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Sports season
The 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 65th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 .
Regular season standings [ edit ] Climax Series [ edit ] Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First Stage Final Stage Japan Series 1 Yomiuri Giants 1 2 Hanshin Tigers 1 2 Hanshin Tigers 4 3 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 0 CL2 Hanshin Tigers 1 PL1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 1 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 4 2 Orix Buffaloes 1 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 3 3 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2
First stage [ edit ] The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League [ edit ] Hanshin Tigers (1) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 11 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 1 Koshien Stadium 2:52 46,721[1] 2 October 12 Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0, Hanshin Tigers – 0 Koshien Stadium 3:35 46,815[2]
Pacific League [ edit ] Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2) vs. Orix Buffaloes (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 11 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Orix Buffaloes – 3 Kyocera Dome 4:01 35,889[3] 2 October 12 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Kyocera Dome 3:32 36,012[4] 3 October 14* Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 Kyocera Dome 4:17 32,588[5]
* Postponed from October 13 due to Typhoon Vongfong [6] Final stage [ edit ] The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League [ edit ] Hanshin Tigers (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (1)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 15 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:59 44,871[7] 2 October 16 Hanshin Tigers – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:19 44,728[8] 3 October 17 Hanshin Tigers – 4, Yomiuri Giants – 2 Tokyo Dome 3:44 46,025[9] 4 October 18 Hanshin Tigers – 8, Yomiuri Giants – 4 Tokyo Dome 3:42 46,311[10]
Pacific League [ edit ] Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (3)
Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 1 October 15 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 Fukuoka Dome 3:19 28,087[11] 2 October 16 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 Fukuoka Dome 3:30 29,775[12] 3 October 17 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 12, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:13 31,176[13] 4 October 18 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 Fukuoka Dome 4:20 31,647[14] 5 October 19 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 6, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 4:26 34,070[15] 6 October 20 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 Fukuoka Dome 3:24 38,561[16]
Japan Series [ edit ] League leaders [ edit ] Central League [ edit ] Pacific League [ edit ] See also [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Saturday, October 11, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Sunday, October 12, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Tuesday, October 14, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Monday, October 13, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Wednesday, October 15, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 15, 2014 . ^ "Thursday, October 16, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Friday, October 17, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Saturday, October 18, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Sunday, October 19, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 . ^ "Monday, October 20, 2014" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 24, 2014 .