2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season

2016 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 25 – October 29
Central League Pennant
League championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Season MVPTakahiro Arai (Toyo)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Season MVPShohei Ohtani (Nippon Ham)
Climax Series
CL championsHiroshima Toyo Carp
  CL runners-upYokohama DeNA BayStars
PL championsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  PL runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Japan Series
ChampionsHokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
  Runners-upHiroshima Toyo Carp
Finals MVPBrandon Laird (Nippon Ham)
NPB seasons

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB, 日本野球機構, Nippon Yakyū Kikō) is a professional baseball league, and the highest level of baseball in Japan. The NPB is organized into two leagues, the Central League and the Pacific League. After the regular season, the top three teams of each league play off in the Climax Series, which determines which team from each league will play off in the Japan Series to determine the national championship team. The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. The Japan Series championship competition was played between the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters and the Hiroshima Toyo Carp, with the Nippon-Ham fighters winning the overall championship.[1]

  1. ^ Coskrey, Jason (2016-10-30). "Fighters wrap up Japan Series title with dramatic eighth-inning fireworks". The Japan Times. Retrieved 2024-09-10.