1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

1998 NPB season
1998 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Regular season
Season MVP	CL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK); PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League postseason
CL champions	Yokohama BayStars
CL runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Nippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
Champions	Yokohama BayStars
Runners-up	Seibu Lions
Finals MVP	Takanori Suzuki (YOK)
NPB seasons
	← 1997 1999 →

The 1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 49th season of operation for the league.

Quick facts League, Sport ...

Central League^[1]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Yokohama BayStars	136	79	56	1	.585	--
Chunichi Dragons	136	75	60	1	.556	4.0
Yomiuri Giants	135	73	62	0	.541	6.0
Yakult Swallows	135	66	69	0	.489	13.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	135	60	75	0	.444	19.0
Hanshin Tigers	135	52	83	0	.385	27.0

Pacific League^[2]	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Seibu Lions	135	70	61	4	.534	--
Nippon-Ham Fighters	135	67	65	3	.508	3.5
Orix BlueWave	135	66	66	3	.500	4.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	135	67	67	1	.500	4.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	135	66	67	2	.496	5.0
Chiba Lotte Marines	135	61	71	3	.462	9.5

Game	Score	Date	Location	Attendance
1	BayStars – 9, Lions – 4	October 18	Yokohama Stadium	29,025^[3]
2	BayStars – 4, Lions – 0	October 19	Yokohama Stadium	29,076^[3]
3	Lions – 7, BayStars – 2	October 22	Seibu Dome	31,599^[3]
4	Lions – 4, BayStars – 2	October 23	Seibu Dome	31,685^[3]
5	Lions – 5, BayStars – 17	October 24	Seibu Dome	31,756^[3]
6	BayStars – 2, Lions – 1	October 26	Yokohama Stadium	29,289^[3]

Regular season standings