Sport Baseball Dates 25 Mar 2016 – 29 Oct 2016 | Location Japan | |
Duration March 25, 2016 – September 28, 2016 People also search for 2015 Nippon Professional Baseball season | ||
The 2016 Nippon Professional Baseball season is the 67th season since the NPB was reorganized in 1950.
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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 NPB 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.
Central League
Yomiuri Giants (1) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (2)
Pacific League
Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2) vs. Chiba Lotte Marines (0)
Central League
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (4) vs. Yokohama DeNA BayStars (1)
Pacific League
Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4) vs. Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks (2)
Japan Series
Hiroshima Toyo Carp (2) vs. Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters (4)