2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season

This article is about the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2004 in baseball.
2004 NPB season
League Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport Baseball
Duration March 27, 2004 – October 25, 2004
Regular Season
Season MVP CL: Kenshin Kawakami (CHU)
PL: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (DAI)
League Postseason
CL champions Chunichi Dragons
  CL runners-up Yakult Swallows
PL champions Seibu Lions
  PL runners-up Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Japan Series champions Seibu Lions
  Runners-up Chunichi Dragons
Japan Series MVP Takashi Ishii (SEI)
NPB seasons
← 2003

2005 →

The 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Seibu Lions defeating the Chunichi Dragons in the 2004 Japan Series.

Contents

Format

Central League

Pacific League

Japan Series

Standings

Note:Two games for each team are cancelled due to players' strike

Central League

Regular Season

Central League G W L T Pct. GB
Chunichi Dragons 138 79 56 3 0.583 --
Yakult Swallows 138 72 64 2 0.529 7.5
Yomiuri Giants 138 71 64 3 0.525 8.0
Hanshin Tigers 138 66 70 7 0.485 13.0
Hiroshima Carp 138 60 77 1 0.438 20.0
Yokohama BayStars 138 59 76 3 0.438 20.0

Pacific League

Regular Season

Pacific League G W L T Pct. GB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks 133 77 52 4 0.594 --
Seibu Lions 133 74 58 1 0.560 4.5
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters 133 66 65 2 0.504 12.0
Chiba Lotte Marines 133 65 65 3 0.500 12.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes 133 61 70 2 0.466 17.0
Orix BlueWave 133 49 72 2 0.376 29.0

Playoff 1st Stage

Seibu Lions win the series, 2-1

Game Score Date Location
1 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 7, Seibu Lions - 10 October 1 Seibu Dome
2 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 5, Seibu Lions - 4 October 2 Seibu Dome
3 Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 5, Seibu Lions - 6 October 3 Seibu Dome

Playoff 2nd Stage

Seibu Lions win the series, 3-2

Game Score Date Location
1 Seibu Lions - 3, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 9 October 6 Fukuoka Dome
2 Seibu Lions - 11, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 1 October 7 Fukuoka Dome
3 Seibu Lions - 6, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 5 October 9 Fukuoka Dome
4 Seibu Lions - 1, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 4 October 10 Fukuoka Dome
5 Seibu Lions - 4, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 3 (10 innings) October 11 Fukuoka Dome

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