2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2005 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2005 in baseball.
2005 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 26, 2005 – October 26, 2005
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Tomoaki Kanemoto (HAN)
PL: Toshiya Sugiuchi (SFT)
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
Japan Series MVP Toshiaki Imae (LOT)

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.

Format

Central League

Pacific League

Japan Series

Standings

Central League

Regular Season

Central League G W L T Pct. GB
Hanshin Tigers146875450.617-—
Chunichi Dragons146796610.54510.0
Yokohama BayStars146697070.49616.5
Yakult Swallows146717320.49318.0
Yomiuri Giants146628040.43725.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp146588440.40829.0

Pacific League

Regular Season

Pacific League G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks136894520.664—
Chiba Lotte Marines136844930.6324.5
Seibu Lions136676900.49323.0
Orix Buffaloes136627040.47026.0
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters136627130.46626.5
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles136389710.28151.5

Playoff 1st Stage

Chiba Lotte Marines win the series, 2–0

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 2October 8Chiba Marine Stadium28,979[1]
2Seibu Lions – 1, Chiba Lotte Marines – 3October 9Chiba Marine Stadium28,996[2]

Playoff 2nd Stage

Chiba Lotte Marines win the series, 3–2

GameScoreDateLocationAttendance
1Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 12Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,848[3]
2Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 13Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome31,696[4]
3Chiba Lotte Marines – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 (10 innings)October 15Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,757[5]
4Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3October 16Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome34,772[6]
5Chiba Lotte Marines – 3, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2October 17Fukuoka Yahoo! Japan Dome35,071[7]

Awards

Best Nine Awards

Central League

Position Player Team
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

Pacific League

Position Player Team
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 Kazuhiko Miyaji Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
OF Kazuhiro Wada Seibu Lions
DH Nobuhiko Matsunaka Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

Gold Gloves

Central League

Position Player Team
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

Pacific League

Position Player Team
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

References

  1. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 1".
  2. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 1st Stage Game 2".
  3. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 1".
  4. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 2".
  5. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 3".
  6. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 4".
  7. ↑ "2005 PL Playoff 2nd Stage Game 5".


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