2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2002 in baseball.

2002 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM) PL: Alex Cabrera (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Seibu Lions
Finals MVP	Tomohiro Nioka (Yomiuri Giants)

The 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yomiuri Giants defeating the Seibu Lions in the 2002 Japan Series 4 games to 0.

Standings

Central League

Central League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	140	86	52	2	.623	-
Yakult Swallows	140	74	62	4	.544	11.0
Chunichi Dragons	140	69	66	5	.511	15.5
Hanshin Tigers	140	66	70	4	.485	19.0
Hiroshima Carp	140	64	72	4	.471	21.0
Yokohama BayStars	140	49	86	5	.363	35.5

Pacific League

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Seibu Lions	140	90	49	1	.647	-
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	140	73	65	2	.529	16.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	140	73	65	2	.529	16.5
Chiba Lotte Marines	140	67	72	1	.482	23.0
Nippon Ham Fighters	140	61	76	3	.445	28.0
Orix BlueWave	140	50	87	3	.365	39.0

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders

Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kosuke Fukudome	Chunichi Dragons	.343
Home runs	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants	50
Runs batted in	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants	107
Hits	Takayuki Shimizu	Yomiuri Giants	191
Stolen bases	Norihiro Akahoshi	Hanshin Tigers	26

Pitching leaders

Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Koji Uehara Kevin Hodges	Yomiuri Giants Yakult Swallows	17
Earned run average	Masumi Kuwata	Yomiuri Giants	2.22
Strikeouts	Kei Igawa	Hanshin Tigers	206
Saves	Eddie Gaillard	Chunichi Dragons	35