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2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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Sport
  
Baseball

CL runners-up
  
Yakult Swallows

Start date
  
2004

Location
  
Japan

Finals champion
  
Saitama Seibu Lions

CL champions
  
Chunichi Dragons

PL champions
  
Seibu Lions

Champion
  
Saitama Seibu Lions

End date
  
October 25, 2004

League
  
Nippon Professional Baseball

Duration
  
March 27, 2004 – October 25, 2004

Season MVPs
  
Kenshin Kawakami, Nobuhiko Matsunaka

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2003 Nippon Professional Baseball season

The 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Seibu Lions defeating the Chunichi Dragons in the 2004 Japan Series. This season also saw the first and only players strike in Japanese professional baseball history. Players went on strike for 2 days in September because of the potential mergers and realignment.

Contents

Central League

  • Season Format
  • Regular Season
  • Regular Season 1st place is the champion

    • Pacific League

  • Season Format
  • Regular Season
  • Playoff 1st Stage: Regular Season 2nd place vs. Regular Season 3rd place – Best of 3
  • Playoff 2nd Stage: Regular Season 1st place vs. Playoff 1st Stage winner – Best of 5
  • Playoff 2nd Stage winner is the champion

    • Japan Series

  • Central League champion vs. Pacific League champion – Best of 7

    • Standings

    Note:Two games for each team are cancelled due to players' strike

    Central League

  • Champions: Chunichi Dragons

    • Pacific League

  • Champions: Seibu Lions

    • Playoff 1st Stage

    Seibu Lions win the series, 2–1

    Playoff 2nd Stage

    Seibu Lions win the series, 3–2

    References

    2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season Wikipedia
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