From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
2000 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Hideki Matsui ( YOM)
PL: Nobuhiko Matsunaka ( DAI)
League Postseason
CL champions Yomiuri Giants
  CL runners-up Chunichi Dragons
PL champions Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
  PL runners-up Seibu Lions
Japan Series
Champions Yomiuri Giants
  Runners-up Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Finals MVP Hideki Matsui ( YOM)
NPB seasons

The 2000 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 51st season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.

Regular season standings

Central League

Central League [1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 135 78 57 0 .578
Chunichi Dragons 135 70 65 0 .519 8.0
Yokohama BayStars 136 69 66 1 .512 9.0
Yakult Swallows 136 66 69 1 .489 12.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 136 65 70 1 .481 13.0
Hanshin Tigers 136 57 78 1 .422 21.0

Pacific League

Pacific League [2] G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 135 73 60 2 .549
Seibu Lions 135 69 61 5 .531 2.5
Nippon-Ham Fighters 135 69 65 1 .515 4.5
Orix BlueWave 135 64 67 4 .489 8.0
Chiba Lotte Marines 135 62 67 6 .481 9.0
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 135 58 75 2 .436 15.0

Japan Series

Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Fukuoka Daiei Hawks (2)

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Giants – 3, Hawks – 5 October 21 Tokyo Dome 43,848 [3]
2 Giants – 3, Hawks – 8 October 22 Tokyo Dome 43,850 [3]
3 Hawks – 3, Giants – 9 October 23 Fukuoka Dome 36,625 [3]
4 Hawks – 1, Giants – 2 October 26 Fukuoka Dome 36,701 [3]
5 Hawks – 0, Giants – 6 October 27 Fukuoka Dome 36,787 [3]
6 Giants – 9, Hawks – 3 October 28 Tokyo Dome 44,033 [3]

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 2000年 セントラル・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  2. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 2000年 パシフィック・リーグ | NPB.jp 日本野球機構". Npb.jp. Retrieved 2022-07-13.
  3. ^ a b c d e f 2000年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved May 12, 2010.