2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series.

This article is about the 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2015 in baseball.
2015 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 27 – October 29
Central League Pennant
League championsTokyo Yakult Swallows
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Season MVPTetsuto Yamada (Yakult)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Season MVPYuki Yanagita (SoftBank)
Climax Series
CL championsTokyo Yakult Swallows
  CL runners-upYomiuri Giants
PL championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-upChiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
ChampionsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upTokyo Yakult Swallows
Finals MVPDae-ho Lee (SoftBank)

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 NBP 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
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 14376652.539–
Yomiuri Giants 14375671.5281.5
Hanshin Tigers 14370712.4966.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 14369713.4936.5
Chunichi Dragons 14362774.44613.0
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 14362801.43714.5
Pacific League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 14390494.647–
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 14379622.56012.0
Chiba Lotte Marines 14373691.51119.0
Saitama Seibu Lions 14369695.50020.5
Orix Buffaloes 14361802.43330.0
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 14357833.41033.0

Climax Series
Main articles: 2015 Central League Climax Series and 2015 Pacific League 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 StageFinal StageJapan Series
Central League
1Tokyo Yakult Swallows4
2Yomiuri Giants22Yomiuri Giants1
3Hanshin Tigers1CL1Tokyo Yakult Swallows1
PL1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
Pacific League
1Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks4
2Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters13Chiba Lotte Marines0
3Chiba Lotte Marines2

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 10Hanshin Tigers – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:4045,298 
2October 11Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4846,698 
3October 12Hanshin Tigers – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome2:4846,067

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 10Chiba Lotte Marines – 9, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3Sapporo Dome3:2841,138 
2October 11Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4Sapporo Dome3:0641,138 
3October 12Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1Sapporo Dome3:4232,201

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 14Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 1Meiji Jingu Stadium3:3831,502 
2October 15Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 4Meiji Jingu Stadium2:5131,274 
3October 16Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 2Meiji Jingu Stadium3:2733,102 
4October 17Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tokyo Yakult Swallows– 3Meiji Jingu Stadium2:5834,038

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 14Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 (10 innings)Fukuoka Dome3:4337,360 
2October 15Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6Fukuoka Dome2:5937,603 
3October 16Chiba Lotte Marines – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3Fukuoka Dome2:5337,235

Japan Series
Main article: 2015 Japan Series

CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) vs. PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 24Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:0435,732 
2October 25Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4Fukuoka Dome3:3535,764 
3October 27Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 8Meiji Jingu Stadium3:3831,037 
4October 28Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 4Meiji Jingu Stadium4:0631,288 
5October 29Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0Meiji Jingu Stadium3:3631,239

League leaders

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Central League

Pacific League

See also

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2015 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. 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "2015 Regular Season | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
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