2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2002 in baseball.

2002 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Hideki Matsui (YOM) PL: Alex Cabrera (SEI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Yomiuri Giants
CL runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Champions	Yomiuri Giants
Runners-up	Seibu Lions
Japan Series MVP	Tomohiro Nioka (Yomiuri Giants)

The 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yomiuri Giants defeating the Seibu Lions in the 2002 Japan Series 4 games to 0.

Standings

Central League

Central League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yomiuri Giants	140	86	52	2	.623	-
Yakult Swallows	140	74	62	4	.544	11.0
Chunichi Dragons	140	69	66	5	.511	15.5
Hanshin Tigers	140	66	70	4	.485	19.0
Hiroshima Carp	140	64	72	4	.471	21.0
Yokohama BayStars	140	49	86	5	.363	35.5

Pacific League

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Seibu Lions	140	90	49	1	.647	-
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes	140	73	65	2	.529	16.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	140	73	65	2	.529	16.5
Chiba Lotte Marines	140	67	72	1	.482	23.0
Nippon Ham Fighters	140	61	76	3	.445	28.0
Orix BlueWave	140	50	87	3	.365	39.0

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Batting average	Kosuke Fukudome	Chunichi Dragons	.343
Home runs	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants	50
Runs batted in	Hideki Matsui	Yomiuri Giants	107
Hits	Takayuki Shimizu	Yomiuri Giants	191
Stolen bases	Norihiro Akahoshi	Hanshin Tigers	26

Pitching leaders
Stat	Player	Team	Total
Wins	Koji Uehara Kevin Hodges	Yomiuri Giants Yakult Swallows	17
Earned run average	Masumi Kuwata	Yomiuri Giants	2.22
Strikeouts	Kei Igawa	Hanshin Tigers	206
Saves	Eddie Gaillard	Chunichi Dragons	35

References

Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons

1930s–1940s (Japanese Baseball League)	1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 (1945) 1946 1947 1948 1949

1950s–1960s	1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969

1970s–1980s	1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989

1990s–2000s	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009

2010s–2020s	2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016

Japan Series Climax Series

Nippon Professional Baseball (2016)

Central League	Chunichi Dragons Hanshin Tigers Hiroshima Toyo Carp Tokyo Yakult Swallows Yokohama DeNA BayStars Yomiuri Giants

Pacific League	Chiba Lotte Marines Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters Orix Buffaloes Saitama Seibu Lions Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles

Postseason Climax Series Japan Series Asia Series All-Star Series World Baseball Classic Baseball awards Hall of Fame Players Rosters Seasons Western League Eastern League Professional baseball in Japan

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