2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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This article is about the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2012 in baseball.
2012 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 30, 2012 – November 3, 2012
Central League Pennant
League champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Season MVP Shinnosuke Abe (YOM)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-up Saitama Seibu Lions
Season MVP Mitsuo Yoshikawa (NIP)
Climax Series
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-up Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Finals MVP Tetsuya Utsumi (YOM)
NPB seasons

The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 144 86 43 15 .667 —
Chunichi Dragons 144 75 53 16 .586 10.5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 144 68 65 11 .511 20.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 144 61 71 12 .462 26.5
Hanshin Tigers 144 55 75 14 .423 31.5
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 144 46 85 13 .351 41.0
Pacific League regular season standings
Team G W L T Pct. GB
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 144 74 59 11 .556 —
Saitama Seibu Lions 144 72 63 9 .533 3.0
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 144 67 65 12 .508 6.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 144 67 67 10 .500 7.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 144 62 67 15 .481 10.0
Orix Buffaloes 144 57 77 10 .425 17.5

Climax Series

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Main articles: 2012 Central League Climax Series and 2012 Pacific League 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 stage     Final stage     2012 Japan Series
                           
  Central League     C1  Yomiuri Giants 4  
  C2  Chunichi Dragons 2     C2  Chunichi Dragons 3    
  C3  Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1         C1  Yomiuri Giants 4
      P1  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2
  Pacific League     P1  Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4    
  P2  Saitama Seibu Lions 1     P3  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0  
  P3  Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2  

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 13 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6 Nagoya Dome 3:11 31,146[1] 
2 October 14 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0 Nagoya Dome 3:26 33,852[2] 
3 October 15 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4 Nagoya Dome 3:39 23,264[3]

Pacific League

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

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 13 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1 Seibu Dome 2:54 32,074[4] 
2 October 14 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8 Seibu Dome 3:23 33,918[5] 
3 October 15 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 Seibu Dome 3:23 25,002[6]

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 3:21 40,039[7] 
2 October 18 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:40 39,135[8] 
3 October 19 Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:41 44,744[9] 
4 October 20 Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 2:57 46,158[10] 
5 October 21 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3 Tokyo Dome 3:40 45,897[11] 
6 October 22 Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:18 44,351[12]

Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 17 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 2:56 31,022[13] 
2 October 18 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 Sapporo Dome 3:17 23,610[14] 
3 October 19 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4 Sapporo Dome 3:16 37,166[15]

Japan Series

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Main article: 2012 Japan Series

CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 October 27 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8 Tokyo Dome 3:13 44,981[16] 
2 October 28 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:51 44,932[17] 
3 October 30 Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7 Sapporo Dome 4:04 36,942[18] 
4 October 31 Yomiuri Giants – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1 Sapporo Dome 4:15 40,433[19] 
5 November 1 Yomiuri Giants – 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2 Sapporo Dome 3:52 40,579[20] 
6 November 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:22 45,018[21]

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Batting average Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants .340
Home runs Wladimir Balentien Tokyo Yakult Swallows 31
Runs batted in Shinnosuke Abe Yomiuri Giants 104
Runs Hayato Sakamoto Yomiuri Giants 87
Hits Hayato Sakamoto
Hisayoshi Chono		 Yomiuri Giants
Yomiuri Giants		 173
Stolen bases Yohei Oshima Chunichi Dragons 32
Pitching leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Wins Tetsuya Utsumi Yomiuri Giants 15
Losses Bryan Bullington
Minoru Iwata		 Hiroshima Toyo Carp
Hanshin Tigers		 14
Earned run average Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 1.53
Strikeouts Toshiya Sugiuchi
Atsushi Nomi		 Yomiuri Giants
Hanshin Tigers		 172
Innings pitched Kenta Maeda Hiroshima Toyo Carp 206​1⁄3
Saves Tony Barnette
Hitoki Iwase		 Tokyo Yakult Swallows
Chunichi Dragons		 33

Pacific League

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