# 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2007 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 58th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950 and the first to feature the Climax Series.

## Regular season
### Standings
#### Central League

2007 Central League standings :
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
| Yomiuri Giants | 144 | 80 | 63 | 1 | .559 | — |
| Chunichi Dragons | 144 | 78 | 64 | 2 | .549 | 1.5 |
| Hanshin Tigers | 144 | 74 | 66 | 4 | .528 | 4.5 |
| Yokohama BayStars | 144 | 71 | 72 | 1 | .497 | 9 |
| Hiroshima Toyo Carp | 144 | 60 | 82 | 2 | .424 | 19.5 |
| Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 144 | 60 | 84 | 0 | .417 | 20.5 |

#### Pacific League

2007 Pacific League standings :
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | PCT | GB |
| Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 144 | 79 | 60 | 5 | .566 | — |
| Chiba Lotte Marines | 144 | 76 | 61 | 7 | .552 | 2 |
| Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 144 | 73 | 66 | 5 | .524 | 6 |
| Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles | 144 | 67 | 75 | 2 | .472 | 13.5 |
| Seibu Lions | 144 | 66 | 76 | 2 | .465 | 14.5 |
| Orix Buffaloes | 144 | 62 | 77 | 5 | .448 | 17 |

## Climax Series

Climax Series was firstly introduced in this season. It was inspired by the playoff system introduced by Pacific League between 2004 and 2006, in which the top three teams of the league will play in a stepladder knockout to decide the team to play in the Japan Series. The system was a success when Pacific League's teams won all the Japan Series since the introduction of such system. This is also the Central League's first participation in playoff system since 1949.
Climax Series does not affect the team's standings, nor individual's record in the Regular Season.
| 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 | 0 | | | |
| 2 | Chunichi Dragons | 2 | 2 | Chunichi Dragons | 3 | | | |
| 3 | Hanshin Tigers | 0 | | | | C2 | Chunichi Dragons | 4 |
| | | | | | | P1 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 1 |
| Pacific League | Pacific League | Pacific League | 1 | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 3 | | | |
| 2 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | 2 | Chiba Lotte Marines | 2 | | | |
| 3 | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks | 1 | | | | | | |
* – Chunichi Dragons advances to 2007 Konami Cup

## Leaders
### Batting

Central League
| Statistic | Leader | Team | Result |
| Batting average | Norichika Aoki | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | .327 |
| Runs | Norichika Aoki | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 114 |
| Hits | Alex Ramirez | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 204* |
| Doubles | Alex Ramirez | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 41 |
| Triples | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 8 |
| Home runs | Shuichi Murata | Yokohama BayStars | 36 |
| Runs batted in | Alex Ramirez | Tokyo Yakult Swallows | 122 |
| Stolen bases | Masahiro Araki | Chunichi Dragons | 31 |
| Walks | Tyrone Woods | Chunichi Dragons | 121 |
*indicates league record
Pacific League
| Statistic | Leader | Team | Result |
| Batting average | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | .334 |
| Runs | Hichori Morimoto | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 91 |
| Hits | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 176 |
| Doubles | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters | 39 |
| Triples | Daisuke Hayakawa | Chiba Lotte Marines | 8 |
| Home runs | Takeshi Yamasaki | Rakuten Golden Eagles | 43 |
| Runs batted in | Takeshi Yamasaki | Rakuten Golden Eagles | 108 |
| Stolen bases | Yasuyuki Kataoka | Seibu Lions | 38 |
| Walks | Tuffy Rhodes | Orix Buffaloes | 88 |

## Awards
### Best Nine Awards

Central League
| Position | Player | Team |
| P | Hisanori Takahashi | Yomiuri Giants |
| C | Shinnosuke Abe | Yomiuri Giants |
| 1B | Tyrone Woods | Chunichi Dragons |
| 2B | Hiroyasu Tanaka | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| 3B | Michihiro Ogasawara | Yomiuri Giants |
| SS | Hirokazu Ibata | Chunichi Dragons |
| OF | Norichika Aoki | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| OF | Alex Ramirez | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| OF | Yoshinobu Takahashi | Yomiuri Giants |
Pacific League
| Position | Player | Team |
| P | Yu Darvish | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| C | Tomoya Satozaki | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| 1B | Alex Cabrera | Seibu Lions |
| 2B | Kensuke Tanaka | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| 3B | Greg LaRocca | Orix Buffaloes |
| SS | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| OF | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Hichori Morimoto | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Naoyuki Ohmura | Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks |
| DH | Takeshi Yamasaki | Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles |

### Gold Gloves

Central League
| Position | Player | Team |
| P | Kenshin Kawakami | Chunichi Dragons |
| C | Motonobu Tanishige | Chunichi Dragons |
| 1B | Andy Sheets | Hanshin Tigers |
| 2B | Masahiro Araki | Chunichi Dragons |
| 3B | Norihiro Nakamura | Chunichi Dragons |
| SS | Hirokazu Ibata | Chunichi Dragons |
| OF | Tatsuhiko Kinjo | Yokohama BayStars |
| OF | Norichika Aoki | Tokyo Yakult Swallows |
| OF | Yoshinobu Takahashi | Yomiuri Giants |
Pacific League
| Position | Player | Team |
| P | Yu Darvish | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| C | Tomoya Satozaki | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| 1B | Kazuya Fukuura | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| 2B | Kensuke Tanaka | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| 3B | Toshiaki Imae | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| SS | Tsuyoshi Nishioka | Chiba Lotte Marines |
| OF | Atsunori Inaba | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Hichori Morimoto | Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters |
| OF | Saburo Ohmura | Chiba Lotte Marines |