Английская Википедия:2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season
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The 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 73rd season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There are 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
On April 10, Chiba Lotte Marines pitcher Rōki Sasaki threw a perfect game, the first in 28 years[1] and the 16th in NPB history. Sasaki tied an existing NPB record by striking out 19 batters, and set a new record by striking out 13 consecutive batters.[2]
Including Sasaki's perfect game, for the first time since 1940, there were five no-hitters this season, with Nao Higashihama of the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks throwing one on May 11 against the Saitama Seibu Lions, Shōta Imanaga of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars doing so on June 7 during interleague play against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (also being the first no hitter in the history of the Sapporo Dome in its final season as the home of the Fighters), and Yoshinobu Yamamoto of the Orix Buffaloes throwing one also against the Lions on June 18. One was nearly thrown on July 20, with rookie Ren Mukunoki of the Buffaloes nearly doing so against the Fighters, but he fell 1 strike short, as he gave up a hit to Fighters infielder Ryusei Satoh, in which fans called as a similar incident to former MLB pitcher Dave Stieb, in which he lost a perfect game and a no hitter in the same game with only 1 strike to go.[3] A 5th one would eventually be thrown on August 27 by Cody Ponce of the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters against the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, in just his 2nd start, tying 2022 with 1940 with the most no-hitters in a season in Japanese pro baseball history, as well as becoming the first foreign player since Rick Guttormson of the Tokyo Yakult Swallows in 2006 to throw a no-hitter, and the first Pacific League foreign player to do so since the now late Narciso Elvira did so with the Osaka Kintetsu Buffaloes in 2000.[4]
The Tokyo Yakult Swallows took home the Central League pennant for the second year in a row over the Yokohama DeNA BayStars while the Orix Buffaloes took the Pacific League pennant over the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks via the first pennant tiebreaker in NPB history.
Regular season standings
| Rank | Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 143 | 80 | 59 | 4 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | — | ||
| 2 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 143 | 73 | 68 | 2 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 8 | ||
| 3 | Hanshin Tigers | 143 | 68 | 71 | 4 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 12 | ||
| 4 | Yomiuri Giants | 143 | 68 | 72 | 3 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 12½ | ||
| 5 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 143 | 66 | 74 | 3 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 14½ | ||
| 6 | Chunichi Dragons | 143 | 66 | 75 | 2 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 15 | ||
| Rank | Team | G | W | L | T | Pct. | GB | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Orix Buffaloes | 143 | 76 | 65 | 2 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | — | ||
| 2 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 143 | 76 | 65 | 2 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | —[7] | ||
| 3 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 143 | 72 | 68 | 3 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 3½ | ||
| 4 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 69 | 71 | 3 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 6½ | ||
| 5 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 143 | 69 | 73 | 1 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 7½ | ||
| 6 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 59 | 81 | 3 | Шаблон:Winning percentage | 16½ | ||
Interleague
| Team | G | W | L | T | Win% | GB | Home | Away |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 18 | 14 | 4 | 0 | .778 | — | 7–2 | 7–2 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 2 | 6–3 | 6–3 |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 4 | 6–3 | 4–5 |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| Saitama Seibu Lions | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 6–3 | 3–6 |
| Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 18 | 9 | 9 | 0 | .500 | 5 | 5–4 | 4–5 |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 6 | 6–3 | 2–7 |
| Orix Buffaloes | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 6 | 2–7 | 6–3 |
| Yomiuri Giants | 18 | 8 | 10 | 0 | .444 | 6 | 5–4 | 3–6 |
| Chunichi Dragons | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .389 | 7 | 5–4 | 2–7 |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 18 | 5 | 13 | 0 | .279 | 9 | 3–6 | 2–7 |
Climax Series
First stage
Central League
Шаблон:Baseball playoff summary
Pacific League
Шаблон:Baseball playoff summary
Final Stage
The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the first-placed team.
Central League
Шаблон:Baseball playoff summary
Pacific League
Шаблон:Baseball playoff summary
Japan Series
Шаблон:Main Шаблон:MLB Playoff Summary
See also
- 2022 in baseball
- 2022 Major League Baseball season
- 2022 KBO League season
- 2022 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
References
Шаблон:Nippon Professional Baseball Seasons
- ↑ In the 5th game of the 2007 Japan Series, Daisuke Yamai and Hitoki Iwase combined to throw a perfect game for the Chunichi Dragons against the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters; in NPB, no-hitters or perfect games achieved by multiple pitchers in one game are considered unofficial. However, it is recognized by the World Baseball Softball Confederation (the international governing body of baseball) as a perfect game.
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- ↑ Orix won the season series against the Hawks 15-10-0, which gave Orix the pennant over SoftBank.
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