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2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season
Sports season
This article is about the 2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2005 in baseball.
In 2005 the Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Chiba Lotte Marines of the Pacific League defeating the Hanshin Tigers of the Central League in a four-game sweep in the Nippon Series.
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2005 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 26, 2005 – October 26, 2005 |
Regular Season | |
Season MVP | CL: Tomoaki Kanemoto (HAN) PL: Toshiya Sugiuchi (SBH) |
League Postseason | |
CL champions | Hanshin Tigers |
CL runners-up | Chunichi Dragons |
PL champions | Chiba Lotte Marines |
PL runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Chiba Lotte Marines |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Finals MVP | Toshiaki Imae (LOT) |
NPB seasons | |
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Central League
- Season Format
- Regular Season
- Regular Season 1st place is the champion
Pacific League
- Season Format
- Regular Season
- Playoff 1st Stage: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Regular Season 3rd place – Best of 3
- Playoff 2nd Stage: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff 1st Stage winner – Best of 5
- Playoff 2nd Stage winner is the champion
Japan Series
- Central League champion vs. Pacific League champion – Best of 7
Central League
Regular season
More information Central League, G ...
Central League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Hanshin Tigers | 146 | 87 | 54 | 5 | .617 | -— |
Chunichi Dragons | 146 | 79 | 66 | 1 | .545 | 10.0 |
Yokohama BayStars | 146 | 69 | 70 | 7 | .496 | 16.5 |
Yakult Swallows | 146 | 71 | 73 | 2 | .493 | 18.0 |
Yomiuri Giants | 146 | 62 | 80 | 4 | .437 | 25.0 |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 146 | 58 | 84 | 4 | .408 | 29.0 |
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Pacific League
Regular season
More information Pacific League, G ...
Pacific League | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB |
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 136 | 89 | 45 | 2 | .664 | — |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 136 | 84 | 49 | 3 | .632 | 4.5 |
Seibu Lions | 136 | 67 | 69 | 0 | .493 | 23.0 |
Orix Buffaloes | 136 | 62 | 70 | 4 | .470 | 26.0 |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 136 | 62 | 71 | 3 | .466 | 26.5 |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 136 | 38 | 97 | 1 | .281 | 51.5 |
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Playoff 1st Stage
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Seibu Lions (0)
More information Game, Score ...
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2 | October 8 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 28,979[1] |
2 | Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3 | October 9 | Chiba Marine Stadium | 28,996[2] |
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Playoff 2nd Stage
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (3)
More information Game, Score ...
Game | Score | Date | Location | Attendance |
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1 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 | October 12 | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | 31,848[3] |
2 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 | October 13 | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | 31,696[4] |
3 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10 innings) | October 15 | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | 34,757[5] |
4 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | October 16 | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | 34,772[6] |
5 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2 | October 17 | Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome | 35,071[7] |
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Main article: 2005 Japan Series
Batting
Pitching
Best Nine Awards
Central League
More information Position, Player ...
Position | Player | Team |
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P | Hiroki Kuroda | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
C | Akihiro Yano | Hanshin Tigers |
1B | Takahiro Arai | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
2B | Masahiro Araki | Chunichi Dragons |
3B | Makoto Imaoka | Hanshin Tigers |
SS | Hirokazu Ibata | Chunichi Dragons |
OF | Norihiro Akahoshi | Hanshin Tigers |
OF | Norichika Aoki | Yakult Swallows |
OF | Tomoaki Kanemoto | Hanshin Tigers |
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Pacific League
More information Position, Player ...
Position | Player | Team |
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P | Toshiya Sugiuchi | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
C | Kenji Johjima | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
1B | Julio Zuleta | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
2B | Koichi Hori | Chiba Lotte Marines |
3B | Toshiaki Imae | Chiba Lotte Marines |
SS | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
OF | Matt Franco | Chiba Lotte Marines |
OF | Katsuhiko Miyaji | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
OF | Kazuhiro Wada | Seibu Lions |
DH | Nobuhiko Matsunaka | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
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Gold Gloves
Central League
More information Position, Player ...
Position | Player | Team |
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P | Hiroki Kuroda | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
C | Akihiro Yano | Hanshin Tigers |
1B | Andy Sheets | Hanshin Tigers |
2B | Masahiro Araki | Chunichi Dragons |
3B | Akinori Iwamura | Yakult Swallows |
SS | Hirokazu Ibata | Chunichi Dragons |
OF | Kosuke Fukudome | Chunichi Dragons |
OF | Norihiro Akahoshi | Hanshin Tigers |
OF | Tatsuhiko Kinjo | Yokohama BayStars |
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Pacific League
More information Position, Player ...
Position | Player | Team |
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P | Daisuke Matsuzaka | Seibu Lions |
C | Kenji Johjima | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
1B | Kazuya Fukuura | Chiba Lotte Marines |
2B | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
3B | Toshiaki Imae | Chiba Lotte Marines |
SS | Makoto Kosaka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
OF | Tsuyoshi Shinjo | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
OF | Saburo Ohmura | Chiba Lotte Marines |
OF | Naoyuki Ohmura | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
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