2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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2021 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 26 – November 21
Number of games 143
Number of teams 12
NPB seasons

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

Following the All-Star Series held from 16-17 July, the regular season went on hiatus in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics baseball tournament. The season resumed on 13 August.

Regular season standings

Current through 10 September 2021.

Central League regular season standings[1]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB
1 Hanshin Tigers 108 60 44 4 .577 -
2 Tokyo Yakult Swallows 102 50 40 12 .556 3.0
3 Yomiuri Giants 109 52 42 15 .553 3.0
4 Chunichi Dragons 109 42 53 14 .442 13.5
5 Hiroshima Toyo Carp 106 42 54 10 .438 14.0
6 Yokohama DeNA BayStars 108 41 53 14 .436 14.0
Pacific League regular season standings[2]
Pos Team G W L T Pct. GB
1 Chiba Lotte Marines 106 50 40 16 .556 -
2 Orix Buffaloes 109 52 42 15 .553 -
3 Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles 109 50 46 13 .521 3.0
4 Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 109 46 45 18 .505 4.5
5 Saitama Seibu Lions 108 40 51 17 .440 10.5
6 Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters 103 36 51 16 .414 12.5

Interleague

Regular season interleague standings[3]
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 1.5 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 2.5 5–2–2 4–5
Tokyo Yakult Swallows 18 10 8 0 .556 2.5 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 3.5 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 5.5 2–7 5–4
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks 18 5 9 4 .357 5.5 3–4–2 2–5–2
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 18 3 12 3 .200 8 2–6–1 1–6–2

See also

References

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