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1998 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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1998 NPB season
LeagueNippon Professional Baseball
SportBaseball
Regular Season
Season MVPCL: Kazuhiro Sasaki (YOK)
PL: Kazuo Matsui (SEI)
League Postseason
CL championsYokohama BayStars
  CL runners-upChunichi Dragons
PL championsSeibu Lions
  PL runners-upNippon-Ham Fighters
Japan Series
ChampionsYokohama BayStars
  Runners-upSeibu Lions
Finals MVPTakanori Suzuki (YOK)
NPB seasons

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

Regular season standings

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Central League

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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

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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

Japan Series

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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]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ 一般社団法人日本野球機構. "年度別成績 1998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 1998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 1998年度日本シリーズ 試合結果 (in Japanese). Nippon Professional Baseball. Retrieved January 9, 2018.