2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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This article is about the 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2017 in baseball.
The 2017 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 68th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
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2017 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 31 – November 4 |
Number of games | 143 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Season MVP | Yoshihiro Maru (Toyo) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Season MVP | Dennis Sarfate (SoftBank) |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Yokohama DeNA BayStars |
CL runners-up | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
PL champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
PL runners-up | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Yokohama DeNA BayStars |
Finals MVP | Dennis Sarfate (SoftBank) |
NPB seasons | |
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