- This article is about the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2012 in baseball.
Regular season standings[edit]
Climax Series[edit]
Note: Unlike most professional baseball playoff systems, in NPB, all games are played in the first two rounds of playoff baseball are held at the higher seed's home stadium. Team with higher regular league standings also advances if the round ends in a tie
First stage[edit]
The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), receive byes to the championship round.
Central League[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), receive a one-game advantage.
Central League[edit]
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[edit]
Summary[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Central League[edit]
Pacific League[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Monday, October 15, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Saturday, October 20, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Sunday, October 21, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Monday, October 22, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 4, 2012.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Friday, October 19, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 29, 2012.
- ^ "Saturday, October 27, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 27, 2012.
- ^ "Sunday, October 28, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 28, 2012.
- ^ "Tuesday, October 30, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved October 30, 2012.
- ^ "Wednesday, October 31, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ "Thursday, November 1, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 1, 2012.
- ^ "Saturday, November 3, 2012". Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved November 3, 2012.
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