2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2019 in baseball.
2019 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
DurationMarch 29 – October 23
Number of games143
Number of teams12
Central League Pennant
League championsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upYokohama DeNA Baystars
Season MVPHayato Sakamoto (Yomiuri)
Pacific League Pennant
League championsSaitama Seibu Lions
  Runners-upFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Season MVPTomoya Mori (Seibu)
Climax Series
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upHanshin Tigers
PL championsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  PL runners-upSaitama Seibu Lions
Japan Series
ChampionsFukuoka SoftBank Hawks
  Runners-upYomiuri Giants
Finals MVPYurisbel Gracial (SoftBank)
NPB seasons

The 2019 Nippon Professional Baseball season began on March 29.[1] It was the 70th season since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 teams NPB, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League. The 2019 NPB season was 143 games long; teams in each league played 125 games against each other and 18 interleague games.[2] The regular season was scheduled to end on September 24 except for any make-up games scheduled after it; the regular season eventually concluded on September 30. The top three teams in each league proceed to the Climax Series, NPB's postseason system.

  1. ^ "[6/7/2018] 2019 NPB season to begin on March 29". YakyuDB. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.
  2. ^ "2019 NPB Pacific League Schedule". YakyuDB. Archived from the original on April 8, 2019. Retrieved April 8, 2019.