1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 49th season of operation for the league.

1998 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK)
PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League Postseason
CL championsYokohama BayStars
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsYokohama BayStars
  Runners-upSeibu Lions
Finals MVPTakanori Suzuki (YOK)

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yokohama BayStars13679561.585--
Chunichi Dragons13675601.5564.0
Yomiuri Giants13573620.5416.0
Yakult Swallows13566690.48913.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp13560750.44419.0
Hanshin Tigers13552830.38527.0

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions13570614.534--
Nippon-Ham Fighters13567653.5083.5
Orix BlueWave13566663.5004.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks13567671.5004.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes13566672.4965.0
Chiba Lotte Marines13561713.4629.5

Japan Series

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1BayStars – 9, Lions – 4October 18Yokohama Stadium29,025[3]
2BayStars – 4, Lions – 0October 19Yokohama Stadium29,076[3]
3Lions – 7, BayStars – 2October 22Seibu Dome31,599[3]
4Lions – 4, BayStars – 2October 23Seibu Dome31,685[3]
5Lions – 5, BayStars – 17October 24Seibu Dome31,756[3]
6BayStars – 2, Lions – 1October 26Yokohama Stadium29,289[3]

See also

References

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