2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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This article is about the 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2018 in baseball.
The 2018 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 69th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
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2018 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 30 – November 3 |
Number of games | 143 |
Number of teams | 12 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Runners-up | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
Season MVP | Yoshihiro Maru (Toyo) |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Runners-up | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Season MVP | Hotaka Yamakawa (Seibu) |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
CL runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
PL champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
PL runners-up | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
Runners-up | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
Finals MVP | Takuya Kai (SoftBank) |
NPB seasons | |
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