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2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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This article is about the 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2021 in baseball.
2021 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 26 – November 21
Number of games 143
Number of teams 12
Central League Pennant
League champions Tokyo Yakult Swallows
  Runners-up Hanshin Tigers
Season MVP Munetaka Murakami (Yakult)
Pacific League Pennant
League champions Orix Buffaloes
  Runners-up Chiba Lotte Marines
Season MVP Yoshinobu Yamamoto (Orix)
Climax Series
CL champions Tokyo Yakult Swallows
  CL runners-up Yomiuri Giants
PL champions Orix Buffaloes
  PL runners-up Chiba Lotte Marines
Japan Series
Champions Tokyo Yakult Swallows
  Runners-up Orix Buffaloes
Finals MVP Yuhei Nakamura (Yakult)

The 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 72nd season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.

Following the All-Star Series held on 16–17 July, the regular season went on hiatus in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics baseball tournament. The season resumed on 13 August. In the postseason, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the Japan Series.

Regular season standings

Central League regular season standings
Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 143 73 52 18 .584 — 36–29–7 37–23–11
2 Hanshin Tigers 143 77 56 10 .579 0 36–31–4 41–25–6
3 Yomiuri Giants 143 61 62 20 .496 11 32–30–10 29–32–10
4 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 143 63 68 12 .481 13 30–34–8 33–34–4
5 Chunichi Dragons 143 55 71 17 .437 18½ 33–27–11 22–44–6
6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 143 54 73 16 .425 20 27–37–7 27–36–9
Pacific League regular season standings
Rank Team G W L T Pct. GB Home Road
1 Orix Buffaloes 143 70 55 18 .560 — 38–22–12 32–33–6
2 Chiba Lotte Marines 143 67 57 19 .540 2½ 33–32–7 34–25–12
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 143 66 62 15 .514 5½ 31–33–8 35–29–7
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 143 60 62 21 .492 8½ 31–29–11 29–33–10
5 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 143 55 68 20 .447 14 25–36–10 30–32–10
6 Saitama Seibu Lions 143 55 70 18 .440 15 30–34–7 25–36–11

Interleague

Regular season interleague standings
Team G W L T Win% GB Home Away
Orix Buffaloes 18 12 5 1 .706 — 7–1–1 5–4
Hanshin Tigers 18 11 7 0 .611 1½ 3–6 8–1
Yokohama DeNA BayStars 18 9 6 3 .600 2 6–2–1 3–4–2
Chunichi Dragons 18 9 7 2 .563 2½ 5–2–2 4–5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 10 8 0 .556 2½ 5–4 5–4
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 18 9 8 1 .529 3 3–5–1 6–3
Saitama Seibu Lions 18 7 7 4 .500 3½ 5–3–1 2–4–3
Chiba Lotte Marines 18 8 9 1 .471 4 5–4 3–5–1
Yomiuri Giants 18 7 8 3 .467 4 4–3–2 3–5–1
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 18 7 11 0 .389 5½ 2–7 5–4
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 5 9 4 .357 5½ 3–4–2 2–5–2
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 3 12 3 .200 8 2–6–1 1–6–2

Climax Series

Main articles: 2021 Pacific League Climax Series and 2021 Central League Climax Series

First stage

Central League

Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 6 Yomiuri Giants − 4, Hanshin Tigers − 0 Koshien Stadium 3:11 21,478 
2 November 7 Yomiuri Giants − 4, Hanshin Tigers − 2 Koshien Stadium 3:33 21,492

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 1−0−1 as a higher seed.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 6 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles − 4, Chiba Lotte Marines − 5 Zozo Marine Stadium 3:10 14,904 
2 November 7 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles − 4, Chiba Lotte Marines − 4 Zozo Marine Stadium 3:07 14,891

Final Stage

The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the first-placed team.

Central League

Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 3−0−1 as a higher seed.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 10 Tokyo Yakult Swallows − 4, Yomiuri Giants − 0 Meiji Jingu Stadium 2:38 17,792 
2 November 11 Tokyo Yakult Swallows − 5, Yomiuri Giants − 0 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:19 17,230 
3 November 12 Tokyo Yakult Swallows − 2, Yomiuri Giants − 2 Meiji Jingu Stadium 3:08 19,022

Pacific League

Orix Buffaloes won the series, 3−0−1 as a higher seed.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 10 Orix Buffaloes − 1, Chiba Lotte Marines − 0 Kyocera Dome Osaka 2:23 17,915 
2 November 11 Orix Buffaloes − 2, Chiba Lotte Marines − 0 Kyocera Dome Osaka 2:42 17,913 
3 November 12 Orix Buffaloes − 3, Chiba Lotte Marines − 3 Kyocera Dome Osaka 3:33 18,006

Japan Series

Main article: 2021 Japan Series

Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 4–2.

Game Date Score Location Time Attendance 
1 November 20 Orix Buffaloes – 4, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 3 Kyocera Dome Osaka 3:46 19,297 
2 November 21 Orix Buffaloes – 0, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2 Kyocera Dome Osaka 2:56 17,075 
3 November 23 Tokyo Yakult Swallows − 5, Orix Buffaloes − 4 Tokyo Dome 3:45 24,565 
4 November 24 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2, Orix Buffaloes – 1 Tokyo Dome 2:50 20,617 
5 November 25 Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 5, Orix Buffaloes – 6 Tokyo Dome 3:16 20,580 
6 November 27 Orix Buffaloes – 1, Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 2 (12) Hotto Motto Field 5:00 15,239

League leaders

Central League

Pacific League

See also


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