2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season
- This article is about the 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2007 in baseball.
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| League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
| Sport | Baseball |
| Duration | March 24, 2007 – November 1, 2007 |
| Regular season | |
| Season MVP | CL: Michihiro Ogasawara (YOM) PL: Yu Darvish (NIP) |
| Postseason | |
| CL champions | Chunichi Dragons |
| CL runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
| PL champions | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters |
| PL runners-up | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| Japan Series | |
| Japan Series champions | Chunichi Dragons |
| Runners-up | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters |
| Japan Series MVP | Norihiro Nakamura (CHU) |
| NPB seasons | |
| ← 2006 | |
The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
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Contents
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Regular season
Standings
Central League
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Central League |
G | W | L | T | Win% | GB |
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| Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 80 | 63 | 1 | .559 | — |
| Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 78 | 64 | 2 | .549 | 1½ |
| Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 74 | 66 | 4 | .529 | 4½ |
| Yokohama BayStars | 144 | 71 | 72 | 1 | .497 | 9 |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 144 | 60 | 82 | 2 | .423 | 19½ |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 60 | 84 | 0 | .417 | 20½ |
Pacific League
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Pacific League |
G | W | L | T | Win% | GB |
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| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 79 | 60 | 5 | .568 | — |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 76 | 61 | 7 | .555 | 2 |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 73 | 66 | 5 | .525 | 6 |
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 67 | 75 | 2 | .472 | 13½ |
| Seibu Lions | 144 | 66 | 76 | 2 | .465 | 14½ |
| Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 62 | 77 | 5 | .446 | 17 |
Climax Series
Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in the Japan Series. The system was a success when Pacific League's teams won all the Japan Series since the indroduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff system since 1949.
Climax Series does not affact the team's standings, nor invidial's record in the Regular Season.
| 1st stage | 2nd stage | 2007 Japan Series | |||||||||||
| Central League | C1 | Yomiuri Giants | 0 | ||||||||||
| C2 | Chunichi Dragons | 2 | C2 | Chunichi Dragons | 3 | ||||||||
| C3 | Hanshin Tigers | 0 | C2 | Chunichi Dragons | 4 | ||||||||
| P1 | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters | 1 | |||||||||||
| Pacific League | P1 | Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters | 3 | ||||||||||
| P2 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | P2 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | ||||||||
| P3 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 1 | |||||||||||
- - Chunichi Dragons advances to 2007 Konami Cup
Leaders
Batting
Central League
*indicates league record
Pacific League
Pitching
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Awards
Best Nine Awards
Central League
Pacific League
| Position | Player | Team |
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| P | Yu Darvish | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| C | Tomoya Satozaki | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| 1B | Alex Cabrera | Seibu Lions |
| 2B | Kensuke Tanaka | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| 3B | Greg LaRocca | Orix Buffaloes |
| SS | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| OF | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Hichori Morimoto | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Naoyuki Omura | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| DH | Takeshi Yamasaki | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
Gold Gloves
Central League
| Position | Player | Team |
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| P | Kenshin Kawakami | Chunichi Dragons |
| C | Motonobu Tanishige | Chunichi Dragons |
| 1B | Andy Sheets | Hanshin Tigers |
| 2B | Masahiro Araki | Chunichi Dragons |
| 3B | Norihiro Nakamura | Chunichi Dragons |
| SS | Hirokazu Ibata | Chunichi Dragons |
| OF | Tatsuhiko Kinjo | Yokohoma BayStars |
| OF | Norichika Aoki | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| OF | Yoshinobu Takahashi | Yomiuri Giants |
Pacific League
| Position | Player | Team |
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| P | Yu Darvish | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| C | Tomoya Satozaki | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| 1B | Kazuya Fukuura | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| 2B | Kensuke Tanaka | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| 3B | Toshiaki Imae | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| SS | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| OF | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Hichori Morimoto | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Saburo Omura | Chiba Lotte Marines |
References
- Central League Standings (Japanese)
- Pacific League Standings (Japanese)
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