This article is about the 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season only. For information on all of baseball, see 2004 in baseball.

2004 NPB season
League	Nippon Professional Baseball
Sport	Baseball
Duration	– October 25, 2004
Regular Season
Season MVP	CL: Kenshin Kawakami (CHU) PL: Nobuhiko Matsunaka (DAI)
League Postseason
CL champions	Chunichi Dragons
CL runners-up	Yakult Swallows
PL champions	Seibu Lions
PL runners-up	Fukuoka Daiei Hawks
Japan Series
Japan Series champions	Seibu Lions
Runners-up	Chunichi Dragons
Japan Series MVP	Takashi Ishii (SEI)
NPB seasons
← 2003	2005 →

The 2004 Nippon Professional Baseball season ended with the Seibu Lions defeating the Chunichi Dragons in the 2004 Japan Series.

Contents 1 Format 1.1 Central League 1.2 Pacific League 1.3 Japan Series 2 Standings 2.1 Central League 2.1.1 Regular Season 2.2 Pacific League 2.2.1 Regular Season 2.2.2 Playoff 1st Stage 2.2.3 Playoff 2nd Stage 3 References

[edit] Format

[edit] Central League

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Japan Series

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

[edit] Standings

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

[edit] Central League

• Champions: Chunichi Dragons

[edit] Regular Season

Central League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Chunichi Dragons	138	79	56	3	0.583	--
Yakult Swallows	138	72	64	2	0.529	7.5
Yomiuri Giants	138	71	64	3	0.525	8.0
Hanshin Tigers	138	66	70	7	0.485	13.0
Hiroshima Carp	138	60	77	1	0.438	20.0
Yokohama BayStars	138	59	76	3	0.438	20.0

[edit] Pacific League

• Champions: Seibu Lions

[edit] Regular Season

Pacific League	G	W	L	T	Pct.	GB
Fukuoka Daiei Hawks	133	77	52	4	0.594	--
Seibu Lions	133	74	58	1	0.560	4.5
Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters	133	66	65	2	0.504	12.0
Chiba Lotte Marines	133	65	65	3	0.500	12.5
Kintetsu Buffaloes	133	61	70	2	0.466	17.0
Orix BlueWave	133	49	72	2	0.376	29.0

[edit] Playoff 1st Stage

Seibu Lions win the series, 2-1

Game	Score	Date	Location
1	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 7, Seibu Lions - 10	October 1	Seibu Dome
2	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 5, Seibu Lions - 4	October 2	Seibu Dome
3	Hokkaido Nippon Ham Fighters - 5, Seibu Lions - 6	October 3	Seibu Dome

[edit] Playoff 2nd Stage

Seibu Lions win the series, 3-2

Game	Score	Date	Location
1	Seibu Lions - 3, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 9	October 6	Fukuoka Dome
2	Seibu Lions - 11, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 1	October 7	Fukuoka Dome
3	Seibu Lions - 6, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 5	October 9	Fukuoka Dome
4	Seibu Lions - 1, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 4	October 10	Fukuoka Dome
5	Seibu Lions - 4, Fukuoka Daiei Hawks - 3 (10 innings)	October 11	Fukuoka Dome

[edit] References

v • d • e Nippon Professional Baseball (2010)
Central League	Pacific League
Chunichi Dragons	Chiba Lotte Marines
Hanshin Tigers	Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks
Hiroshima Toyo Carp	Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters
Tokyo Yakult Swallows	Orix Buffaloes
Yokohama BayStars	Saitama Seibu Lions
Yomiuri Giants	Tohoku Rakuten Golden Eagles
Postseason: Japan Series · Asia Series · Climax Series
All-Star Game · World Baseball Classic · Baseball awards · Hall of Fame · JPBPA · Players · Seasons · Western League · Eastern League · Japanese Professional Baseball

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