2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season

	Qualification for final stage of Climax Series
	Qualification for first stage of Climax Series

2017 NPB season
2017 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	March 31, 2017 – October 10, 2017
Central League Pennant
League champions	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Pacific League Pennant
League champions	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Climax Series
CL champions	Yokohama DeNA BayStars
CL runners-up	Hiroshima Toyo Carp
PL champions	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
PL runners-up	Tohoku Golden Eagles
Japan Series
NPB seasons
	← 2016 2018 →

The 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 68th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings^[1]
Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Hiroshima Carp	143	88	51	4	.633	--	50-20-1	38-31-3
Hanshin Tigers	143	78	61	4	.561	10.0	41-29-2	37-32-2
Yokohama BayStars	143	73	65	5	.529	14.5	38-29-4	35-36-1
Yomiuri Giants	143	72	68	3	.514	16.5	38-33-0	34-35-3
Chunichi Dragons	143	59	79	5	.428	28.5	37-32-3	22-47-2
Tokyo Swallows	143	45	96	2	.319	44.0	30-40-2	15-56-0

Pacific League regular season standings^[2]
Team	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Fukuoka Hawks	143	94	49	0	.657	--	52-20-0	42-29-0
Saitama Lions	143	79	61	3	.564	13.5	44-27-1	35-34-2
Tohoku Golden Eagles	143	77	63	3	.550	15.5	39-30-2	38-33-1
Orix Buffaloes	143	63	79	1	.444	30.5	34-37-0	29-42-1
Hokkaido Fighters	143	60	83	0	.420	34.0	36-36-0	24-47-0
Chiba Marines	143	54	87	2	.383	39.0	28-42-1	26-45-1

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

C1

Hiroshima Toyo Carp

1

C2

Hanshin Tigers

1

C3

Yokohama DeNA BayStars

4

C3

Yokohama DeNA BayStars

2

C3

Yokohama DeNA BayStars

0

P1

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

0

P1

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

4

P2

Saitama Lions

1

P3

Tohoku Golden Eagles

2

P3

Tohoku Golden Eagles

2

First stage

Central League

Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 2	Koshien Stadium	2:52	46,748
2	October 15	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 13, Hanshin Tigers – 6	Koshien Stadium	4:35	46,761
3	October 17	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hanshin Tigers – 1	Koshien Stadium	3:10	46,319

Pacific League

Saitama Lions (1) vs. Tohoku Golden Eagles (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 14	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 0, Saitama Lions – 10	Seibu Prince Dome	3:00	32,547
2	October 15	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 4, Saitama Lions – 1	Seibu Prince Dome	3:12	32,508
3	October 16	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 5, Saitama Lions – 2	Seibu Prince Dome	3:26	31,755

Final stage

Central League

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

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 18	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Hiroshima Carp – 3 (5)	Mazda Stadium	2:13	30,810
2	October 19	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 6, Hiroshima Carp – 2	Mazda Stadium	3:40	31,165
3	October 20	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 0	Mazda Stadium	3:23	31,279
4	October 23	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Hiroshima Carp – 3	Mazda Stadium	3:26	31,311
5	October 24	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 9, Hiroshima Carp – 3	Mazda Stadium	3:39	31,230

Pacific League

Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Tohoku Golden Eagles (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 18	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2	Fukuoka Dome	3:05	35,125
2	October 19	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1	Fukuoka Dome	3:31	36,380
3	October 20	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7	Fukuoka Dome	3:16	35,333
4	October 21	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Fukuoka Dome	3:21	37,455
5	October 22	Tohoku Golden Eagles – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7	Fukuoka Dome	2:41	35,387

Japan Series

Yokohama DeNA BayStars (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2)

Game	Date	Score	Location	Time	Attendance
1	October 28	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10	Fukuoka Dome	3:13	36,183
2	October 29	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4	Fukuoka Dome	3:56	36,082
3	October 31	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0	Yokohama Stadium	-	-
4	November 1	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0	Yokohama Stadium	-	-
5	November 2^†	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0	Yokohama Stadium	-	-
6	November 4^†	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0	Fukuoka Dome	-	-
7	November 5^†	Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0	Fukuoka Dome	-	-

† - if necessary

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders^[3]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Toshiro Miyazaki	Yokohama BayStars	.323
Home runs	Alex Guerrero	Chunichi Dragons	35
Runs batted in	José López	Yokohama BayStars	105
Runs	Yoshihiro Maru	Hiroshima Carp	109
Hits	Yoshihiro Maru José López	Hiroshima Carp Yokohama BayStars	171
Stolen bases	Kosuke Tanaka	Hiroshima Carp	35
On Base Percentage	Yoshihiro Maru Kohsuke Tanaka	Hiroshima Carp	.398
Slugging Percentage	Seiya Suzuki	Hiroshima Carp	.547

Pitching leaders^[4]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants	17
Earned run average	Tomoyuki Sugano	Yomiuri Giants	1.59
Strikeouts	Miles Mikolas	Yomiuri Giants	187
Innings pitched	Miles Mikolas	Yomiuri Giants	188
Saves	Rafael Dolis	Hanshin Tigers	37
Holds	Kentaro Kuwahara	Hanshin Tigers	39
Winning percentage	Daichi Ohsera	Hiroshima Carp	.833

Pacific League

Batting leaders^[5]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Shogo Akiyama	Saitama Lions	.322
Home runs	Alfredo Despaigne	Fukuoka Hawks	35
Runs batted in	Alfredo Despaigne	Fukuoka Hawks	103
Runs	Shogo Akiyama	Saitama Lions	106
Hits	Shogo Akiyama	Saitama Lions	185
Stolen bases	Haruki Nishikawa	Hokkaido Fighters	39
On Base Percentage	Yuki Yanagita	Fukuoka Hawks	.426
Slugging Percentage	Yuki Yanagita	Fukuoka Hawks	.589

Pitching leaders^[6]
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Nao Higashihama	Fukuoka Hawks	16
Earned run average	Yusei Kikuchi	Saitama Lions	1.97
Strikeouts	Takahiro Norimoto	Tohoku Golden Eagles	222
Innings pitched	Yusei Kikuchi	Saitama Lions	187.2
Saves	Dennis Sarfate	Fukuoka Hawks	54
Holds	Sho Iwasaki	Fukuoka Hawks	40
Winning percentage	Kodai Senga	Fukuoka Hawks	.765

References

[1] ttp://npb.jp/bis/eng/2017/stats/std_c.html

[2] ttp://npb.jp/bis/eng/2017/stats/std_p.html

[3] ttp://npb.jp/bis/eng/2017/stats/bat_c.html

[4] ttp://npb.jp/bis/eng/2017/stats/pit_c.html

[5] ttp://npb.jp/bis/eng/2017/stats/bat_p.html

[6] ttp://npb.jp/bis/eng/2017/stats/pit_p.html

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