- This article is about the 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2018 in baseball.
The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Regular season standings
Interleague results
Current as of 25 September 2018
Interleague results are placed in order of current regular season standings. The 'I' column indicates the teams' interleague position.
The interleague results are indicative only of the teams playing ability against those teams in the opposing league, and have no bearing on the placings or Climax Series'. The sponsor, Nippon Life, does hand out awards to players and teams based on their finishing in the Interleague standings, however.
Climax Series
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First stage
Central League
Tokyo Yakult Swallows (0) vs. Yomiuri Giants (2)
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 13 |
Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1 |
Meiji Jingu Stadium |
3:06 |
30,735 |
2 |
October 14 |
Yomiuri Giants – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 0 |
Meiji Jingu Stadium |
2:40 |
30,798 |
Pacific League
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 13 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:35 |
35,301 |
2 |
October 14 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:32 |
38,125 |
3 |
October 15 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:46 |
34,794 |
Final stage
Central League
Hiroshima Carp (4) vs. Yomiuri Giants (0)
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 17 |
Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 6 |
Mazda Stadium |
3:07 |
31,311 |
2 |
October 18 |
Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 4 |
Mazda Stadium |
2:36 |
31,356 |
3 |
October 19 |
Yomiuri Giants – 1, Hiroshima Carp – 5 |
Mazda Stadium |
3:02 |
31,371 |
Pacific League
Saitama Seibu Lions (2) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 17 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 10, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 |
MetLife Dome |
3:25 |
31,961 |
2 |
October 18 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Saitama Seibu Lions – 13 |
MetLife Dome |
3:30 |
31,106 |
3 |
October 19 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 15, Saitama Seibu Lions – 4 |
MetLife Dome |
3:30 |
31,238 |
4 |
October 20 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 8, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2 |
MetLife Dome |
3:31 |
32,170 |
5 |
October 21 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Saitama Seibu Lions – 5 |
MetLife Dome |
3:26 |
31,532 |
Japan Series
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SoftBank Hawks won the series, 4–1–1.
Game |
Date |
Score |
Location |
Time |
Attendance |
1 |
October 27 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 2 (12) |
Mazda Stadium |
4:38 |
30,727 |
2 |
October 28 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 5 |
Mazda Stadium |
2:55 |
30,724 |
3 |
October 30 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 8 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 9 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:57 |
35,746 |
4 |
October 31 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 1 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 4 |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
3:21 |
35,796 |
5 |
November 1 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 4 @ Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10) |
Fukuoka Yahuoku! Dome |
4:25 |
35,917 |
6 |
November 3 |
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 @ Hiroshima Toyo Carp – 0 |
Mazda Stadium |
3:14 |
30,723 |
League leaders
Central League
Pacific League
See also
References