2013 NPB season | |
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League | Nippon Professional Baseball |
Sport | Baseball |
Duration | March 29, 2013 – November 3, 2013 |
Central League Pennant | |
League champions | Yomiuri Giants |
Runners-up | Hanshin Tigers |
Pacific League Pennant | |
League champions | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
Runners-up | Saitama Seibu Lions |
Climax Series | |
CL champions | Yomiuri Giants |
CL runners-up | Hiroshima Toyo Carp |
PL champions | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
PL runners-up | Chiba Lotte Marines |
Japan Series | |
Champions | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |
Runners-up | Yomiuri Giants |
Finals MVP | Manabu Mima (RAK) |
The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Note: All of the games that are played in the first two rounds of the Climax Series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advances if the round ends in a tie.
The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (0)
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (1)
PL Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)