2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season

In 2006 the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of the Pacific League defeating the Chunichi Dragons of the Central League in the Japan Series.

This article is about the 2006 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2006 in baseball.
2006 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 25, 2006 – October 26, 2006
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Kosuke Fukudome (CHU)
PL: Michihiro Ogasawara (NIP)
League Postseason
CL championsChunichi Dragons
  CL runners-upHanshin Tigers
PL championsHokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters
  PL runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
ChampionsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-upChunichi Dragons
Finals MVPAtsunori Inaba (NIP)

Format

Central League
  • Season Format
    • Regular Season
  • Regular Season 1st place are the champions

Pacific League
  • Season Format
    • Regular Season
    • Playoff 1st Stage: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Regular Season 3rd place – Best of 3
    • Playoff 2nd Stage: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff 1st Stage winners – Best of 5 (regular-season 1st place take a one-win advantage)
  • Playoff 2nd Stage winners are the champions

Japan Series
  • Central League champions vs. Pacific League champions – Best of 7

Standings

Regular season
Central League G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons14687545.617--
Hanshin Tigers14684584.5923.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows14670733.49018
Yomiuri Giants14665792.45123.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp14662795.44025
Yokohama BayStars14658844.40829.5

Regular season
Pacific League G W L T Pct. GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters13682540.603--
Seibu Lions13680542.5971
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks13675565.5734.5
Chiba Lotte Marines13665701.48116.5
Orix Buffaloes13652813.39128.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles13647854.35633

Playoff 1st Stage

Seibu Lions (1) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2)

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Seibu Lions – 1October 7Invoice Seibu Dome29,187[1]
2Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 11, Seibu Lions – 3October 8Invoice Seibu Dome31,338[2]
3Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Seibu Lions – 1October 9Invoice Seibu Dome27,344[3]

Playoff 2nd Stage

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3) vs. Fukuoka Softbank Hawks (0) The Fighters have a one-game advantage.

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – 3October 11Sapporo Dome42,380[4]
2Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters – 1October 12Sapporo Dome42,380[5]

Japan Series
Main article: 2006 Japan Series

In the 2006 Japan Series, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters defeated the Chunichi Dragons 4 games to 1 in five games.

After the Japan Series, the Fighters moved on to the Asian Series, a series which determines the champion of the four major Asian baseball leagues.

Awards

The Eiji Sawamura Award, the award given to the top pitcher in Japan, was given to pitcher Kazumi Saito of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks. He had a win–loss record of 18-5, 205 strikeouts, and an ERA of 1.75 in 201.0 innings, winning the Pacific League's pitching triple crown.

Best Nine Awards

Central League

Position Player Team
P Kenshin Kawakami Chunichi Dragons
C Akihiro Yano Hanshin Tigers
1B Tyrone Woods Chunichi Dragons
2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons
3B Akinori Iwamura Tokyo Yakult Swallows
SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons
OF Norichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows
OF Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons
OF Tomoaki Kanemoto Hanshin Tigers

Pacific League

Position Player Team
P Kazumi Saitoh Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
C Tomoya Satozaki Chiba Lotte Marines
1B Michihiro Ogasawara Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2B Kensuke Tanaka Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3B Jose Fernández Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
SS Munenori Kawasaki Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OF Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OF Kazuhiro Wada Seibu Lions
DH Fernando Seguignol Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

Gold Gloves

Central League

Position Player Team
P Kenshin Kawakami Chunichi Dragons
C Motonobu Tanishige Chunichi Dragons
1B Andy Sheets Hanshin Tigers
2B Masahiro Araki Chunichi Dragons
3B Akinori Iwamura Tokyo Yakult Swallows
SS Hirokazu Ibata Chunichi Dragons
OF Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers
OF Norichika Aoki Tokyo Yakult Swallows
OF Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons

Pacific League

Position Player Team
P Daisuke Matsuzaka Seibu Lions
C Tomoya Satozaki Chiba Lotte Marines
1B Michihiro Ogasawara Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
2B Kensuke Tanaka Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
3B Toshiaki Imae Chiba Lotte Marines
SS Munenori Kawasaki Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OF Atsunori Inaba Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF Hichori Morimoto Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
OF Tsuyoshi Shinjo Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters

See also

References
  1. "2006 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 1".
  2. "2006 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 2".
  3. "2006 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 3".
  4. "2006 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 1".
  5. "2006 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 2".


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