2011 NPB season | |
League: | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport: | Baseball |
Duration: | April 12 – November 20 |
Season2: | Central League Pennant |
League Champs2: | Chunichi Dragons |
Second Place2: | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Mvp2: | Takuya Asao (Chunichi) |
Mvp Link2: | Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
Season3: | Pacific League Pennant |
League Champs3: | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Second Place3: | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
Mvp3: | Seiichi Uchikawa (SoftBank) |
Mvp Link3: | Nippon Professional Baseball Most Valuable Player Award |
Playoffs: | Climax Series |
Conf1: | CL |
Conf1 Link: | 2011 Central League Climax Series |
Conf1 Champ: | Chunichi Dragons |
Conf1 Runner-Up: | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Conf2: | PL |
Conf2 Link: | 2011 Pacific League Climax Series |
Conf2 Champ: | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Conf2 Runner-Up: | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Finals: | Japan Series |
Finals Link: | 2011 Japan Series |
Finals Champ: | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Finals Runner-Up: | Chunichi Dragons |
Finals Mvp: | Hiroki Kokubo (SoftBank) |
Finals Mvp Link: | Japan Series Most Valuable Player Award |
Seasonslist: | List of Nippon Professional Baseball seasons |
Seasonslistnames: | NPB |
Prevseason Link: | 2010 Nippon Professional Baseball season |
Prevseason Year: | 2010 |
Nextseason Link: | 2012 Nippon Professional Baseball season |
Nextseason Year: | 2012 |
The 2011 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 62nd season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. The season was delayed by the Tohoku earthquake. The Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles, based in northern Japan, and coached by Senichi Hoshino, were particularly affected by the quake, as the Miyagi Baseball Stadium was badly damaged.
Because of energy concerns following the earthquake, NPB also imposed restrictions on games during the regular season. A three-hour-thirty-minute rule was imposed. If a game went past the 3:30 mark, regardless of inning, the inning in question would be the last inning. A game would be called should any blackout occur during the game. The 3:30 clock starts at the first pitch of the game and continues in case of any delay.
http://yakyubaka.com/2011/04/11/npb-extra-innings-rule-for-2011-season-released/
At the season's end, the Yokohama BayStars was renamed as Yokohama DeNA BayStars as the owner changes.
G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | ||
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Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 75 | 59 | 10 | .560 | — | |
Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 70 | 59 | 15 | .543 | 2.5 | |
Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 71 | 62 | 11 | .534 | 3.5 | |
Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 68 | 70 | 6 | .493 | 9.0 | |
Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 144 | 60 | 76 | 8 | .441 | 16.0 | |
Yokohama BayStars | 144 | 47 | 86 | 11 | .353 | 27.5 |
G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 88 | 46 | 10 | .657 | — | |
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 72 | 65 | 7 | .526 | 17.5 | |
Saitama Seibu Lions | 144 | 68 | 67 | 9 | .504 | 20.5 | |
Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 69 | 68 | 7 | .504 | 20.5 | |
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 66 | 71 | 7 | .482 | 23.5 | |
Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 54 | 79 | 11 | .406 | 33.5 |
See main article: 2011 Central League Climax Series and 2011 Pacific League Climax Series. 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.
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Chunichi Dragons (CL), received byes to the championship round.
The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Chunichi Dragons (CL), received a one-game advantage.
See main article: 2011 Japan Series.
Player | Team | Total | ||
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Batting average | .316 | |||
Home runs | 31 | |||
Runs batted in | 93 | |||
Runs | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 73 | ||
Hits | Hanshin Tigers | 180 | ||
Stolen bases | Yomiuri Giants | 28 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Wins | 18 | |||
Losses | 15 | |||
Earned run average | Kazuki Yoshimi | Chunichi Dragons | 1.65 | |
Strikeouts | 192 | |||
Innings pitched | Kenta Maeda | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 216 | |
Saves | 41 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Batting average | .338 | |||
Home runs | 48 | |||
Runs batted in | Takeya Nakamura | Saitama Seibu Lions | 116 | |
Runs | Takeya Nakamura | Saitama Seibu Lions | 97 | |
Hits | 175 | |||
Stolen bases | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 60 |
Player | Team | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Wins | 19 | |||
Losses | 12 | |||
Earned run average | Masahiro Tanaka | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 1.27 | |
Strikeouts | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 276 | ||
Innings pitched | Yu Darvish | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 232 | |
Saves | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 37 |