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2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

2013 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29 – November 3
Central League Pennant
League championsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upHanshin Tigers
Season MVPWladimir Balentien (Yakult)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
  Runners-upSaitama Seibu Lions
Season MVPMasahiro Tanaka (Rakuten)
Climax Series
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
PL championsTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
  PL runners-upChiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
ChampionsTohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Finals MVPManabu Mima (Rakuten)
NPB seasons

Juiced ball scandal

At the beginning of the 2013 NPB season, a new livelier ball was introduced in secret. This juiced up baseball allowed more home runs to be scored, leading to Tokyo Yakult Swallows outfielder Wladimir Balentien to break the 55 single season home run record set by Sadaharu Oh and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera.[1] This caused three-term NPB commissioner Ryozo Kato resigning, though he claimed that he did not know about these juiced baseballs.[2]

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings
TeamGWLTPct.GB
Yomiuri Giants14484537.613—
Hanshin Tigers14473674.52112.5
Hiroshima Toyo Carp14469723.48917.0
Chunichi Dragons14464773.45422.0
Yokohama DeNA BayStars14464791.44823.0
Tokyo Yakult Swallows14457834.40728.5
Pacific League regular season standings
TeamGWLTPct.GB
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles14482593.582—
Saitama Seibu Lions14474664.5297.5
Chiba Lotte Marines14474682.5218.5
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks14473692.5149.5
Orix Buffaloes14466735.47515.0
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters14464782.45118.5

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 StageFinal StageJapan Series
Central League
1Yomiuri Giants4
2Hanshin Tigers03Hiroshima Toyo Carp0
3Hiroshima Toyo Carp2CL1Yomiuri Giants3
PL1Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles4
Pacific League
1Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles4
2Saitama Seibu Lions13Chiba Lotte Marines1
3Chiba Lotte Marines2

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)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8, Hanshin Tigers – 1Koshien Stadium3:3446,923[3] 
2October 13Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 7, Hanshin Tigers – 4Koshien Stadium3:0246,902[4]

Pacific League

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 12Chiba Lotte Marines – 11, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1Seibu Dome3:2432,880[5] 
2October 13Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 15Seibu Dome3:1633,914[6] 
3October 14Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1Seibu Dome3:0133,832[7]

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)

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 16Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome3:2745,107[8] 
2October 17Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome2:2645,316[9] 
3October 18Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3Tokyo Dome2:3246,081[10]

Pacific League

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 17Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium2:5524,332[11] 
2October 18Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:2524,097[12] 
3October 19Chiba Lotte Marines – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:0024,396[13] 
4October 21*Chiba Lotte Marines – 5, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 8Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:3324,264[14]
* Postponed from October 20 due to rain[15]

Japan Series

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

GameDateScoreLocationTimeAttendance 
1October 26Yomiuri Giants – 2, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 0Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:2025,209[16] 
2October 27Yomiuri Giants – 1, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:1625,219[17] 
3October 29Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome3:2644,940[18] 
4October 30Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 6Tokyo Dome4:0744,968[19] 
5October 31Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome3:4944,995[20] 
6November 2Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 2Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:1625,271[21] 
7November 3Yomiuri Giants – 0, Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles – 3Miyagi Baseball Stadium3:1525,249

League leaders

Central League

Pitching leaders
StatPlayerTeamTotal
WinsYasuhiro OgawaTokyo Yakult Swallows16
LossesDaisuke Miura
Ryosuke Yagi		Yokohama DeNA BayStars
Tokyo Yakult Swallows		13
Earned run averageKenta MaedaHiroshima Toyo Carp2.10
StrikeoutsRandy MessengerHanshin Tigers183
Innings pitchedRandy MessengerHanshin Tigers1961⁄3
SavesKentaro NishimuraYomiuri Giants42

Pacific League

2013 average attendance

TeamGamesTotal attendanceAttendance Per Game
Yomiuri411,666,04440,635
Hanshin431,654,30138,472
SoftBank411,350,60432,942
Chunichi401,111,06427,777
Nippon-Ham421,095,30726,079
Seibu41881,11821,491
Hiroshima43853,64619,852
Orix42821,84819,568
Yakult39731,77818,764
Yokohama43781,42618,173
Rakuten40675,88016,897
Lotte41684,91116,705
53812,307,927297,355

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See also

References

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