- Source: 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season
The 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 72nd season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950. There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
Following the All-Star Series held on 16–17 July, the regular season went on hiatus in preparation for the 2020 Summer Olympics baseball tournament. The season resumed on 13 August. In the postseason, the Tokyo Yakult Swallows defeated the Orix Buffaloes in the Japan Series.
Regular season standings
= Interleague
=Climax Series
= First stage
=Central League
Yomiuri Giants won the series, 2–0.
Pacific League
Chiba Lotte Marines won the series, 1−0−1 as a higher seed.
= Final Stage
=The series started with a 1–0 advantage for the first-placed team.
Central League
Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 3−0−1 as a higher seed.
Pacific League
Orix Buffaloes won the series, 3−0−1 as a higher seed.
Japan Series
Tokyo Yakult Swallows won the series, 4–2.
League leaders
= Central League
== Pacific League
=See also
2021 in baseball
2021 Major League Baseball season
2021 KBO League season
2021 Chinese Professional Baseball League season
Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on sports
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball season
- 2021 Nippon Professional Baseball draft
- 2022 Nippon Professional Baseball season
- 2020 Nippon Professional Baseball season
- Nippon Professional Baseball
- Nippon Professional Baseball draft
- Nippon Professional Baseball rosters
- 2009 Nippon Professional Baseball season
- Nick Martinez (baseball)
- Comparison of Major League Baseball and Nippon Professional Baseball
