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2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season

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Sport
  
Baseball

CL runners-up
  
PL runners-up
  
Finals champion
  
CL champions
  
PL champions
  
Dates
  
27 Mar 2015 – 1 Oct 2015

Duration
  
March 27, 2015 – October 1, 2015

Champion
  
Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

League champions
  
Tokyo Yakult Swallows, Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks

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The 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season was the 66th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950. In the Central League, the Yakult Swallows claimed the pennant and defeated the Yomiuri Giants in the final stage of the Climax Series. In the Pacific League, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks won the penant and defeated the Chiba Lotte Marines in the final stage of the Climax Series.

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Incidents

A gambling scandal involving members of the Yomiuri Giants was reported in October. Pitchers Satoshi Fukuda, Shoki Kasahara, and Ryuya Matsumoto were found to have bet on both NBP games and Major League Baseball games, as well as high school baseball.

Climax Series

Note: In each league's stepladder playoff system (Climax Series), all games in that series are held at the higher seed's home stadium. The team with the higher regular-season standing also advanced if the round ended in a tie.

First stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received byes to the championship round.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (2) vs. Hanshin Tigers (1)

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (1)

Final stage

The regular season league champions, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (PL) and the Tokyo Yakult Swallows (CL), received a one-game advantage.

Central League

Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Tokyo Yakult Swallows (4)

Pacific League

Chiba Lotte Marines (0) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

Japan Series

CL Tokyo Yakult Swallows (1) vs. PL Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (4)

References

2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season Wikipedia


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