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The 2013 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 64th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
Juiced ball scandal
At the beginning of the 2013 NPB season, a new livelier ball was introduced in secret. This juiced up baseball allowed more home runs to be scored, leading to Tokyo Yakult Swallows outfielder Wladimir Balentien to break the 55 single season home run record set by Sadaharu Oh and later tied by Tuffy Rhodes and Alex Cabrera. This caused three-term NPB commissioner Ryozo Kato resigning, though he claimed that he did not know about these juiced baseballs.
Regular season standings
Climax Series
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.
= First stage
=The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received byes to the championship round.
Central League
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (0)
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Saitama Seibu Lions (1)
= Final stage
=The regular season league champions, the Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (PL) and the Yomiuri Giants (CL), received a one-game advantage.
Central League
Yomiuri Giants (4) vs. Hiroshima Toyo Carp (0)
Pacific League
Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (1)
* Postponed from October 20 due to rain
Japan Series
PL Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles (4) vs. CL Yomiuri Giants (3)
League leaders
= Central League
== Pacific League
=2013 average attendance
See also
2013 Korea Professional Baseball season
2013 Major League Baseball season
References
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- Comparison of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball
- 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball realignment
- 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball draft
- 2014 Nippon Professional Baseball season
