This article is about the 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on
all of baseball, see
2012 in baseball .
The 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 63rd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 .
Regular season standings
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Climax Series
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Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
First Stage Final Stage Japan Series 1 Yomiuri Giants 4 2 Chunichi Dragons 2 2 Chunichi Dragons 3 3 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 1 CL1 Yomiuri Giants 4 PL1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 2 1 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 4 2 Saitama Seibu Lions 1 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 0 3 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 2
First stage
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The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League
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Chunichi Dragons (2) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 13
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 6
Nagoya Dome 3:11
31,146[1]
2
October 14
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 0Nagoya Dome
3:26
33,852[2]
3
October 15
Tokyo Yakult Swallows – 1, Chunichi Dragons – 4
Nagoya Dome
3:39
23,264[3]
Pacific League
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Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 13
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Saitama Seibu Lions – 1Seibu Dome 2:54
32,074[4]
2
October 14
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Saitama Seibu Lions – 8
Seibu Dome
3:23
33,918[5]
3
October 15
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3, Saitama Seibu Lions – 2Seibu Dome
3:23
25,002[6]
Final stage
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The regular season league champions, the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League
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Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Chunichi Dragons (3)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 17
Chunichi Dragons – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 1Tokyo Dome 3:21
40,039[7]
2
October 18
Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 2Tokyo Dome
3:40
39,135[8]
3
October 19
Chunichi Dragons – 5, Yomiuri Giants – 4Tokyo Dome
3:41
44,744[9]
4
October 20
Chunichi Dragons – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
2:57
46,158[10]
5
October 21
Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 3
Tokyo Dome
3:40
45,897[11]
6
October 22
Chunichi Dragons – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Tokyo Dome
3:18
44,351[12]
Pacific League
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Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (0)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 17
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3
Sapporo Dome 2:56
31,022[13]
2
October 18
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3
Sapporo Dome
3:17
23,610[14]
3
October 19
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 4
Sapporo Dome
3:16
37,166[15]
Japan Series
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CL Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. PL Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (2)
Game
Date
Score
Location
Time
Attendance
1
October 27
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 8
Tokyo Dome 3:13
44,981[16]
2
October 28
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1
Tokyo Dome
2:51
44,932[17]
3
October 30
Yomiuri Giants – 3, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 7
Sapporo Dome 4:04
36,942[18]
4
October 31
Yomiuri Giants – 0, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 1
Sapporo Dome
4:15
40,433[19]
5
November 1
Yomiuri Giants – 10, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2Sapporo Dome
3:52
40,579[20]
6
November 3
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 4
Tokyo Dome
3:22
45,018[21]
League leaders
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See also
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References
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^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Monday, October 15, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Saturday, October 13, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .^ "Sunday, October 14, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .^ "Monday, October 15, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Friday, October 19, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Saturday, October 20, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Sunday, October 21, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Monday, October 22, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 4, 2012 .^ "Wednesday, October 17, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .^ "Thursday, October 18, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .^ "Friday, October 19, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 29, 2012 .^ "Saturday, October 27, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 27, 2012 .^ "Sunday, October 28, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 28, 2012 .^ "Tuesday, October 30, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved October 30, 2012 .^ "Wednesday, October 31, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .^ "Thursday, November 1, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 1, 2012 .^ "Saturday, November 3, 2012" . Nippon Professional Baseball . Retrieved November 3, 2012 .
