2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season

Sports season
2002 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Hideki Matsui (YOM)
PL: Alex Cabrera (SEI)
League Postseason
CL championsYomiuri Giants
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upOsaka Kintetsu Buffaloes
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
ChampionsYomiuri Giants
  Runners-upSeibu Lions
Finals MVPTomohiro Nioka (Yomiuri Giants)
NPB seasons

The 2002 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Yomiuri Giants defeating the Seibu Lions in the 2002 Japan Series 4 games to 0.

Standings

Central League

Central League[1] G W L T Pct. GB
Yomiuri Giants 140 86 52 2 .623 -
Yakult Swallows 140 74 62 4 .544 11.0
Chunichi Dragons 140 69 66 5 .511 15.5
Hanshin Tigers 140 66 70 4 .485 19.0
Hiroshima Toyo Carp 140 64 72 4 .471 21.0
Yokohama BayStars 140 49 86 5 .363 35.5

Pacific League

Pacific League[2] G W L T Pct. GB
Seibu Lions 140 90 49 1 .647 -
Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes 140 73 65 2 .529 16.5
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 140 73 65 2 .529 16.5
Chiba Lotte Marines 140 67 72 1 .482 23.0
Nippon-Ham Fighters 140 61 76 3 .445 28.0
Orix BlueWave 140 50 87 3 .365 39.0

Japan Series

Game Score Date Location Attendance
1 Giants – 4, Lions – 1 October 26 Tokyo Dome 45,107[3]
2 Giants – 9, Lions – 4 October 27 Tokyo Dome 45,223[3]
3 Lions – 2, Giants – 10 October 29 Seibu Dome 30,933[3]
4 Lions – 2, Giants – 6 October 30 Seibu Dome 31,072[3]

League leaders

Central League

Batting leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Batting average Kosuke Fukudome Chunichi Dragons .343
Home runs Hideki Matsui Yomiuri Giants 50
Runs batted in Hideki Matsui Yomiuri Giants 107
Hits Takayuki Shimizu Yomiuri Giants 191
Stolen bases Norihiro Akahoshi Hanshin Tigers 26
Pitching leaders
Stat Player Team Total
Wins Koji Uehara
Kevin Hodges		 Yomiuri Giants
Yakult Swallows		 17
Earned run average Masumi Kuwata Yomiuri Giants 2.22
Strikeouts Kei Igawa Hanshin Tigers 206
Saves Eddie Gaillard Chunichi Dragons 35

Pacific League

See also

References

  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 2002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 2002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 2002年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved February 19, 2018.


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