2.2 Final stage
    
    
    
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      2.2.1 Central League
      
    
    
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      2.2.2 Pacific League
      
    
    
    
    
  
  
  
  


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  3 Japan Series
  


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  4 League leaders
  
  
  
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    4.1 Central League
    
  
  
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    4.2 Pacific League
    
  
  
  
  


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  5 2013 average attendance
  


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  6 See also
  


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  7 References
  

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	144	84	53	7	.613	—
Hanshin Tigers	144	73	67	4	.521	12.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	144	69	72	3	.489	17.0
Chunichi Dragons	144	64	77	3	.454	22.0
Yokohama DeNA BayStars	144	64	79	1	.448	23.0
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	144	57	83	4	.407	28.5

Pacific League regular season standings

Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	144	82	59	3	.582	—
Saitama Seibu Lions	144	74	66	4	.529	7.5
Chiba Lotte Marines	144	74	68	2	.521	8.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks	144	73	69	2	.514	9.5
Orix Buffaloes	144	66	73	5	.475	15.0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters	144	64	78	2	.451	18.5

Climax Series

Main articles: 2013 Central League Climax Series and 2013 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.

	First Stage					Final Stage					Japan Series
	Central League					1	Yomiuri Giants	4
	2	Hanshin Tigers	0			3	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	0
	3	Hiroshima Toyo Carp	2								CL1	Yomiuri Giants	3
											PL1	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	4
	Pacific League					1	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles	4
	2	Saitama Seibu Lions	1			3	Chiba Lotte Marines	1
	3	Chiba Lotte Marines	2

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:34	46,923[1]
2	October 13	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4	Koshien Stadium	3:02	46,902[2]

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 12	Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	3:24	32,880[3]
2	October 13	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15	Seibu Dome	3:16	33,914[4]
3	October 14	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1	Seibu Dome	3:01	33,832[5]

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 16	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	3:27	45,107[6]
2	October 17	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	2:26	45,316[7]
3	October 18	Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3	Tokyo Dome	2:32	46,081[8]

Pacific League

Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (1)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 17	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	2:55	24,332[9]
2	October 18	Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:25	24,097[10]
3	October 19	Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:00	24,396[11]
4	October 21*	Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:33	24,264[12]

* Postponed from October 20 due to rain^[13]

Japan Series

Main article: 2013 Japan Series

PL Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 26	Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:20	25,209[14]
2	October 27	Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:16	25,219[15]
3	October 29	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1	Tokyo Dome	3:26	44,940[16]
4	October 30	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 6	Tokyo Dome	4:07	44,968[17]
5	October 31	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2	Tokyo Dome	3:49	44,995[18]
6	November 2	Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:16	25,271[19]
7	November 3	Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3	Miyagi Baseball Stadium	3:15	25,249

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Tony Blanco Yokohama DeNA BayStars .333 Home runs Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows 60 Runs batted in Tony Blanco Yokohama DeNA BayStars 136 Runs Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows 94 Hits Matt Murton Hanshin Tigers 178 Stolen bases Yoshihiro Maru Hiroshima Toyo Carp 29

Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Yasuhiro Ogawa Tokyo Yakult Swallows 16 Losses Daisuke Miura Ryosuke Yagi Yokohama DeNA BayStars Tokyo Yakult Swallows 13 Earned run average Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 2.10 Strikeouts Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 183 Innings pitched Randy Messenger Hanshin Tigers 196​1⁄3 Saves Kentaro Nishimura Yomiuri Giants 42

Pacific League

Batting leaders Stat Player Team Total Batting average Yuya Hasegawa Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks .341 Home runs Michel Abreu Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 31 Runs batted in Hideto Asamura Saitama Seibu Lions 110 Runs Dai-Kang Yang Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 93 Hits Yuya Hasegawa Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 198 Stolen bases Dai-Kang Yang Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 47

Pitching leaders Stat Player Team Total Wins Masahiro Tanaka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 24 Losses Mitsuo Yoshikawa Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 15 Earned run average Masahiro Tanaka Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 1.27 Strikeouts Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 200 Innings pitched Chihiro Kaneko Orix Buffaloes 223​1⁄3 Saves Naoya Masuda Chiba Lotte Marines 33

2013 average attendance

Team	Games	Total Attendance	Attendance Per Game
Yomiuri	41	1,666,044	40,635
Hanshin	43	1,654,301	38,472
SoftBank	41	1,350,604	32,942
Chunichi	40	1,111,064	27,777
Nippon-Ham	42	1,095,307	26,079
Seibu	41	881,118	21,491
Hiroshima	43	853,646	19,852
Orix	42	821,848	19,568
Yakult	39	731,778	18,764
Yokohama	43	781,426	18,173
Rakuten	40	675,880	16,897
Lotte	41	684,911	16,705

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See also

• 2013 Korea Professional Baseball season


• 2013 Major League Baseball season

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