# 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2024 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 75th season of professional baseball in Japan since Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) was reorganized in 1950 and the 90th anniversary of the founding of professional baseball in Japan. There were 12 NPB teams, split evenly between the Central League and Pacific League.
The Hanshin Tigers entered the season as the defending champions. They were eliminated in the first stage of the Central League Climax Series against the Yokohama DeNA BayStars.

## Regular season standings

2024 Central League regular season standings :
| # | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Yomiuri Giants | 143 | 77 | 59 | 7 | .566 | — | 39–30–3 | 38–29–4 |
| 2 | Hanshin Tigers | 143 | 74 | 63 | 6 | .540 | 3½ | 43–27–2 | 31–36–4 |
| 3 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 143 | 71 | 69 | 3 | .507 | 8 | 34–37–1 | 37–32–2 |
| 4 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 143 | 68 | 70 | 5 | .493 | 10 | 39–29–3 | 29–41–2 |
| 5 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 143 | 62 | 77 | 4 | .446 | 16½ | 34–33–4 | 28–44 |
| 6 | Chunichi Dragons | 143 | 60 | 75 | 8 | .444 | 16½ | 35–32–4 | 25–43–4 |
2024 Pacific League regular season standings :
| # | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 143 | 91 | 49 | 3 | .650 | — | 49–21–2 | 42–28–1 |
| 2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 143 | 75 | 60 | 8 | .556 | 13½ | 41–25–6 | 34–35–2 |
| 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 143 | 71 | 66 | 6 | .518 | 18½ | 37–33–1 | 34–33–5 |
| 4 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 143 | 67 | 72 | 4 | .482 | 23½ | 30–39–2 | 37–33–2 |
| 5 | Orix Buffaloes | 143 | 63 | 77 | 3 | .450 | 28 | 34–36–1 | 29–41–2 |
| 6 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 143 | 49 | 91 | 3 | .350 | 42 | 31–40–1 | 18–51–2 |

### Interleague

2024 regular season interleague standings :
| # | Team | GTooltip Games played | W | L | T | Pct. | GBTooltip Games behind | Home | Road |
| 1 | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 18 | 13 | 5 | 0 | .722 | — | 6–3 | 7–2 |
| 2 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 18 | 12 | 6 | 0 | .667 | 1 | 7–2 | 5–4 |
| 3 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 18 | 11 | 7 | 0 | .611 | 2 | 3–6 | 8–1 |
| 4 | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 18 | 9 | 7 | 2 | .563 | 3 | 5–2−2 | 4–5 |
| 5 | Orix Buffaloes | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 3 | 4–5 | 6–3 |
| 6 | Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 18 | 10 | 8 | 0 | .556 | 3 | 6–3 | 4–5 |
| 7 | Yomiuri Giants | 18 | 8 | 9 | 1 | .471 | 4½ | 4–5 | 4–4–1 |
| 8 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 18 | 7 | 9 | 2 | .438 | 5 | 4–5 | 3–4−2 |
| 9 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 18 | 7 | 10 | 1 | .412 | 5½ | 3–5–1 | 4–5 |
| 10 | Hanshin Tigers | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .388 | 6 | 4–5 | 3–6 |
| 11 | Chunichi Dragons | 18 | 7 | 11 | 0 | .388 | 6 | 3–6 | 4–5 |
| 12 | Saitama Seibu Lions | 18 | 4 | 14 | 0 | .222 | 9 | 3–6 | 2–7 |
Overall, the Pacific League won 53 games and lost 52 against the Central League, with 3 ties.

## Climax Series

| First stage | First stage | First stage | Final stage | Final stage | Final stage | Japan Series | Japan Series | Japan Series |
| Central League | Central League | Central League | 1 | Yomiuri Giants | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Hanshin Tigers | 0 | 3 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 4 | | | |
| 3 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 2 | | | | CL | Yokohama DeNA BayStars | 4 |
| | | | | | | PL | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 2 |
| Pacific League | Pacific League | Pacific League | 1 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 4 | | | |
| 2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 2 | 2 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 0 | | | |
| 3 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 1 | | | | | | |

### First stage
#### Central League

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 2–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Hanshin Tigers – 1 | Koshien Stadium | 3:19 | 42,642 |
| 2 | October 13 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 10, Hanshin Tigers – 3 | Koshien Stadium | 3:45 | 42,646 |

#### Pacific League

Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters won the series, 2–1.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 12 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 0 | Es Con Field Hokkaido | 2:55 | 37,553 |
| 2 | October 13 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 3 (10) | Es Con Field Hokkaido | 3:33 | 37,638 |
| 3 | October 14 | Chiba Lotte Marines – 2, Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 5 | Es Con Field Hokkaido | 3:04 | 37,478 |

### Central League

Yokohama DeNA BayStars won the series, 4-3.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 16 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 0 | Tokyo Dome | 3:05 | 42,076 |
| 2 | October 17 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 2:31 | 42,006 |
| 3 | October 18 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 2, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 3:06 | 42,180 |
| 4 | October 19 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 1, Yomiuri Giants – 4 | Tokyo Dome | 2:54 | 42,222 |
| 5 | October 20 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 0, Yomiuri Giants – 1 | Tokyo Dome | 2:40 | 42,152 |
| 6 | October 21 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3, Yomiuri Giants – 2 | Tokyo Dome | 3:43 | 41,856 |

### Pacific League

SoftBank won the series, 4–0.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 16 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5 | Mizuho PayPay Dome | 2:40 | 40,142 |
| 2 | October 17 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 7 | Mizuho PayPay Dome | 3:18 | 40,142 |
| 3 | October 18 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters – 2, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 3 | Mizuho PayPay Dome | 2:50 | 40,142 |

## 2024 Japan Series

DeNA won the series, 4-2.
| Game | Date | Score | Location | Time | Attendance |
| 1 | October 26 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 5, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3 | Yokohama Stadium | 3:46 | 33,147 |
| 2 | October 27 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 6, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 3 | Yokohama Stadium | 3:20 | 32,953 |
| 3 | October 29 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 4, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 1 | Mizuho PayPay Dome | 3:37 | 36,736 |
| 4 | October 30 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 5, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 | Mizuho PayPay Dome | 3:19 | 36,623 |
| 5 | October 31 | Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 7, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 0 | Mizuho PayPay Dome | 3:38 | 36,636 |
| 6 | November 3 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks – 2, Yokohama DeNA BayStars – 11 | Yokohama Stadium | 3:11 | 33,136 |